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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
1
Chicago opened its convention with a strong breeze and clear air as crowds filled the Coliseum. The gavel marked a precise start while plans for tariff, currency reform, and railroad regulation emerged. Roosevelt’s renomination appears certain though the method remains unsettled amid New York and New England delegate dynamics.
Secretary Loeb at the White House says a Chicago circulated administration platform draft is a tentative sketch. He notes it was prepared for Taft to gauge views and was not presented to or approved by the president or Taft.
Important litigation opened in superior court as Physicians Defense Company seeks to enjoin Medical Protective Company from continuing business. It demands an accounting and damages, framing a major bar battle with high profile counsel. Byron H Somers and Charles M Niezer named co defendants. Somers and Niezer formerly led the Physicians Defense outfit and allegedly copied forms and plans. Page Four continued.
Juror John Cooke in the trial of Herman Miller for the murder of Marshal Columbus Croy fell ill in the jury box at noon and proceedings stopped. Eleven jurors remain under guard by the court bailiff as the defense resumes testimony. alibi claims and testimonies were presented before Judge O Rourke.
Officials discussed deporting Manuel Mandida the Spaniard who killed one and wounded two in an emigrant car near Fort Wayne Sunday night. Mandida is jailed on murder charges awaiting circuit court action. Two Italian victims improve at St Joseph's hospital, and four other emigrants remain jailed as witnesses. The murdered Michaelletti Stefano lies at Schellmann & Ulmer morgue.
Chicago June 17 Fourteen hours consumed by the credentials committee for contest presentations but the temporary roll of delegates and alternates remained unchanged. Mayor Bookwalter of Indianapolis anti Taft faction protests and hints at a minority report while Senator Fulton notes 2000 people involved in the convention debate.
Chicago June 16 Following Washington’s hint that the vice presidential nominee should hail from Iowa Governor Cummins gains a formal booster push. Senator Borah of Idaho led the effort in telephonic talks with Washington allies and mobilized Western energy after breakfast to press Cummins. Senator Dolliver, meanwhile, urged Fairbanks for VP and suggested a strong man from New York or the Pacific coast if needed.
A parliamentary clash centers on limiting debate and approving the national committee report without contested hearings. Bookwalter insists ninety million people must wait until next November, Fassett suggests a blanket approval, and Bookwalter retorts not molasses but vitriol as the exchange sharpens.
Washington reports state that no developments on vice presidential selection will occur until the presidential platform is settled and a nominee chosen. The war secretary Taft's allies aim to include an anti injunction plank in the Republican platform.
The Republican platform praises Theodore Roosevelt and Republican leadership, highlighting enforcement of the law, regulation of rail and monopolies, arbitration of labor disputes, and national wealth growth. It argues for equal opportunity, and cites wealth expansion since 1896 under McKinley era policies, with a call to continue these measures.
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