Edge Seen as Logical GOP Governor Candidate in New Jersey
In a field of three for the Republican nomination Senator Walter Evans Edge of Atlantic County is touted as the logical choice to face Democrat H. Otto Wittpenn. Edge’s backers point to his long record advancing efficiency, economy, a state budget, purchasing reform, and workmen’s compensation. Colgate and Record trail, with Edge urged as the up‑to‑date business manager for state government.
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H. Otto Wittpenn
Hudson County
Walter Evans Edge
Atlantic County
Austen Colgate
Essex
George L. Record
Hudson
Edge
Colgate
Wittpenn
Senator Edge
Dill
Colonel Colgate
New Jersey
Tey
Republican Thrift and the Wilson Era Expenditures
Senator Penrose cites a dramatic rise in federal spending as a carnival of debauchery with over a billion dollars appropriated and up to two billion before end. He argues Panama Canal bonds would finance questionable projects delaying preparedness and urges withholding contracts for battleships due to treasury deficits.
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Pefhrose
Congress
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Panama
Republican Party
Panama Canal
Committee On Finance
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
A Bird's Wing Strength Relative to Human Arm
A historical note states that a bird's wing, in proportion to its owner's weight, is twenty times as strong as a man's arm, illustrating avian power relative to body size.
Telling Tariff Points in Hughes Salt Lake Speech
The speech argues for an American protectionist tariff to safeguard domestic industry and wage levels. Hughes condemns the Underwood tariff, cites New York unemployment, and urges the Republican Party to build a strong national tariff tied to postwar prosperity and American enterprise.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Salt Lake Tabernacle
America
New York
Hughes versus Wilson in crisis for American leadership
Excerpt from Col Theodore Roosevelt speaking in Lewiston Maine on behalf of Charles E Hughes. He contrasts Hughes as direct and proven with Wilson as eloquent but unproven, warning four years of national strain and urging voters to choose Hughes as tested and faithful.
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Wilson
Hughes
United States
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Lewiston
Maine
Charles E. Hughes
Roosevelt speech in Lewiston attacks Wilson on war stance
Col Theodore Roosevelt spoke in Lewiston Maine in support of Charles E Hughes. He argued Wilson has kept us out of war while harming the country’s honor and interests and failing to gain any benefits of wartime policy.
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Wilson
Mexico
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Lewiston
Maine
Charles E. Hughes
The Untidy Horse Chestnut
A ten year old’s composition from the New York Tribune notes the horse chestnut as a shade tree but a nuisance due to blossoms, falling chestnuts, burrs, and drying leaves, concluding with a wish to plant four maples instead.
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New York Tribune
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the Cranbury Press
Geo. W. Burroughs & Son Editors and Proprietors
New Azxsey
Press Assn
Advange
Wittgenn
Secretary of State
Wilsor
William R. Willcox
Republican National Committee
Penrose
Abraham Lincoln
National Party
Milton E. Crawley
Newark, N. J
B. F. Gunson
East State Street
Hotel
Windsor
Bld'g. Trenton
N. J
Charles ¢. Groves Phon
Soranbury, Ny
Me Eaatis
Trenton, N. J
Horace Mann
Mer
R. A. Donnelly
State Street
Broad
Farmers’ Co-operative Association of
Mercer County
Broad St. Bank
Trenton
N. d
Consultaur L
F. W. Konover
Cranbury
H. H. Dey
Hightstown
Ocal Representatives
C. M. Updike
Princeton
Chas, E. Rue
J. Frank Dowgin
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