Standpatters Target Tacoma Convention Over Supreme Court Nomin
The article argues Standpat Republican leaders in Washington plan to use the state convention to punish Progressives. Delegates are chosen by central committees in several counties without primaries, risking a machine dominated convention. Poindexter remains a unifying figure against party control by special interests.
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Supreme Court
Benton
Kittitas
Grant Chehalis
Thurston
King County
Chehalis County
Thomas Harlan
Oakville
Supreme Bench
County Central Committee
South Bend Journal
Republican Central Committee
Tacoma
Miles Poindexter
Poindexter
Spokane
Garfield on insurgents and insurgency comments remain
Former secretary of the interior Jas A Garfield remarks on insurgents saying they have been and still are active threats. He frames the situation as ongoing and unresolved, emphasizing persistent challenges from rebellious groups.
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Jas. A. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Poindexter Aid From Lenroot Supports Senate Bid
Congressman Irvine L Lenroot of Wisconsin writes a Spokane friend praising Miles Poindexter as a strong progressive Republican candidate for the U S Senate. He attacks Cannon and Aldrich aligned Democrats and urges Washington to elect Poindexter citing tariff reform and party platform loyalty. A Wilbur land deal closes 320 acres for 20000, boosting Big Bend wheat prospects amid poor crop outlook.
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Washington
Miles Poindexter
United States Senate
Irvine L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Spokane
Badger
Congress
Judge Poindexter
Cannon-Aldrich
Poindexter
Taft
Chicago
Cannon
Aldrich
Spokane Chronicle
Wilbur
Joseph Kunz
Bert la Fevre
Columbia Ridge
Big Bend
Roosevelt Backs Poindexter in Washington Senate Fight
Oyster Bay July 5 Roosevelt signaled support for Miles Poindexter of Spokane in his bid for the Washington senate seat. The luncheon and Sagamore Hill conference placed Roosevelt against Interior Secretary Ballinger amid the Ballinger Pinchot controversy. Poindexter, aligned with Roosevelt and opposed to Ballinger, expressed delight at the meeting.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Miles Poindexter
Spokane
United States Senate
R. A. Ballinger
Interior
Taft
Ballinger-Pinchot
Poindexter
Ballinger
Washington
Roosevelt
Northwest
Senator Piles
Sagamore Hill
Leavenworth urged to join American Woman's League chapter plan
The American Woman's League promotes a Leavenworth chapter with a fully furnished clubhouse. Ten locals must raise $52 each in magazine subscriptions to fund a center with library and concert phonograph. Peck Idaho already reports a thriving chapter house and growing membership.
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American Woman’s League
League
The
Echo
Leavenworth
United States
Maine
California
Peck
Idaho
Nez Perces
Katherine L. Smith
Big Canon
Pioneers
University City
St. Louis
Deed H. Mayor
Garfield Declares Progressive Republicans Must Save Party
Ex Secretary Jas R Garfield, ally of Colonel Roosevelt, tells Cleveland’s new progressive Republican group that the movement defines action and warns that those who seek to drive progressives out of the party blind themselves to current needs. He says special interests threaten national liberty and that there is no halfway ground in the fight.
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House
Rules Committee
Republican Party
New England
Gardner
Middle West
Madison
Poindexter
Far Northwest
California
Wisconsin
Garfield
New Progressive Republican Organization of
Cleveland
Jas. R. Garfield
Interior
Colonel Roosevelt
Mr. Garfield
Alaska prospectors survive brutal blizzards in Seattle return
Two Alaska prospectors, Vernon Brewster and William Price, returned to Seattle aboard the Umatilla after severe frostbite and near-fatal exposure. Brewster lost toes and fingers, Price lost a leg above the ankle and toes, both treated in Nome and St Michael, with amputation and careful care saving their lives. Their ordeals highlight the extreme costs of Alaska gold rush exploration.
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Alaska
Umatilla
Seattle
Vernon Brewster
Wm. Price
Brewster
Nome
Price
Ballinger to resign as interior secretary after Taft visit
Friends of Richard A Ballinger secretary of the interior say he will tender his resignation when he meets President Taft at Beverly next Tuesday. He seeks to leave duties and public life burdens behind after the Pinchot controversy and congressional inquiry conclude.
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Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
Taft
Beverly
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger
Great Northern seeks Washington exhibit car tastings and exhibits
F W Graham of the Great Northern Railway invites Washington growers to contribute fruits vegetables and grains for a touring exhibit car and permanent rooms in St Paul Chicago and Seattle. Requests include cherries strawberries loganberries raspberries gooseberries and a wide range of produce with processing by M J Wessels and reimbursement of express charges.
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F. W. Graham
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway Company
Washington
Spokane
St. Paul
Union Depot
Chicago
Seattle
2Nd
Columbia Streets
M. J. Wessels
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
State of Washington
L. W. Hill
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Congressman Lenroot
Chelan County
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