Taft Ticket and State Officers Listed in Gubernatorial Ballot
The ticket names President Taft and James Sherman for vice president with a slate of candidates for Congress state offices and county posts. Officials include Coe I Crawford for senator and H H Herreid for state treasurer, plus S W Clark for attorney general and H A Astrud for public instruction. Also listed are presidential electors Gottlieb Dering and C H Lien among others.
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William H. Taft
Ohio
Sherman
New York
Coe I. Crawford
Huron
Charles H. Beerenee
W. Martin Deka
Gove R
Jane
Brence Springs
Highmore
GC. Polley
Deadwood
Aim Dene
Iain H . Herreid
G. Johnson
Canton
Governor Crawford Seeks Nonpartisan Management Of State Institutions
Governor Crawford pledged to keep politics out of state university affairs and appointed three new regents Samuel Forrest E C Ericson and A Y to replace party ties. He emphasized integrity and independence in leadership while easing factional tensions across Brookings Vermillion and broader state campuses.
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Board of Regents
State University
Brookings
Vermillion
Crawford
Andrew Lee
Cnts
Samuel Forrest
Britton
E. C. Ericson
Elk Point
A. Y
Sisseton
Democratic platform condemned for policing reform and delays
The text attacks the Democratic platform as vindictive and self serving, cites Lee’s governorship and Meade’s removal, and argues Republicans achieved reform against corporate abuses. It claims minority obstruction could hamper laws, notes cross state progress under Republican leadership, and praises Roosevelt and Foraker while lamenting a perceived moral fall.
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Ps Gegen Arama
Great West
Northwest
South Dakota
Senate
House
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
North Dakota
Kansas
Oregon
Roosevelt
Root
Taft
Bonaparte
Hitchcock
Garfield
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Bryan foes and Taft emerge in early campaign chatter
The piece reviews 1896 1908 Bryan contrasts with Taft and Hearst’s role in the race. It notes Hearst’s scoring in the political game and critiques the apathy label. It also mentions Governor Haskell resigning from the Bryan committee to avoid embarrassment to Oklahoma and to Bryan’s campaign.
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Mr. Bryan
Haskell
Oklahoma
Grafters to the Woods
An editorial urges strict accountability for officials tied to corporations as reform spreads from Wisconsin to the Northwest. It predicts more defeats for corporate tools and exposes, warning of looming trouble for grafting officials and urging vigilance to lock away corrupt influence.
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Wisconsin
Northwest
The Passing of Foraker And Haskell
The finish of Senator Foraker and Governor Haskell is complete and unmistakable. Immediate consequences to both are of little importance as Bryan clings to Haskell and partisans bolster him. Both men are seen as having pretended to serve the states while involved in public bus affairs.
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Foraker
Haskell
Bryan
Democratic Party
Jones Seeks Backing to Draw Crowds in South Dakota
A gentleman named Jones, imported from somewhere to energize South Dakota democracy, asks Eg on Crawford to insure him a crowd, noting he is not drawing the audiences he desires.
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Jones
South Dakota
Crawford
D. H. Smith
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Miller
Board
Reliance
Kennebec
Wagner
Avon
North-Western
Great Northern
Huron
Smith
National Commission
Washin
D. C
Justice to the Negro and civic equality urged after Springfield riots
An editorial in Deadwood Telegram argues that most African Americans are law abiding and deserve fair treatment amid white mob violence. It calls for unity against color prejudice, urging defense of decent Black citizens and an end to lynching while condemning mob actions as unamerican.
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America
Springfield
United States
South
Abraham Lincoln
Deadwood Telegram
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R. C. Richards
M. Osbon
Sian
R. R
Dr . C. Robinson
Groten
National
Thos. Thorson
Gottlied Dering
Hutchinson County
Fischrade Hanlon
Nin UN C. H. Lien
Roberts
M L
Farmer M. Giles
E. E. Sedam
A. A. Chamberlain
T. C. Young
A. J. Holbrook
Samuel Birks
A. F. Pay
John W. Boyle
O. S. Hagen
J. W. Smith
William Tolmie
David Coughlin
C. C. Buell
A. E. Curtis
B. Geddi
J. C. Hatfield
Chas. Hotaling
J.B
H. C. Tee
W. H. Wright
Leiden
Hon
Lee
Meade
New Aie
General Foraker
Congress
Free Silver
Standard Oil
Hearst
Mrs. S. W. Montague
Mitchell
J. W. Campbell
B. J Miller
Aberdeen
Rev. H. Wold
Bonesteel
T. H. Hagen
W. W. Vance
Decorah
E. E. Vance
Marie Roberts
McNeil
The
Wessington Times
City
J. M. Stlver
Corn Palace Exposition
Manchester
Ede
J. W.campbell
B. J
Miss Seats Coyote
Dorothy Reece
Geo. Longstaff
Fort Dodge
Miss Reece
Republic
Women & Children
Fleming
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