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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
4
A Buffalo area Republican source forecasts Taft ahead in Erie County with a 4 000 to 10 000 edge over Hughes. Labor votes waver, old Democrats may swing Taft, and GOP organization strength in Buffalo city and outskirts supports a substantial Taft plurality. Bryan backers show limited loyalty amid party tensions and Conners feud.
Polls run from 7 A M to 10 P M. Voters who have not registered cannot vote on November 3. To participate in the upcoming primary election you must enroll when you register.
In Chattanooga on October 8 a convention proclaimed the birth of the Liberal Party. Sidney C. Tapp of Atlanta led the meeting urging woman suffrage. The platform calls for women voting rights, direct federal taxation, initiative and referendum, splitting church and state, and redistribution of excess wealth to humanitarian uses, while denouncing Bryan Taft Roosevelt and Hearst and urging continued organization by suffragists.
Mrs Norman E Mack arrives in Chicago seeking her husband, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, who had collapsed Tuesday night at the Auditorium Annex from overwork and chill. A clerk says he is at the Association of Commerce banquet. Col John S Martin informs him of her arrival, but Mack is unaware due to banquet cigar smoke.
Boston observers on October 8 report State Street betting at three to one for Taft over Bryan. Taft money dominates at that ratio while Bryan funds are scarce, reflecting early preference for Taft in local wagering.
An elaborate programme has been arranged for members of the Illinois Society of New York who are to hold their annual dinner and reception at the Waldorf Astoria tomorrow evening. Forty or more hosts will entertain fellow members at dinner then proceed to the grand ballroom for a reception led by ex Judge Elbert Gary.
An Illinois former police chief credits switching from coffee to Postum with curing years of heart trouble and nervousness. He notes improved sleep and regained ability to write, praising the product as a safe remedy. The testimonial ends with a promotional prompt for The Road to Wellville and the Postum company letter.
Chicago Oct 8 William J Bryan Democratic candidate for President spoke to Northwestern University students and laborers in Evans ton urging good citizenship and criticizing Taft and Roosevelt. He accused Taft of partial campaign reform and warned that if Republicans stay in power no remedial laws will come. He urged ending presidential interference and pledged to serve the people over personal ambition.
Southern Republicans touring the Republican National headquarters said business leaders in the South favor Taft. Pearl Wight of Louisiana praised Taft’s record in Cuba and the Philippines, noting South businessmen’ familiarity. Guy J. Buell of Montgomery Lumber warned Bryan’s tariff plan would cut lumber values in North and South Carolina and Virginia by at least 20 percent.
The Georgia disfranchisement amendment passes, reducing the eligible electorate by an estimated 9% of Black voters. To vote under the new law, individuals must prove military service or descent from servicemen, or meet standards of good character, education, or property, with administration by Registers and court appeals allowed.
William Leary, head of the State Board of Elections, announced ouster of eight election officers from the Twelfth and Fifteenth Election Districts after alleging stolen challenge lists. He said duplicates were needed and cited incidents at polling places including a man allowed to consult a telephone directory behind the guard rail. Two Republicans among the dismissed were named by party leaders. arrests were made in connection with recent registrations. Leary also filed charges over the Twelfth District challenge lists suspected stolen.
Frank A. Ryan, with a fifty five year criminal record, was sentenced in the Court of Special Sessions to another term in Sing Sing for stealing a coat on September 21 from Peter of 301 Fifth Street. He has spent thirty one of his fifty five years behind bars in Sing Sing and has also served terms in Newark and West Virginia. His two longer sentences were five years each for burglary. He said he was drunk when he stole the coat and asked for one more chance, hoping to avoid further police harassment.
Taft, as Republican presidential candidate, registers in Cincinnati Ohio precinct 2 and plans three day Ohio schedule with Arthur I Vorys, meeting Bryan under pleasant circumstances. National Chairman Hitchcock outlines Taft's route through Ohio West Virginia Maryland Indiana New York and Connecticut with major rallies at Madison Square Garden and key state events.
Prof Joel E Spingarn of Columbia University Department of Comparative Literature runs as Republican candidate for Congress in the Fifteenth District, a seat nominally held by Democrats with hint of battleground race.
At the York County Fair veteran observer 8 Stuart said he believes Taft will be elected President and will carry Roosevelt policies which he thinks have public approval across the United States.
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