People’s Ticket for State Offices and Supreme Court Justices
A political slate lists Supreme Court Justice terms from two to six years for candidates John C. Cannon Frank Doster J. D. McCleverty B F Milton Ed S Waterbury and others. It includes Congressional At Large J D Botkin Governor W H Craddock Lieutenant Governor Fred J Close Secretary Claude Duval State Treasurer D H Heflebower Auditor of State Attorney General F C Powell Superintendent of Schools Dan Hart Superintendent of Insurance and Congressional Second District candidate N J Bowman.
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Supreme Court
John C. Cannon
Frank Doster
J. D. McCleverty
B. F. Milton
Ed S. Waterbury
J. D. Botkin
W. H. Craddock
Fred J. Close
Claude Duval
D. H. Heflebower
Auditor of State
F. C. Powell
Dan Hart
Bowman at Lecompton Harvest Home Picnic
Noah L Bowman attended a Lecompton harvest home picnic invited by a committee member who wanted Bowman to speak. The committee favored Bowersock and invited him, prompting Bowersock to threaten not to speak if Bowman spoke. Bowman mingled with supporters while Bowersock delivered a short composition to a large crowd. indignation rose as the crowd wanted Bowman to speak but he refused, promising to speak later. The episode is noted as unlikely to hurt Bowman or help Bowersock.
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Noah L. Bowman
Lecompton
Bowersock
Bowman
Mr. Bowman
Con
Borrowsox
Roosevelt to War on Trusts Revision Delayed
President Roosevelt considered a tariff reduction for general use goods but after talks with Senators Quay Lodge Spooner Allison he decided to postpone the tariff fight and thus delay action against trusts until after the election. The article notes trusts are not worried.
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Roosevelt
America
Quay
Lodge
Spooner
Allison
America Over a Volcano Warns of Social Upheaval
Rabbi Hirsch of Chicago warned last week that wealth should serve all, not the few, likening America to a volcano ready to erupt. He argued property is held in trust for society, urging redistribution to prevent revolution and noting police and troops are drawn from the people they oppress.
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Rabbi Hirsch
Chicago
France
America
Pelee
Lawlessness of Riches Sermon at St Pauls Chicago
Bishop Fallows condemns wealth driven illegally and luxury as anarchy of riches. He urges peaceful constitutional action to curb the power of wealth, saying the people must assert authority to remedy the evil and protect the nation. His speech links aristocratic greed to historic revolutions and warns against weaponizing wealth against justice.
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St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church
Chicago
Bishop Fallows
William McKinley
Fallows
France
Scare Tactics Warn Populist Threat at Election Day
Republican papers warn that Populists may gain control of the legislature and unseat Republicans, risking a Populist or Democratic U.S. senator election. They urge opposition voters to vote and allege Republicans use targeting tactics against opponents.
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Teaders
United States
Merger Creates New MRAT Steel Trust Ahead of Instalment
A MRAT merger forms a new trust to begin operations on the 27th, ranking alongside the steel trust. The venture carries high capital stock, valued at twenty-five times the prior year’s earnings of the constituent firms.
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Steel Trust
Craddock Denies Tax Evasion In Gov Run
A Kansas City Kansas businessman W H Craddock rebutted a Republican claim that he paid no taxes and that his home is in his wife's name. He testified before J C Bailey that as assessor he paid higher taxes than any other Wyandotte county merchant. Craddock has long been among the heaviest taxpayers in the county, with Mrs Craddock owning the family home given to her years ago before politics began.
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Mort Albaugh
W. H. Craddock
J. C. Bailey
Kansas City
Kas
Craddock
Wyandotte County
Crearing
Iowa
I J. Kay Maniwat
Saratoga Springs
Ghernees
Bart Holly
Rene Cilies
Kay
Deuggintet
Trusts Interfere With Marriages In Chicago
The Chicago Record-Herald notes high living costs and rising rents delay many weddings, with coal prices singled out. It also reports thousands of Chicago children cannot attend school because parents cannot buy clothes, despite claims that trusts exist.
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The
Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago
Record-Herald
Forest fires devastate Washington and Colorado reports
Bra forest fires rage in Washington and Colorado for days. homes swept away, lumber camps and mills destroyed. The son in law of Elder L. N. Judd, once of this city, suffered heavy losses.
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Bra
Washington
Colorado
L. N. Judd
Tar as Ping Pong Policy Debate
A playful line portrays Republican leaders treating tariffs and trusts as balls in a tarry game, framing a political strategy metaphor. The satirical image likens tariff policy to a sport, suggesting maneuvering for advantage and public scrutiny of leadership.
Candidates Rally Around the County In Strong Reach
Our candidates travel across the county in good shape and win broad support. They meet voters in various towns, building friendships and outlining campaign goals as they push for community backing ahead of the elections.
Jo McDill Musings on Wealth, Church and People
In a continued column, Jo McDill questions wealth producers clinging to churches that permit enslavement by grabbers of others’ toil. He argues the people now seek the Fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man, faulting church leaders who hinder the masses while healing and feeding begin on earth and are perfected in heaven.
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Heaven
Bryan to Pass Through Garnett on Friday Morning
William J. Bryan will pass through Garnett next Friday morning at 7 55. A crowd is expected at the Santa Fe depot to greet him. He will speak in Kansas City and Topeka that day.
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William J. Bryan
Garantt
Santa Fe Dept
Kansas Cit
Topeka
Henderson Will Not Run for Congress in Iowa District
Speaker Henderson refuses re election in Iowa district citing policy splits with Republicans. His decision triggers widespread reaction among Republicans nationwide and in Washington. President Roosevelt and several leading senators pressed him to reconsider, but he remains firm.
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Henderson
Lowa
Towa
Washington
Roosevelt
Death of Associate Justice Gray in Nantucket Mass
Associate Justice Gray, who retired from the United States Supreme Court last spring, died Monday morning at his home in Nantucket, Massachusetts. He served in the nation’s legal system for nearly a century and sat on the Supreme Court bench for twenty years.
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Gray
United States Supreme Court
Nahant
Mass
Supreme Bench
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N. J. Bowman
J. M. Higgins
Clarence Davis
Keens Wm. Wycott
Pilkington
C. C. Leech
A. J. Coppage
L. Gould
W. F. Corvey
Frank Swanger
JO McDill
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Garnett
Ysters At
Allese
Dr. Kay
Pebeosissas
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Dr. B. J. Kay Medical Co
W. J. Lane
Garnett, Kansas
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