Platform Strong in Courts Defense for Tariff Reductions
Republican convention pledges protection of the protective tariff and wage earners, supports independent courts, calls for tariff reform via expert study, and endorses civil service and judicial integrity while stressing national unity, economic growth, and international peace. It lauds Lincoln, McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft and urges voters to back the party’s 1912 program.
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Republican Party
United States
International Court of Justice
Tariff Board
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Forged Taft Request Swindles Chicago Visitors
In Chicago a con man used a typewritten note on monogrammed paper bearing a forged President Taft signature to admit guests to sessions. Josiah Hartnett, claiming Arkansas ties and a G A R pin, paid $10 to a man posing as a Taft ally, as crowds were turned away at the Coliseum.
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Chicago
Taft
Josiah Hartnett
Arkansas
Coliseum
Bryan in the wrong pew at Republican convention
Chicago reports that William Jennings Bryan attended the Republican National Convention as a reporter and briefly sat among delegates before moving to the press row. Mrs. Bryan accompanied him, and he joked about the seating mix up.
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Chicago
William Jennings ‘Bryan
Bryan
Taft Nominated Again as 27th President in Chicago
Taft, aged 74, renominated by the Republican National Convention in Chicago for another term. The Cincinnati-born leader, son of Alphonso Taft, is praised for a varied career from judge to secretary of war and Philippines governor. He married Helen Herron in 1886 and has three children, with Major Archibald Butt’s death marking a deep loss.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
William Howard Taft
United States
Cincinnati
Alphonso Taft
Louisa Maria Torrey Taft
Yale
Cincinnati Law School
White House
Hamilton County
Ohio
Garfield
Taft
Superior Court of
Circuit Court
Supreme Court of the
Roosevelt
Philippine Commission
Manila
Philippines
Theodore Roosevelt
Outlook
Washington
Fuller
Panama Canal
Supreme Court of the United States
Canada
Tariff Commission
Congress
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Cuba
Helen Herron
John W. Herron
Helen
Will
Judge Herron
Robert
Harvard
Charles P
Charlie
Archibald W. Butt
U.S. A
Major Butt
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati Times-Star
Henry W. Taft
Horace Dutton Taft
Watertown
Conn
Sherman the Office Holder in U.S. Politics
James S Sherman built a long national profile as a New York congressman from 1887 to 1908 with brief gaps. Born in Utica in 1855 and Hamilton College graduate, he led Utica politics, chaired state conventions, and earned the nicknames Dollar Jim and Sunny Jim for his campaign finance and personable style.
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James Schoolcraft Sherman
Twenty
New York
Utica
N.Y
Hamilton College
Cookingham & Sherman
Utica Trust and Deposit Company
Oneida
Taft
Lucius N. Littauer
Gloversville
Harriman
Jim
Sunny Jim
House
House Members Play Ball for Charity
Washington June 22 after six innings of charity baseball Johnson umpired and left without a decision. The score stood about 21 to 2 with Webb and Rouse for the Democrats and Miller Alderson for the Republicans. Uncle Cannon called for committee action and the game ended.
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Washington
D.C
House
Walter Johnson
Webb
Northlina
Representative Rouse
Lucky
Miller Alderson
Minnesota
Uncle Cannon
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Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Porto Rico
Philippine Policy
Immigration
Bureau of Mines
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Arizona
New Mexico
McKinley
William H. Taft
Preme
Taftaré
Sherman
Cannon
Dalzell
Reed
Senate
Woolworth
Broadway
Park Place
Barclay Street
Cortlandt
Park Row
Edward J. Hogan
Astor House
Mlle
Antoinette
Cantarelli and Franko
Hasan
Madagascar
Individuy
Aeaires
Jpson Crawford
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