President Roosevelt Urges Labor Reforms and Antitrust Revisions
President Roosevelt sends a special message urging Congress to act on child labor bans, employers liability, injunctions in labor disputes, and a revised antitrust law. He calls for postal savings banks, tariff study, wood pulp on the free list, and a permanent waterways commission to conserve resources and regulate power rights.
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Iowa Democratic Nominating Convention Dates Change
The Iowa Democratic state convention was moved from July 2 to June 26. Chairman Miller will not seek re election. Delegates at large include Claude R. Porter Jerry B. Sullivan B J Dunn and C Duncombe. The Omaha Bryan platform endorsed with Iowa sympathy and resolutions push for direct senate election eight hour day income tax and rail commissions.
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Resolutions Committee
Iowa
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Fred White
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Centerville
Jerry B. Sullivan
Des Moines
B. J. Dunn
Mason Cuy
Fiest
C. Duncombe
Fort Dodge
Weaver
Prohibition Party
Sioux City
Miller
State Central Committee
Indiana Democrats Name State Ticket at Convention
Indianapolis March 27 The Indiana Democratic state convention closed after naming a state ticket adopting a platform and instructing delegates to vote for William J Bryan for president John W Kern indorsed for vice president The state ticket includes governor Thomas E Marshall lieutenant governor Frank J Hall secretary of state James F Vox auditor Marion Bailey state treasurer John Isenberger attorney general Walter J Lotz Split in Tennessee Nashville March 27 Designating themselves as the regular state convention Republicans instructed for William H Taft endorsed H Clay Evans and instructed Nathan W Hale for national committeeman Providence March 27 Rhode Island Republican state convention held in Providence refrained from instructing delegates or expressing preference for any presidential candidate
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William J. Bryan
John W. Kern
Thomas &. Marshall
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Frank J. Hall
Rushville
James IF. Vox
Columbus
Marion Bailey
Litton
John Isenberger
North Manchester
Walter J. Lotz
Munele
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Nashville
Capitol
William H. Taft
H. Clay Evans
Nathan W. Hale
Rhode Island
Providence
Chicago
Postmaster General bans Italian anarchist paper La Questione Sociale
Postmaster General Meyer voided the 1906 second class mailing privileges for La Questione Sociale, an Italian Paterson publication. The order cites the paper as not a newspaper but a vehicle extolling assassination as virtue, framing it as anarchist propaganda.
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Pavey Sued for 45 000 by Illinois Attorney General
Suit for 45000 was filed against former Auditor C W Pavey of Mount Vernon by Attorney General Stead to recover an alleged shortage of fees of 19000 claimed used by Pavey while he was auditor of state. Pavey recently resigned from the national department of justice on account of ill health.
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Premier Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Rested After Relapse
The morning bulletin reports Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman remains weak after a quiet night in London. Doctors describe his condition as serious but stable while he shows no immediate signs of recovery yet.
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Porter's Address Opens Iowa Democratic Convention in Cedar Rapids
Temporary Chairman Claude R. Porter opens the Iowa Democratic convention praising the party and William J. Bryan. He calls for a Democratic platform grounded in core doctrines, pushes for free trade with colonies, public ownership of certain treasuries, tariff reductions on essentials, and guarantees for bank deposits. Afternoon sessions begin with committee reports.
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Claude R. Porter
William J. Bryan
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United States
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Republic
Towa
Fist Fights at Nashville State Convention Riot
Republicans gathered in Nashville Tennessee for a state convention violence erupted in the hall of the house of representatives. Chairman Newell Sandera is listed among casualties. Factions backed W J Oliver Knoxville Brownlow and Hale with Austin challenging Hale for Congress. Brownlow Oliver Austin won control as the convention adopted a motion opposing a national convention.
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W. J. Oliver
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Ryans
N. W. Hale
Richard Austin
Congress
Hale
Brownlow-Oliver-Austen
North Dakota Democrats Back Bryan For National Nominee
North Dakota Democratic convention delegates were urged to vote for William J. Bryan at the Denver national convention after three hours of speeches. The resolutions committee endorsed Bryan and instructed delegates to support him, while Johnson supporters prepared a possible second choice resolution not yet disclosed.
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Arkansas Primary Returns In Dem Primary Vote Record
Arkansas voters in Little Rock and across the state cast the largest Democratic primary turnout yet for state offices. In the governor race cities favored George W. Donaghey or J. Hineman, while county precincts backed Attorney General W. F. Kirby aligned with Senator Jeff Davis. Each candidate claims the nomination.
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Little Rock
Ark
George W. Donaghey
J. H. Hineman
W. F. Kirby
United States
Jeff Davis
Bryan picks delegates at Indiana convention
Delegates chosen by districts twenty six at Denver will vote for William J. Bryan for president. Four delegates at large, selected by the committee on rules, also support Bryan. a majority will back Thomas Taggart for reelection as Indiana member of the national committee. The Tribune provides Mills County news twice weekly.
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Denver
Committee On Rules
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