Roosevelt Their Choice Opens Republican Support Spread
A flood of formerly Democratic or Silver Republican supporters in Kansas, Iowa, West Virginia, New York, Indiana and other states publicly back President Roosevelt and Walter Fairbanks. Undeterred by Parker and Davis, former loyalists including Ernest Crawfort, Judge Walter M. Chandler, Dr. George H. Carpenter, William McLain, and others switch allegiance citing Roosevelt’s vigor, the Panama canal policy, and distrust of Parker’s candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Wairbanks
Parker
Oscar Straus
John A. McCall
John Bryne
Patrick Egan
Richard Price Morgan
Eugene A. Philbin
Ernest Crawfort
W. M. Chandler
George H. Carpenter
Willam McLain
W. E. Williams
John Bonis
William D. Harrison
John T. Doyle
Charles P. Blaney
Daniel Buchanoan
Baxter Springs
Kas
Bryan
T. H. Goodwin
I.W. Dow
President
Samuel J. Crawford
Kansas
James H. Chubb
Memor
J. C. Haskett
Samuel Binns
Edward Hodgkins
D. Orr Chubb
Jamestown
Tier
Walter
Mr. Crawfort
Albany
St. Louis
Walter M. Chandler
New York
Fairbanks
Republican Party
Chandler
Philippine Islands
Philippine
Douglas
Lincoln
Davia
Ridgely
W. Va
Congress
John J. Cornwell
West Virginia
Dr. Carpenter
Judge Parker
Union
John Ennis
Stauntond
Conn
Davis
Harrison
Stockton
Cal
Doyle
Board of Police and Fire Commission
Stockton State Hospital For
of Meatiig, &Wolradt
Judy Parker
United States
Panama Canal
Offices as the sole issue in 1900 campaign
The piece argues the Democrats will not abandon offices and fear losing patronage if Theodore Roosevelt remains in the White House. It portrays Mr. Pulitzer and Democrats as craving offices for party loyalty and laments the danger of a Roosevelt-led administration on federal jobs and patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Tillotson
Topeka
Kans
J. W. Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
Tillotson
Roosevelt
Bryan
Babbcock
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Panama Canal
Philippines
Wditor
New York World
Theodore Roosevelt
Pulitzer
Rosemount
Missouri
Esopus
Advisers of Parker and Roosevelt Named in Campaign
The piece lists advisers tied to Parker and Roosevelt. Parker counts August Belmont George Foster Peabody David B. Hill Cord Meyer Patrick McCarren John B. MacDonald. Roosevelt counts Elihu Root John Hay William Moody William Taft George Cortelyou Joseph Cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Roosevelt
August Belmont
Wall Street
George Foster Peabody
David B. Hill
Cord Meyer
The
Sugar Trust
Patrick McCarren
Roosevelt Critics Call for Confidence Amid Power Struggle
A fragment quotes critics urging trust in those who would keep or change policy. It references a tense debate over administration and governance, with mentions of confidence, secrecy, and the desire to protect or overturn long standing acts of administration attributed to President Roosevelt.
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Vitaly
President Roosevelt
Practical Politician Parker a Hill protege under Tam many Hall
A critical profile of Alton B. Parker, highlighting his rise as David Hill's political manager from Ulster County, his control of New York county politics, and his close ties to Tammany Hall, questioning how the public would view him beyond New York and his indications as a political operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany Hall
Parker
Alton B. Parker
Cortland
New York
Ulster County
Tammany
Hill
Judge Parker
Ulster
David Bennett Hill
Supreme Bench
State of
Supreme
Court of Appeals
Blue-eyed
Billy
Sheehan
Rosemount
St. Louis
Sheebang
O'Briens
McDonalds
David B. Hil
Democrats Refuse to Answer Parker Currency Questions
The St. Louis Democratic convention faced demands from Bryan for explicit currency views from Parker. Parker’s managers resisted, labeling questions as foolish and fearing exposure. The piece compares this to corporate practices that withhold information to avoid public accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton B. Parker
St. Louis
William J. Bryan
Parker
Williams
Republican Party
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Bryan
Parker Won’t Go to the Fair
A dated notice from Esopus New York reports Parker changing his land and likely not leaving Rosemont to travel to the St. Louis Fair during the campaign. The piece rails at Parker missing the trip and questions big bosses keeping him in place as St. Louis awaits festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alton B. Parker
New York
St. Louis
Judge Parker
Parker
Mr. Parker
State of
Esopus
N. Y
Rosemont
Press Dispatch
Vermont Landslide Signals Republican Victory
Chairman Bullard of the Vermont Democratic State committee warned the night before the election that a Republican plurality below 25,000 would indicate a Democratic national result. The actual Vermont vote produced a Republican plurality of 81,500, a landslide about one fourth above normal for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Bullard
Democratic State Committee
Labor and wage themes in early Senate remarks
Senator Fairbanks says in a January 11 1838 Senate speech that a low wage scale harms wholesome development and links the Chinese Exclusion Act to the labor question. He stresses belief in organized labor and wage organization as a law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
Ite
Fairbanks
Senate
Watson Attacks Roosevelt on Race and Wall Street
Thomas Watson criticizes Roosevelt and Parker in Atlanta speech, denouncing Democratic leaders for capitulating to Wall Street. He questions Parker’s qualifications and cites past party pledges on equality, arguing the South faces hypocrisy and nigger politics used to distract from economic bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas EB. Watson
Athinta
Roosevelt
Aed Parker
Watson
Wall Street
St. Louis
Henry Watterson
Democratic Party
Belmont
David B. Wi
Pat McCarren
Mr. Watson
Georgia
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Thad Stevens
St. Ouls
West Virginia
Parker
James A. Ross
Ross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Silverites
D.C. Tillotson
National Silver Republican Party
Grawfort
William McLain
Ottumwa
Mr. McLain
Andrew Jackson
W.&. Williams
Boonville
Ind
Warrick County
Cleveland
Wisconsin
Daniel Buchanan
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Parker and
Buchanan
Thomas & Watson S
Democrata
North
Washington
Wishop Torney
Hooker Washington
T. Tomas Fortune
Dovyeu
Grover Cloves
Georgi
South Carolin
Parker Doucet
St. Tons
Trney
David B. Hilk
Écetns
Alexander H. ‘Stevens
Abe
Dave Hill
John Sharp Williams
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