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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
4
Notices outline delivery terms for a daily paper and weekly editions. It specifies prices for carrier delivery, monthly and yearly rates, and advance payment requirements. It also notes that anonymous communications are not acknowledged and changes must be reported directly to the office.
The piece argues since 1905 white paper prices rose from 38 to 50 per ton while production fell. It accuses the International Paper Company of monopolistic control, aided by duties on Canadian pulp and legal limits, urging Congress to reconsider a law aiding the trust.
A historical column questions Fairbanks’s links to railroad figures and 19th century financial maneuvers, comparing his associations with Ives Gould Harriman and Penrose to a modern progressive platform. It argues Taft and Fairbanks could not share a ticket, urging public scrutiny of party alignment and platform actions.
Discussion questions whether Charles Warren Fairbanks could be a Taft running mate and if Roosevelt influence waned in the Republican party. The piece recalls Fairbanks's past roles with Morgan lobbying efforts, railway strikes, and injunctions, questioning his suitability with Taft and the platform.
Washington June 12 Former Senator William E Chandler of New Hampshire urged a gathering of negroes to bolt the Republican ticket if Secretary Taft is nominated He said voting for Taft would place them in his path and that the Democratic party would be kinder if they voted Democratic while some Negroes voiced Support.
The article describes the Harvard heavyweight fighter as "the man with the jaw" and notes he is Taft’s boomer. It highlights his day and night work and up-to-date systematic methods as part of his training.
Frank Hitchcock, nicknamed the man with the jaw, led Taft’s pre convention campaign from Washington. He built a card index system tracking every Republican, organized districts and contests, and ran the operation from a closed doors office with relentless diligence for six months. He severed ties with the government to manage the effort.
Flag Day on Sunday June 14 may pass with minimal public ceremony in Logansport. The G A R national committee has scheduled observance for Saturday but a busy weekend, plus ongoing encampment and Decoration day events, reduces public interest in further celebrations.
The article credits Taft’s success to two factors: Roosevelt’s influence aiding his campaign and the systematic efforts led by Frank JH Hitchcock, the man with the jaw. Iowa concluded the Senate could keep Altill TM.
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