Crawford Attacks Lorimer in Senate Speech
Senator Coe I Crawford of South Dakota denounces Lorimer in the Senate saying the Illinois bribery scheme controlled Hopkins Browne and others to secure Lorimer’s election. He cites testimony of admitted bribe takers and argues Lorimer knew of the plot and benefited from it.
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Washington, D. C
Coe I. Crawford
South Dakota
Crawford
Lorimer
Albert J. Hopkins
Senate
Edward Shurtleff
Lee O'Neill Browne
House
Chas. White
Browne
White
Cannon Back in Power as House Sides With Speaker
In Washington the House backed Speaker Cannon by a large margin after a three day storm. Insurgents fought bravely but failed to overturn the ruling as Democrats largely sustained the chair. The vote leaves Cannon’s authority intact and signals party divisions in the arena of House rules.
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Washington, D. C
Cannon
Ben
Congress
Fitzgerald
New York
Champ Clark
Missouri
Underwood
Alabama
House
Rules Committee
Mann
Illinois
Clark
Direct Election of Senators Favored in Senate Committee
Washington report states the senate committee on judiciary favored reporting the subcommittee’s resolution for amending the constitution to allow direct election of U.S. senators. Borah supports the subcommittee plan and will submit a formal statement. Advocates are hopeful but not confident of quick success due to opposition and likely action delays this session.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Judiciary
United States
Borah
Senate
Lorimer Ballot Controversy Opens Debate In Senate
Crawford argues Lorimer knew enough about Springfield politics to prompt inquiry and that Browne and Leff were his agents. He refuses to accept the report without protest while pledging to vote for a resolution affirming Lorimer’s election to the United States Senate by the Illinois legislature.
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Crawford
Lorimer
Springfield
Browne
Ae Leff
United States Senate
Tiitetols
Corn Show Promises First State Short Course Next Week
The state corn show opens Monday with a first time short course in agriculture. Governor Eberhart and Governor Vessey will speak. Prof Willis leads with Center, Bopp, and Burrilson assisting. Alfalfa banquet headlines Thursday with alfalfa flour foods. cash premiums total 700 dollars across grain divisions.
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Abé
Ailard, Willis
Minneapolis
Dawes
Fulton
State Agricultural College
Willis
Center
Illinois
Bopp
Burrilson
Brookings College
Northwest
Billings
Montana
Dakota Improved Seed Co
Prize Cup for High Ear Corn Competition
A silver loving cup on an ebony base stands 18.5 inches tall and valued at 50 dollars. The award becomes permanent only after winning twice by the same exhibitor. The trophy goes to the exhibitor with the highest scoring ten ears of corn in the show.
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Dakota Improved Seed Co
Corn show to auction top grain at exhibit week
After the corn show the grain judged as top prizes will be sold at auction. Domestic science leads by Miss Norma Brown of Aberdeen with daily demonstrations at the Congregational church. A stock judging feature will be demonstrated at the stock pavilion in the eastern city. Preparations aim to entertain a large crowd during the week.
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Norma Brown
Aberdeen
Congregational Church
Brown
A d Domestic Science
Mitchell
New Ohio Senator Chosen At Joint Caucus
Atlee Pomerene of Canton will be elected United States senator from Ohio at the next session of the general assembly following a Democrat joint caucus. The 47 year old lawyer has practiced in Canton since Cincinnati Law School graduation in 1886 and previously served Stark County as prosecuting attorney. Born in Berlin Holmes County, he is the son of a physician and has a large family background with several siblings in medicine and law. He is married with no children.
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Columbus
Atlee Pomerene
Canton
United States
Ohio
Stein
General Assembly
Princeton
Cincinnati Law School
Stark County
Pomerene
Dayton
Berlin
Holmes County
No Oil Trust Money For Huron College
Dr Wallace Butterick of New York, secretary of the General Education Board, visited Huron College in S Dakota to discuss the Rockefeller fund. He stated no gift from the Rockefeller endowment would be justified yet, urging local and state liberal support and patronage before any endowment commitment.
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Wallace Butterick
New York
Butterick
General Education Board
New York City
John D. Rockefeller
French
Huron College
Hotel Royal
Rockefeller Fund
Huron
Wis. Legislature Urged to Probe Stephenson Election
A legislative committee reports irregularities in United States Senator Isaac Stephenson's 1909 primary campaign. The memo asks McGovern to send the findings to the U S Senate for investigation and urges Dane County to prosecute all involved.
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Madison
Wis
Mpesitee ‘Hes
Eueasa
United States
Isaac Stephenson
McGovern
Stephenson
United States Senate
Thase
Dane County
Defense scores in the Shenck trial in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia Dr Frank L Hupp the state's chief witness and medical expert testified in the Laura Schenk trial for her husband's murder that Mrs Schenk first asked for a trained nurse and that Schenk was given arsenic in medicine. The admission bolsters the defense as a crowded courtroom saw women spectators early.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Frank L. Hupp
Laura Schenk
Railroads Flayed by L. D. Brandeis
Louis D. Brandeis told the Interstate Commerce Commission that greed and ignorance drive proposed freight-rate hikes. He charged railroads collude with the steel and coal trusts and warned improved management could save a million dollars daily.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Louis D. Brandeis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Steel Trust
Coal Bitrons
Brandeis
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