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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1908
Page
1
Wade Ellis provides the core planks of the Republican platform the trusts anti injunction railroad rate tariff and currency. The document endorses tariff revision and a flexible currency while backing Sherman antitrust amendments and tighter federal supervision of interstate monopolies.
The Elkhart Daily Review reports Hopkins, Wade Ellis, Senator Long and Frank Kellogg discussing platform changes including a possible anti injunction plank. Dolliver remains central in a shifting vice presidential race with White House hints and factional bets between Fairbanks and Sherman.
Axtell deficiency nears sixty thousand dollars with $11,800 tied to Mrs Redrick Wiley. Secrets of the Real Estate Building Association show $7,200 more due to alleged six year city treasurer irregularities. Experts say a receiver may take charge of about $25,000 in property tied to the loss.
The Republican plank calls for a tariff revision in a special session after the new president takes office. It supports current investigations by appropriation committees into existing schedules and urges automatic maximum and minimum rates linked to other countries' treatment of American trade. The minimum would reflect the normal protection needed for American industry.
State conferences in Ohio New York Indiana and Iowa reach negative conclusions on vice presidential candidates. Indiana resistance to Fairbanks and lingering Taft loyalties shape committee selections with Michigan's dispute over resolution representation ending in Fordney supporting Cannon.
The report notes opponents oppose a injunction plank as Denver may advance. Speaker Cannon stayed in Chicago all day taking part in platform conferences. He met privately with Senator Hopkins for over an hour before his schedule continued.
The Missouri senator brought a five foot long silver mounted gourd as a humorous symbol to present to Secretary Taft upon nomination notification. Opponents, delegates, and photographers crowded the lobby as rumors of Taft and Roosevelt moves swirled through the convention city. A well known horse trainer A Alexander was found dead in Cincinnati at the Douglass hotel.
Six thousand regulars and national guardsmen guard New York harbors in drills at Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth amid fears of a hostile mine laying fleet. Training focuses on coast defense as subcaliber drills proceed and observers expect news of the fleet’s movement tonight.
The Washington Star quotes Briggins as highly credulous about bottle labels and cans claiming astonishing claims about wine and seafood. The item illustrates skepticism toward marketing slogans and reader gullibility.
Afraid to hold meetings due to threats in Spencer county Indiana the local Society of Equity faces hostile sentiment as State Secretary Speer denies involvement in alleged night riding ties. He says no Equity men were ever proven to join such gangs.
On this date in history Napoleon defeats Blucher at Ligny and allies defeat Ney at Quatre Bras, both preludes to Waterloo. 1900 Prince de Joinville dies, born 1818, with service in McClellan's staff. Astronomical note: Moon at perigee and Mercury Mars in conjunction with twilight view.
Rainy day crowds at Gravesend watched 2400 spectators passors by as police barred betting in the ringside area. No arrests were made though two favorites Melissa and Juggler won in their respective Astoria stakes and selling event.
The Iowa Populists at their state convention endorsed Republican Governor A B Cummins praising his 2 cent fare reform. They nominated a state ticket headed by Governor Cummins ally Cowles of Davis City for governor with Stephen Harving Altoona as lieutenant governor and other statewide offices.
Miss Clara True, head of the local Indian reservation police, survived an ambush by six men while en route with Deputy Hazel Glenning to Highlands. Police captured seven suspects as shots from the women’s revolvers repelled the attackers. The incident follows her raids on liquor sales to Indians. Also noted is a social event by St Johns church Ladies Guild and local milk ad.
Attorney General Hadley asked Assistant Attorney General M T Gentry of Columbia to resign, warning that formal removal proceedings would begin if he did not quit promptly. No formal charges were filed. The move follows reported dissensions within the department.
An assortment of local notices describes a hair restorer with testimonials from Carrie Williams and a sales pitch for Parisian Sage by Houseworth Bros. It also notes a 1908 Indiana charity conference visitor list including Dr. A W Butler and Father Francis Gavish visiting South Bend on June 19, and a partition sale announcement by Oliver F. Brusman.
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