Ohio Democrats Endorse Bryan in 1908 Fight at Columbus Convention
Ohio Democrats at Columbus adopt platform endorsing Bryan and Pattison ideals and call for direct election of US senators. The resolutions committee reports after long debate, backing temperance, franchise tax, initiative and referendum, and anti boss rules. Bernard's Hamilton county challenge is rejected. Garber remains party head. Bryan praised as the party’s future standard bearer.
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Columbus
Resolutions Committee
Bryan
W. L. Finley
State Committee
Pattison
G. Rodgers
Summit
Chas. W. Lapp
Cuyahoga
Tom &. Johnson
Harvey C. Garber
Hamilton County
Thomas B. Powell
T. E. Powell
Tom L. Johnson
J. S. McMahon
D. H. Commager
F. L. Gorman
James S. Thomas
Committee
Frank Harper
Democratic State Central Committee
New Memorial Hall
B. F. McCann
Dayton
Price Russell
Creston
John A. Connor
Joseph Callahan
Coshocton
A. Court of Columbus
Bert 5. Bartlow
Hamilton
McCann
William J. Bryan
John J. Lentz
Lentz
New York
Governor Pattison
John M. Pattison
State Central Committee
National
House of Representatives
Congress
Ohio
Inheritanes
Brake Investigation Committee
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
America
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Spirited Contests at Lincoln GOP Convention Aug 22
Nebraska convention in Lincoln focuses on governor and U S Senate races with six candidates for senator including Norris Brown and Edward Rosewater. Brown leads in instructed delegates while eight run for governor. Cannon endorsement dominates Springfield gathering amid general convention activity.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Norris Brown
Edward Rosewater
The
Omaha Bee
Joseph H. Mill
Cannon
Springfield
Joseph G. Cannon
Shelby M. Cullom
Cullom
John F. Smulski
Roosevelt
Illinois
Congress
Dineen
Platform demands home rule in taxation and local control
The platform formed by the Committee on Resolutions calls for state revenue without county levies, allowing counties to fund only their expenses. It demands higher assessment values for railroads and public utilities, taxation of franchise privileges, and unrestricted home rule for cities and towns to decide on public versus private ownership of utilities, with voterReferendum safeguards.
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Committee On
Democracy of
Ohio
Legislatu-E
Fort Brown Abandoned After Race Turmoil in Texas
Washington reports Fort Brown Texas will be abandoned after trouble between negro troops and local citizens. White Twenty-sixth Infantry to pack government property and depart. Twenty-fifth Infantry battalion ordered to Fort Reno Oklahoma. President directs a full investigation led by General J Franklin Bell with Major Blocksom continuing the inquiry.
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Washington
Brownsville
Tex
Fort Brown
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Texas
Fort Ringgeld
Fort Reno
Oklahoma
McCaskey
Department of Texas
J. Franklin Bell
Blocksom
War Department
How to Detect Arsenic and Clean Valuable Brushes
Arsenic detection via the garlic odor from certain arsenic compounds in flame, and the same smell from fungi growing on arsenic containing substances. Also notes a plant association type and the fungus Hchen in relation to arsenic analysis. Additionally, a method to clean ivory or tortoise shell brushes using bran instead of water.
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London Globe
Pittsburg
Bitter Georgia Democratic primary era in state history
Atlanta reports a fierce Georgia Democratic primary with five gubernatorial candidates and Senator Bacon as the lone U.S. senator candidate. The result will effectively decide the governorship due to the Democratic vote dominance.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Clark Howell
The
Atlanta Constitution
Hoke Smith
the Interior
A. Estill
Savannah Morning News
Richard B. Russell
Jackson County
James M. Smith
Bacon
United States
Grain And Live Stock Markets Across Cities
The report lists cattle, sheep, hogs, and calf prices for Chicago East Buffalo Cleveland and Pittsburg. It also provides grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and lard bulk meats bacon hog prices and a Cincinnati section with assorted price ranges. Separate note on Herbert Spencer cites his taste for impure purple and artificial flowers for interior decor.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Toledo
Spencer
Herbert Spencer
Pigs in China Ride in Cart as Society Watches
A Deking correspondent reports twelve or thirteen fat pigs with legs tied ride in a Chinese cart under a light load, a man atop the cargo. The pigs are quiet until their journey ends, when their squealing rivals Italian opera, provoking debate over animal cruelty.
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China
Deking
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Cuban Towns Reported Captured In Cuba Uprising
Havana reports say Guines, 20 miles south of Havana, was peacefully occupied by insurgents while fighting erupts in Havana province. Rural guards exchange fire with Bandera’s men. one insurgent killed. Rumors of clashes near Pinar del Rio unconfirmed. 200 troops reinforced several towns. Government vows to maintain order as insurgents mass in Pinar del Rio. No strong offensive action observed yet. Washington sees no need for U.S. interference. Other items note stock broker Neff’s arrest in Lima and Coney Island fare fight litigation. Health advice extols eggs for dysentery recovery.
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Guines
Havana
Bandera
Pinar del Rio
Consolacion del Sur
San Juan de Martinitz
Cuba
San Juan de Martinez
Washington
State Department
Island Republic
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Finley
Johnson
New Central Committee
Bernard
Ohio Democratic Convention
Lewis Bernard
Garber
Dempsey
Cincinnati
New
Charles Kloeb
Mercer County
Fenton Lawton
Mercer
George Rings
Williams
M. R. Denver
Clinton
Henry Kampf
Miami
Namer Southard
Unions
A. A. Reilly
Lucas
George EB. Nye
Pike
Frank N. Acton
Fairfield
James Ross
Franklin
H. H. Hartman
Crawford
J. L. van Arran
Lorain
W. W. Ackley
Noble
Albert M. Brown
Belmont
B. W. Crayton
Licking
Bernard Beil
Stark
Herbert
Trumbull
Newton D. Baker
Oregon
Jerome
Murphy
Charles FF. Murphy
Tammany Hull
Tammany
William Traverse Jerome
W. R. Hearst
Unite
Hearst
State University
Daniel R. Cameron
John S. Cunen
Clara ‘!. Borland
Peoria
Roger Sullivan
National Committee
Alan
Baseball
Philadelphia
R. H. EB
J. Louis
Howell
Bender
Powers
Boston
R. H. B.reston
Detroit
Clevi
N.Y
Patie
R. H. E. Chicago
Brown and Kinng Ames and
Bowerman
American Association
Milwaukee
Louisville
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
W. L. P.C. Colum
Gas KC
St Bao Louis Bo
Milw
al St P
Mhine
Ind
Elmer Carns
Jarretts
Frank Johnstut
J. P. Matthews
Mary Pollock
New Concord
Put-in-Bay
Eliza
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Sohe
Pimar del Rio
Lima, O
Bb. L. Neff
Odell & Co
Jeo Beeler
Neff
Beeler
Delphos
Coney Island
Albany
N. Y
Mayer
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn
Court of Appeala
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