Taft Talks Turkey on Campaign Train Tour
Taft spoke to crowds along the Sandusky Cincinnati route in sixteen stops, addressing about 30,000 people. He defended Roosevelt policies, attacked Bryan, and pledged to push reforms and curb stock and bond overissuance if elected. He described delivering extemporaneous remarks and faced lively, sometimes chaotic, reception.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft
Turkey
Arthur I. Vorys
Union Station
Vorlys
Sandusky
Mr. Taft
Bryan
Roosevelt
Congress
Hervick
Mr. Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Teodore Roosevelt
White House
Billy Taft
Tiffin
Springfield
Dayton
Charles P. Taft
Bryan Urges Strong Democratic Organization for Victory
William J. Bryan told the Democratic National Committee that a perfect organization is essential to win the presidency. Nathan Straus was chosen president of the Bryan and Kern Business Men’s Association as part of a new club system to mobilize business supporters nationwide.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Kern
National Committee
Bryan and Kern Business Men's Association
Nathan Straus
New York
E.L. Goltra
St. Louis
Straus Accepts Bid to Lead Bryan Campaign Committee
Nathan Straus, chosen by the Democratic National Committee in Chicago as President of the Bryan and Kern Business Men's Association, will accept and lead an active campaign for Bryan. Eastern HQ will be Hoffman House, with committee personnel to be announced soon. Straus praises the Denver Convention platform and contrasts Bryan’s positions with Taft and Roosevelt.
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Nathan Straus
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Bryan and Kern Business Men's Association
Bryan
Hoffman House
Straus
Denver
United States
Taft
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Denial Clarifies Primary Turmoil in Wisconsin
Judge Smith of Superior questioned in a dispute over a circular that allegedly influenced the Wisconsin primary. William Loeb Jr., secretary to President Roosevelt, writes that the President did not endorse Jenkins and refused to discuss the matter. The telegram sent to Superior reiterates the President’s noninterference stance.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
John J. Jenkins
Wisconsin
William Loeb
Roosevelt
Whic
Loeb
Bee
Smith
Superior
Oyster Bay
Judge Jenkins
Judge Smith
Representative Jenkins
Forster
Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins
William Loeb, Jr
Parker to preside at state convention debate swirls
Ex judge Alton B. Parker named temporary chairman of the Democratic State Convention to be held in Rochester next Tuesday. Names of Shepard Gaynor Chanler and Ely top the list of potential nominees for governor and permanent chair.
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Alton B. Parker
Rochester
Judge Parker
Edward M. Shepard
Brooklyn
Parker
William J. Gaynor
Tammany
Kings
Gaynor
Charles F. Murphy
Conners
Mr. Murphy
Murphy
McCarren
Smith Leads in South Carolina Democratic Senator Primary
In Columbia on September 8, the second Democratic primary reported results show E. D. Smith leading for United States Senator with 23,011 votes to John Gary Evans's 16,728. Cansler leads for Railroad Commissioner over incumbent Caughman, Swearange tops Mellichamp for Superintendent of Education by about 4,000, and Finley and Ellerbe lead in Fifth and Sixth District Congress races respectively. Nomination is considered election.
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Columbia
S. C
United States
E. D. Smith
Southern Cotton Association
Frank Bary
Cansler
Caughman
Swearange
Mellichamp
John Gary Evans
Congress
Finley
Ellerbe
Ragsdale
Cassidy Out as State Senate Candidate After Gambling Vote
Senator Owen Cassidy loses renomination for State Senate by 15 to 5 with Schuyler as his only supporting county. Tompkins Tioga and Chemung back ex Assemblyman Benn Conger, ending his stance on racing bills after forged telegram incident. Cassidy says he will run before the people at the polls.
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New York Times
Cassidy
Gov. Hughes
Tompkins
Tioga
Taft Campaign Opens Washington Effort to Mobilize Voters
The Republican National Committee plans to send Henry M. Camp to Washington to organize DC voters for Taft. About 20,000 Republicans are in the district, each potentially swaying two to three votes in home states. The drive seeks a 1 1 3 cent per mile travel rate for Election Day.
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New York Times
Washington
District of Columbia
William H. Taft
Republican National Committee
Henry M. Camp
Labor Case to Go Over
The Bucks Store and Range Company contempt hearing against labor officials may be postponed until October. The federation received extra time to file its answer. Ex Judge Alton B. Parker conferred with counsel. he will join the arguments before the District Supreme Court in defense of President Gompers and other labor officials.
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Washington
Bucks Store and Range Company
Alton B. Parker
District Supreme Court
Gompers
Block Cummins's Election Stymied as Stand-Patters Hold
In Des Moines on September 8, 42 Republican lawmakers plus 45 Democrats defeated Gov. A B Cummins for the U S Senate seat to fill the Allison term. The bloc pledged to keep Cummins out, threatening continued deadlock. House votes show Cummins 44 Porter 31 with scattered others, while in the Senate Cummins 21 Porter 14 and stand-patters holding 14. Cummins expressed regret at party bolt behavior amid rising talk of bolting state tickets.
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Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
United States Senate
W. i. Allison
Gov. Cummins
Porter
Cummins
Claude R. Porter
Funk
Perkins
William Larrabee
Walter I. Smith
W. P. Hepburn
G. N. Haugon
A. F. Dawson
Iowa
Congress
Senate
House
Fusion in Ohio creates Democratic Independence ticket
Republican leaders fear a fusion of the Independence and Democratic parties in Ohio. Judge Hugh G. Mather of Sidney, a Democratic nominee for Supreme Judge, accepted a position on the Independence ticket. The Independence Party named a partial slate for top offices while a Democratic executive committee may fill the rest.
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New York Times
Toledo
Ohio
I. Forts
Mae
Mather
St Paul Income Cut by Passenger Laws Pushes Pacific Line
The fifty fourth annual report of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway shows gross operating revenues of 56, NEAGLO with a $3,615,995 drop from the prior year. New accounting methods hinder direct comparison while freight and passenger revenues per mile fall and operating expenses per mile rise. The western extension to the Pacific is noted as track laying nears completion to Butte Montana with expected exchange volume increases.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Atlas
Epermnion
Ahissouri
Pacific
Butte
Mon
Sigesca Tan
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