Taft Crosses Into West Virginia After Strenuous Ohio Tour
Taft completed a three day campaign in Ohio amid labor center crowds and farm concerns. He asserted labor misrepresentation by opponents and predicted a substantial Republican majority. He crossed into West Virginia at dusk, with more speeches planned toward Louisville despite a derailment delay on the Taft special.
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Wheeling
Taft
Ohio
Steubenville
Baltimore and Ohio
West Virginia
Ohio River
Wellsville
Empire
Toronto
Mingo Junction
Cadiz
Martins Ferry
Bridgeport
Bellaire
Louisville
Cadiz Junction
Bryan's Nebraskа tour ends with 22 speeches in one day
In Hebron Nebraska on October 15 William J Bryan completed a second day of campaigning. He spoke in 22 stops across the state addressing farmers and workers on bank deposits and Democratic policies while praising supporters and critiquing the president. He suggested Taft and himself would clash in Congress. Also in Washington Roosevelt aide Loeb denied a Keefe immigration post deal.
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Hebron
Neb
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Congress
Washington
Senate
House
North Bend
Schuyler
Columbia
Clarks
Central City
Grandsland
Wool River
Shelton
Gibbon
Kearney
Kenesaw
Hastings
Harvard
Sharonville
Sutton
Grafton
Fairmount
Geneva
Strang
Bruning
Belvidere
Crandishurd
Asile
Taft
State Committee
Keefe
Washington, D.C
White House
Loeb
Roosevelt
Pantel J. Keefe
Detroit
Healey pins Keefe deal to immigration post bid
The Democratic national committee quotes Timothy Healey confirming an alleged bargain offering Thintel J. Keefe a commissioner general of immigration in exchange for Detroit labor leaders backing Tift. The claim cites a Washington meeting and unspecified contacts with the union.
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New York
Democratic National Committee
Timothy Healey
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Thintel J. Keefe
Detroit
Tift
Frealey
Washington
Lincoln Republicans Publish State Committee’s Finance Book
Lincoln Nebraska October 15: Republican treasurer H L Lindsay opened his contribution ledger for publication. Since June 1 eleven thousand dollars came from small Nebraska postmasters with all fifty dollar or larger gifts from state officers, Gov Sheldon the top donor at two hundred fifty dollars. Early in the campaign the book showed a five hundred dollar bank loan. Chicago October 15: national campaign figures pressed Ohio and Nebraska while running mates spoke in New York and New Jersey. Parker preached Democratic doctrine in Tennessee and Fairbanks urged Taft in New York. Beveridge spoke at Puello Colorado.
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Lincoln
Neb
H. €. Lindsay
State Republican Committee
Nebraska
Sheldon
Chicago
Ohio
Sherman
Khern
New York
New Jersey
Alton F. Parker
Tennessee
Fairbanks
Taft
Tnnter
Garfield
Beveridge
Puelito
Colo
Straus to Speak in the West Campaign Tour Dates
Secretary Straus of the commerce and labor department announced his campaign itinerary starting next Friday and running to election day. He will speak in Terre Haute Indiana October 20 St. Louis October 21 and Chicago October 22.
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Straus
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Terre Haute
Ind
St. Louis
Chicago
Putnam county goes dry by 21 vote in Rose law election
Ottawa Ohio reports Putnam county voting dry by a margin of twenty one in the Rose law election results certified to the board of elections. Elsewhere in Washington the Railway Signal association sessions heard reports on signal practice rubber insulation and standard design. President Roosevelt received delegates and railroad men praising his Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers membership.
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Ottawa
Board of Elections
Putnam County
Washington
The
Railway Signal Association
Roosevelt
Brotherhood of
Tovomotive
The Wolf Knocks With Blended Flours Gerbelle and Never Fail
A compact note promotes product blends Blended Flours and Gerbelle alongside Never Fail as a doorway aid. The item suggests keeping "The Wolf" away by using these brands in kitchen routines.
Republicans Accept Full Responsibility for Legislation Failure
Statement by Representative David A. DeArmond of Missouri quotes James Schoolcraft Sherman blaming the Republican party in the House for failing to enact needed laws. Sherman replies that the GOP will assume responsibility for both actions and inactions, asserting a Republican government and readiness to use constitutional rights to enact laws for the public good.
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James Schoolcraft Sherman
Congress
Republican Party
House
Congressional Record
David A. DeArmond
Missouri
Sherman
Missourii
Senate
Shaw on Soup Houses Highlights Economic Strains
Former Secretary of the Treasury Mr Shaw spoke in Michigan last spring noting 300000 freight cars idle 8000 locomotives out of service and a quarter of city populations unemployed while free soup houses arise in a Republican era He urged that his remarks be extended in the record and gains broad support from critics and lawmakers alike.
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Shaw
Taft
Cincinnati
Mr. Taft
Federal usurpation cited in trust takeover case
In October, a steel trust representative won consent from Washington for the Trust Company of America to acquire its chief rival the Tennessee Iron and Coal Company. The move, a restraint of trade, violated the Sherman act, described by Mr. Shaw as a peculiar proceeding during his May 28 1908 speech to the National Electric Light Association.
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Trust Company of America
New York
Steel Trust
Washington
Tennessee Iron and Coal Company
Trust Company
Anmerica
Shaw
National Electric Light
Representative James Tloyd Exposes Mail Weight Scheme
Missouri Democrat James T Lloyd, chairman of the Democratic National Congressional Committee, charges post office rule changes have frozen proper mail weighing methods since 1873. He cites three interpretations by Postmaster Generals Cortelyou and the current official, arguing potential underpayment or overpayment to railroads totaling millions since 1880.
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James T. Tloyd
Missouri
Democratic National Congressional Committee
Cortelyou
Post Office Department
Bryan and Cannon Face Wealth Question in Danville
In Danville Illinois Speaker Cannon is pressed to reveal how he amassed wealth. The charge follows William Jennings Bryan showing a net worth around 150000 and challenging Cannon to disclose how he earned his millions through salary lectures and books. The exchange centers on public accountability among prominent politicians.
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Cannon
Bryan
Danville
Mr. Cannon
Speaker Cannon
Fess
Mr. Bryan
Congress
Uncle Joe
Marshall and Watson Clash Over Governor Hope
During a special session James E. Watson Republican candidate for governor lobbied for partisan measures with the state machine. Thomas R. Marshall Democratic candidate campaigned in the state, urged members to vote by party platform and conscience, and stayed away from Indianapolis. The piece endorses the Marshall approach as superior.
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James E. Watson
Thomas R. Marshall
Indianapolis
Marshall
Taft on wages and unemployment claims from Cincinnati speech
A speech in Cincinnati sparks a reply alleging hypocrisy as Taft proposes voter loyalty as relief for unemployment. The article cites a Telegraph dispatch from Indianapolis about employment and wages under Republican control and notes unrest in Tabriz with foreign residents threatened amidst nationalist tensions.
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Indianapolis News
Northern Indiana Railway Timetable
Northern Indiana Railway timetable for the Eastern Division shows hourly departures to Elkhart Misha and South Bend until 10 30 p m and 11 45 p m with limited trains at 11 30 a m 2 30 p m and 0 30 g p m Sunday last train and daily except Sunday. Northern Indiana trains depart South Bend Michigan City La Porte and points hourly with additional services to LaPorte. CHAS G LORMAN
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Elkhart
Misha
Bend
1Porte
Michigan City
LaPorte
G. Lorman
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Joe
Japan
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Standard Oil Company
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St. Petersburg
Novce Vremya
Tabriz
Persia
Java
Gulf Chicago
Albuquerque
N. M
National Irrigation Congress
Lexington
Kentuky Horse Breeders’ Association
Denver
Womans' Christian Temp Union
American Federation of Labor
BIG Four
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G’p.as
Northern Indiana Railway
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Goshen
Toledo
Lake Shore
Michigan
Ing Machine Shop
East Washington St
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