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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
3
Advert speaks for the AL-VE-O-LAR method claiming teeth without plates, natural look and feel, and pain free results. A letter from Mrs. Harriet E. Wilcox of Weehawken, N J endorses the method after aging 77, noting a perfect set without a plate. Free examination offered and a cautions note about imitators.
Gov. Hughes addressed about 5,000 in Auburn detailing vetoes of the Two Cent Fare and Full Crew bills. He defended public service measures and criticized opponents while Sen. Benjamin M. Wilcox pressed for a clearer stance on racing law repeal. The tour covered Palmyra Newark Lyons and other Wayne County towns with future stops planned in Seneca Falls Waterloo Canandaigua and Geneva before Buffalo.
James S. Sherman spoke to two large Republican audiences at White Plains, one at St. John’s Hall and an overflow meeting at Lexington Hall. His remarks drew a tremendous cheer when he referenced Gov. Hughes, questioning Hughes’ willingness to answer Chanler’s questions.
William J. Bryan will tour the state next week and address a major campaign gathering at Madison Square Garden Monday night. Tammany Hall plans four speeches that evening with an expected crowd of at least 40,000. He will fly in from the South and West tomorrow and then begin a tour to Binghamton and Elmira.
Gov Hughes won by a sweeping margin in a Columbia University mock election directed by Chaplain Knox. He secured 873 of 1338 votes with Prohibition candidate George E Stockwell second at 219. Lieut Gov Chanler trailed in third with 195. Independence League candidate received 18 and Wanhope 33.
Eugene W. Chafin declares the United States morally rotten and vows to clean up Washington. At Cooper Union he rails at Democrats and Republicans, taunts Taft and Bryan, and says the campaign features a final battle between parties, urging enforcement of prohibition. He cites Lincoln and notes lines about Democratic sensibilities and moral standards.
A quoted vow declares a moral purge of Washington and the White House with a dramatic house cleaning. The speaker promises to remove whisky bottles and to make the District of Columbia a cleaner place within twenty four hours of arrival. The remarks frame a harsh critique of the capital and assert decisive action.
Taft revises itinerary to cover more ground and finish last in the state. He will meet voters in Brooklyn, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, Albany area, New York City, Syracuse, Buffalo, and Rochester before heading to Ohio to close the campaign in Youngstown.
The fortieth annual National American Woman Suffrage Association session closes with President Shaw declaring the group on the battle line for enfranchisement. Delegates applaud Britain’s fight for suffrage, endorse equal pay, an eight hour day, child labor safeguards, and a peace budget. They back initiative and referendum and a Congressional Children’s Bureau.
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