Call for Democratic State Convention in Helena Montana
The Democratic state convention will meet at the Placer Hotel Helena on September 14 1916 at 3 p m for platform adoption election of a chairman and officers and other business. Delegates include state central committee members nominated candidates for state offices and federal offices with holdover senators. Proxies limited to bona fide residents of the same election district. Temporary officers to be chosen by delegates and proxies. Thomas Arthur chairman. Dated Helena September 2, 1916.
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Montana
Democratic State Central Committee
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County Central Committees
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House of Representatives
United States Senate
United States House of Representatives
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Hughes record on suffrage under scrutiny in campaign notes
A Washington House member recalls Governor Hughes vetoing a bill to grant women teachers equal pay in New York. The speaker questions Hughes's sincerity on suffrage arguing he now seeks female votes for the Republican ticket while avoiding action in the past.
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President Wilson’s conservation record praised in manifesto
A promotional piece extols Wilson administration conservation, claiming no frauds or scandals and vast lands saved for homesteads. It cites repatriated public domain, expanded homestead units, and 165 million acres of forest reserves, plus coal and hydro power conservation as proof of national stewardship.
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Oklahoma
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Senate
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Wilson conservation policy praised for lands and Alaska
The piece lauds President Wilson for conserving five million acres of oil land and two point seven eight million acres of phosphate lands, defending against Taft era scandals. It credits Alaska gains, national parks expansion, and a forward look on soil supplies for navy, industry, and homes.
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Taft
Ballinger
Guggenheim
Alaska
America
National Parks Service
Arizona labor leader warns on prohibition impact
E J Warren president of the Arizona State Federation of Labor and Phoenix Trades Council says two years of prohibition have gutted business, closed the Adams Hotel, and harmed copper and non copper trades. He predicts further economic distress if California and Arizona go dry again, with liquor license ballots looming next November.
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