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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
2
The Elkhart Daily Review cites a Taft victory line urging voters to elect Taft and a Republican Congress for continued business prosperity. It contrasts protectionism with Democratic tariff aims and notes several sudden deaths tied to hopeful efforts, underscoring life’s fragility.
Residents living between the St. Joseph river and West Lexington avenue will vote in the Ninth precinct at Charles Pease's residence. Precinct boundaries for township, county, and state elections are fixed by the county commissioners. City elections will align ward and precinct boundaries, while voters south of Indiana Avenue near the Lake Shore railway and west of Franklin Street follow the same rule.
The article critiques letters urging influence in legislative and judicial appointments, argues for unbiased judges and honest lawmakers, and catalogs campaign rhetoric and figures from 1890s politics. It cites Marshall, Hering, Kern, Hendricks, Beveridge, Bryan, and local party dynamics with Republican sentiment and voter concerns.
The passage argues that legislation and justice are proper paths to reform. It counters the belief that bad men lack honorable motives and that favors are always given with questionable intent. It asserts that people may do favors for enemies to recognize the recipient's good qualities.
The text argues for a Republican Congress to uphold past laws and notes many measures passed under Republican auspices. It lists laws on irrigation, interstate commerce, pure food, commerce and labor, corporations, employers liability, safety, railway hours, meat inspection, anti rebate, Panama canal, child labor in DC, currency commission, agricultural funding, and campaign finance restrictions. It frames these as substantial achievements aligned with progressive thought.
The piece recalls an Elkhart Truth editorial from October 9 1900 arguing that abolition of tariffs on trust controlled products would harm workers and depress American wages, vindicating protectionist aims. It notes the paper’s Republican-leaning stance and questions Bryan’s claimed tariff reform.
W. B. Hile and Prosecutor L. L. Burris will address a Republican meeting at Waterford this evening.
The Elkhart Review praised Barnhart's genteel address while later praising a Democratic standard bearer and Kern Marshall ticket, and The Truth accused the Review of misrepresentation. It is reported English brewers are sending money to aid Marshall campaign.
A wedding gift of $300 in gold to Mrs. J M Studebaker from her rents grew to $16000 after fifty years. She reported the growth to the Young Men's Christian Association to promote thrift and saving.
The Review reports new stock of Taft and Watson campaign lithographs available at no charge. Interested readers may obtain them by calling at the office for collection.
The Abbott and Crossett grade offered at Blessing's this week only at 3.50 and 3.05 respectively. Limited sale period and price figures specify discount window and product grades available.
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