McCarren Defeated as McCarren Delegates Seated in Kings Clash
In Carnegie Hall a bitter Democratic state convention fight over Kings County delegates ends with McCarren's faction ousted from most seats. The contested seats committee seated six McCarren opponents, while others were seated for Murphy allies, igniting a push to contest at the Denver national convention.
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McCarren
Kings County
Herman A. Metz
Congressman Fitzgerald
Seventh Avenue
Denver
Metz
Brooklyn
Carnegie Hall
Murphy
Conners
Kings
Lincoln
Neb
New York
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Carmody
Pat
John A. Mason
State Committee
Patrick H. McCarren
Committee On
Democratic Party
Quinn
Wogan
Butler
Hasenfing
Delaney
Lindsey
McCabe
Albany County
Ten Eyck
Erie County
Burgard
Herkimer County
Jefferson County
Daniel F. Cohalan
George B. S. Williams
Democratic Club
Manhattan
Mr. Cohalan
Cohalan
Foley
Darren
Murphy Leads Tammany Hall Attack Amid McCarren Rift
The scene pits Fitzgerald against Murphy and McCarren as tensions rise in Kings County. The speaker accuses Murphy of seeking autonomy and domination, while Cohalan presses the point that the party committee is stacked with delegates loyal to unseating McCarren.
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McCarren
Kings
Kings County
Tammany Hall
Murphy
Tammany
Board of Aldermen
Bryan Delegates Surrender to Murphy and Conners Tactics
Bryan supporters in New York state concede to Murphy and Conners after pressure to avoid a public split. State Chairman Conners and allies assure denouement in Denver, while Bryan delegates remain instructed to vote for him. Some Bryan backers protest the maneuver as a capitulation and worry about a divided convention.
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Bryan
Murphy-Conners
Conners
Grady
Charles &, Murphy
Thomas F. Ryan
Augustus Thomas
Progressive Democratic League
Chicago
Harry W. Walker
Norman F. Mack
New York
Denver
Murphy
McCarren
Edward E. Coatsworth
Erie
New State Committee Chosen by Convention Roll Call
The convention adopted a new state committee plan replacing district election of members. Delegates protested the method but failed to change it, amid confusion during the roll call. The committee lists members by district with numerous names and irregular spellings.
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Senate
E. A. Bailey
Joseph Cassidy
John J. Delany
William McGuire
W. A. Doyle
Thomas F. Byrnes
Edward Glennon
W. F. Doyle
Conrad Hasenflug
J. P. Sinnott
D. F. Cohalan
J. T. Oakley
Robert W. Chanler
George R. van Valkenberg
P. E. McCabe
F. J. Meckay
W. S. Huppucht
Frank Cooper
Dennis Monahan
W. S. Cameron
G. F. van Kennan
C. N. Bulger
H. S. Patten
Stephen Ryan
W. F. Rafferty
W. W. Farley
W. B. Harper
Daniel Sheehan
C. H. Ford
J. E. Schwarzenbach
Heber Sweteth
T. W. Finucane
Jacob Gerling
W. Batten
W. J. Conners
L. P. Fuhrman
H. P. Burgard
F. P. Hefferman
Minnesota Will Be For Taft At State Convention
Minneapolis April 15 The Republican State convention opens tomorrow at the Minneapolis Auditorium to elect four delegates at large and alternates to the national convention and to nominate presidential electors. Delegates from counties are largely Taft instructed with few exceptions and no opposition expected to the ironclad Taft platform.
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Minnesota
Taft
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Auditorium
Taft Headquarters Shift Planned to Chicago
National Taft headquarters will move to Chicago in a few days, announced by Arthur J. Vorys who will stay in charge. Henry A. Williams will maintain the Columbus offices.
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Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
National
Taft
Chicago
Arthur J. Vorys
Henry A. Willams
Democrats Ay Bryan Endorsement Fails in Michigan
Lansing April 1 Democratic State Central Committee rejects endorsing W J Bryan after three hour discussion by majority vote. Adherents pressed for compromise as Johnson boom rises. Meanwhile in Fairfield and Saco Maine, local Democrats nominate or choose delegates to the Democratic National Convention with no presidential endorsement announced.
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Union
Denver
Michigan
Bryan
The
Tribune
Lansing
Mich
Democratic State Central Committees
W. J. Bryan
Johnson
Fairfield
Samuel W. Gould
Skowhegan
William J. Bryan
Saco
1St Congress
Melvin P. Frank
Portland
W. J. Gilpatrick
Sage
J. Clark Scates
Westbrook
Bryan greeted by crowds in Grand Rapids after Roosevelt jab
William J. Bryan drew long lines and large crowds at Campau Square and Powers's Opera House in Grand Rapids on April 15. He joked about Roosevelt and Wall Street while praising the President for making his ideas respectable, noting cartoons have softened and newspapers speak more kindly of him.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
William J. Bryan
Campau Square
Powers
Opera House
Bryan
Roosevelt
Gay
Wall Street
United States
Reading Amends Rate Suit against City of Philadelphia
The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company on April 16 filed an amendment to its equity suit seeking to compel Philadelphia to show cause why the two cent rate law should be enforced and to test its constitutionality. The amendment argues the penalty renders the act confiscatory and unconstitutional, citing a recent U S Court decision from Minnesota as supporting ground.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Dunsmore
United States
Minnesota
North American Company Faces Antitrust Suit Over St Louis Utilities
Assistant Attorney General John Kennish will file civil action within a month to determine if the North American Company, owner of Laclede Gas Light, Union Electric Light and Power, and St. Louis Street Railway, constitutes an unlawful restraint of trade in the St. Louis area.
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The
Tribune
St. Louis
North American Company
Laclede Gas Light Company
Union Electric Light and Power Company
John Kennish
North American
Labor demand rises as US returns to normal
Washington, April 15. T W Powderly, chief of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization information division, says conditions across the country are returning to normal. The division has asked over sixty thousand sources for labor needs as employers resume hiring. He notes a shift from a low mood in October to growing farm labor requests and optimism for a prosperous year.
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Washington
T. W. Powderly
Division of Information
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Mr. Powderly
Favor Philippines Trade Bill Passed By Senate
Washington April 15 The House Insular Committee voted to report favorably a bill already approved by the Senate. It places within Philippine government control the shipping regulations for trade between U S ports and Philippine ports and postpones application of continental coastwise laws to the Philippine territory as Taft explained to the committee.
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Washington
House Insular Committee
Senate
United States
Philippine Archipelago
Philippine
Taft
Postponement Threatens $5 Million Annual Export Trade
Enact such a postponement would mean the throwing away of more than $5,000,000 of export trade annually which is now created by shipments of American goods to the islands.
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Islands
Republican districts name Taft delegates to Chicago convention
Across Minnesota and nearby states district GOP conventions elected delegates to the National Republican Convention and backed Taft. Notables include C. J. Gunderson, J. F. Alderman, Buck, Webster, Rystrom, King, Collins, Betz, Adair, Campbell, Peterson, Gimmestead, and Hedberg with alternates also chosen.
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Mountain Grove
George F. Gilbert
Webster County
James H. Covert
Texas County
W. P. Elmer
Dent County
Samuel Farrer
Laclede County
Taft
Ohio
Elk River
Minn
C. J. Gunderson
Alexandria
F. Alderman
Brainerd
Shakopee
C. M. Buck
George Bradley
Chicago
Hughes
St. Paul
W. B. Webster
George H. Sullivan
Stillwater
J. A. Rystrom
Chicago County
W. L. Chapin
Somerville
Mass
Samuel J. Elder
Edward Grimes
Reed City
Mich
Francis King
Alma
Michael Brown
Big Rapids
Mankato
T. CC. Collins
F. W. Betz
Pine City
Joseph Cottes
J. Swanson
Crookston, Minn
John P. Hedberg
E. E. Corliss
Democratic funds report from Denver convention effort
French Lick Springs Ind April 15 Thomas Taggart chairman of the Democratic National Committee said today that only 3.00 had been expended to date out of the 100,000 provided by the city of Denver for the convention.
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French Lick Springs
Ind
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Denver
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