Nomination Watch at Woodruff Headquarters
The nomination discussions center on Senator Harvey D. Hinman of Broome County with ex Governor Odell and Francis Hendricks present but silent on Hughes. Opposition voices include Joseph Levenson citing naturalized voters and fare-veto backlash. Woodruff to name an eleven-member campaign committee including Odell, Fassett, Ward, Aldridge, Barnes and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey D. Hinman
Broome County
Ofell
Francis Hendricks
Onondaga
Hughes
Joseph Levenson
24 Assembly
Manhattan
Coney Island
Public Service Commission
Taft
Herbert Parsons
Chairman Woodruff
George W. Aldridge
Rochester
John T. Mott
Oswego
J. D. Lawrence
Delaware Country
D. F. Strobel
Herkimer County
W. L. Ward
Westchester
Merton E. Lewis
Lou F. Payn
Chatham
Woodruff
West Virginia
Odell
George W. Dunn
Fassett
William Barnes
G. W. Aldridge
Fred Greiner
Buffalo
John A. Merritt
Jacob Brenner
Hughes League forms to back Governor Hughes in Brooklyn
A Hughes League meeting at the Leger Club on Sixth Avenue and Garfield Place drew hundreds of Brooklyners pledging support for Governor Hughes. Leaders said the group will organize a persistent campaign to renominate Hughes, with Charles F Aronstam elected president and plans for weekly meetings at the Logan Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican State Organization
Repubiicans
Wooodruffs
Hughes
Hughes League
Leger Club
Sixth Avenue
Garfield Place
1Th
William M. Calder
Calder
Brooklyn
Charles S. Aronstam
Logan Club
Aronstam
Taft
New York
Tnion
the 12Th
Woodruff
Eugene W. Skelton
Simon Denovar
Harry Brinkerhoff
James Grey
Charles F. Aronstam
Charles H. Lewis
Herbert Wellington
House of the Logan Club
Poll Favors Governor Hughes, Evangelist Praises Him
Dr. Len G. Broughton, Atlanta evangelist, proclaimed Governor Hughes as a principled public official at Tent Evangel. He urged Hughes renomination, called politicians self serving, and urged applying Christian ideals to public life amid Southern political tension. He warned social vice harms society, citing gambling and moral decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Len G. Broughton
Atlanta
Broadway
Sith Street
Broughton
South
New York
Dr. Broughton
Hughes Returns Home Saturday
Governor Hughes and his family will return to Albany on Saturday after a visit at Saranac Inn New York. They will pause for a few hours at Lake Placid before continuing.
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Hughes
Saranac Inn
N. Y
Albany
Lupper Lake
Republicans May Win Tennessee Governor Race
Nashville Tenn Aug 11 The regular Republican State Convention will meet tomorrow to nominate a governor candidate. The Oliver Houk faction has called a Chattanooga convention and nominated T Asbury Wright. If the Evans faction endorses Chattanooga there may be Republican success. a split if Evans nominates G N Tillman. Evans leaders were surprised by strong Chattanooga attendance and Brownlow branch resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Oliver Houk
Chattanooga
T. Asbury Wright
Evans
G. N. Tillman
Brownlow
Regulars Ahead in California Primaries
Early returns from today's California primaries indicate the Republican regular organization will hold a majority in state and Congressional conventions, with the Lincoln Roosevelt League in the minority. Democratic indications favor the regulars over Theodore Bell. Both parties fielded two tickets for delegates to the state convention. The vote also touched the full lower house and half the upper house, with the Legislature set to choose a U.S. Senator to replace Perkins. Strong factional battles occurred in many districts for party control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Lincoln-Roosevelt League
Theodore Bell
United States
George ©. Perkins
Five Indicted in Primary Fraud Investigation
Grand jury began probing David Ball's charges that primary frauds defeated his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor. Attorney General Hadley offered to aid if indicted. Ex-Congressman Cowherd declined to join, saying no frauds in St. Louis. Investigations widen to Kansas City where Cowherd led by 150 votes. Circuit Attorney Sager announced indictments for five men, identities withheld.
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Tribune
St. Louis
David Ball
Hadley
Ball
Cowherd
Kansas City
Circuit
Sager
Chafin Warns Of Water Ahead In Presidential Tour
Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition party nominee arrived in Chicago from Lincoln and plans a nationwide speaking tour, stating he survived a drowning incident and will avoid water except by the glassful until election day. He says victory would reflect poorly on American intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition Party
Lincoln
Young Men's Christian Association
Campaign finance plans discussed by Hitchcock and Bliss
Republican National Committee chairman Frank H. Hitchcock met with Cornelius N. Bliss to discuss financing the campaign. Bliss joins a nine member advisory group aiding treasurer George R. Sheldon. Hitchcock then spoke with Vermont managers and state officials urging modest fund raising to aid operations nationwide.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Cornelius N. Bliss
Bliss
George R. Sheldon
Hitchcock
Mr. Bliss
Vermont
Frank C. Williams
Newport
Kinsley
Judge Gibson
Green Mountain
National Committee
Julius Cesar Burrows
Michigan
Sherman
Utica
Taft
Burrows
Scarboro-on-the-Hudson
New York
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
West
Bryan
John W. Blodgett
Mr. Hitchcock
Hot Springs
West Virginia
Arthur I. Vorys
Ohio
Chicago
Farrell Named Permanent Leader of Brooklyn Anti-McCarren Dems
Thomas R. Farrell, Commissioner of Public Works and head of the 1%h Assembly District in Brooklyn, was chosen as the permanent leader of the anti-McCarren Democrats of Kings County. The unification move follows the death of Boss Hugh McLaughlin as seven district leaders who revolted from McCarren rally behind Farrell. Patrick F. Lynch, head of the 23d Assembly District, attended the Pequod Club outing and joined the anti McCarren ranks, consolidating their leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Farrell
Brooklyn
McCarren Democrats
Kings County
Hugh McLaughlin
Patrick H. McCarren
Borough Hall
Farrell
Lynch
McCarren
McCarren Advises in Brooklyn Assembly District Fight
Senator McCarren led a mass meeting at the Jackson Club Building Brooklyn in the 11th Assembly District with about five hundred attendees. The debate framed as Brooklyn autonomy versus Tammany Hall despotism led by McCarren supporters against Byrnes and Carlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarren
Brooklyn
Jackson Club
Kent Avenue
11Th Assembly
Thomas F. Byrnes
P. J. Carlin
Roger (. Smyth
Tammany Hall
Geismar
Pat
Trouble for Hearst Followers in Ballot Battle
The Independence party may face ballot access troubles as it has no legal standing and must nominate by petition. The Independence League claims regular party status after polling at least ten thousand votes last election, prompting Litigants led by Thomas Gilleran to contest the name and emblem in primaries, ballots, and courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence Party
Independence League
Hearst Organization
Thomas Gilleran
Hearst Party
Chicago Fund Returns After Convention Drive
Chicago officials report only four fifths of the $100,000 raised for the Republican national convention was spent. The remaining $20,000 has begun to be returned by the local committee on arrangements, to be divided among the 48 subscribers to the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Committee On
Democrats Gather As Bryan Notification Looms In Lincoln
Lincoln Nebraska August 11. Democrats Kern Mack Daniels Osborne Lamb and others arrived ahead of Bryan notification. They conferred on campaign plans financing and a large speaking tour, with emphasis on Indiana Ohio Illinois and other Midwestern states. Bryan praised labor orgs and urged broad brotherhood while planning to finalize the campaign text and arrangements at the State Capitol plotting events and logistics for the notification ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Mr. Bryan
Humphrey O'Sullivan
Lowell
Mass
Lincoln Typographical Union
National Committee
Bryan
Ohio
Illinois
Kern
O'Sullivan
John W. Kern
Nebraska
Provident Life Sold to Louisville Interests
The Provident Savings Life Assurance Society transfers control to Inter-Southern Life Insurance of Louisville or a Louisville led syndicate. New officers and directors will be chosen. Langham is expected as president. Policyholders oppose the sale, with committees in Denver New York and Texas ready to press regulators. The price is cited as $225 a share, with 1,049 shares held in escrow at Fourth National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Inter- Southern Life Insurance Company
Louisville
Provident Board of
Philadelphia
Arthur G. Langham
the Provident
Langham
Belmont
Provident
Kentucky
E. E. Rittenhouse
Colorado Insurance Department
Denver
New York
Herbert Wolfe
Colorado
Tribune
Lake Placid
N. Y
Insurance
Detroit
Kelsey
Wolfe
Thomas B. Love
Insurance Commissioner
Texas
No. 1
Broadway
Armstrong
Woodruff-Thomas-Coyie
Inter-Southern
New York State
Insurance Department
Rittenhouse
E. R. Thomas
O. F. Thomas
Fourth National Bank
Gompers Circular Targets Labor Campaign Funding
A new American Federation of Labor circular issued by President Gompers and the AFL executive council seeks union contributions for the labor political campaign. It denounces Republicans for not backing an anti injunction plank and asks for large, swift donations. Local leaders express cautious interest and doubt unions will contribute much.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
International Presidents of Unions
Werder
Bryan
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Bernard Kelly
Iron Moulders’ Conference Board
Edward Hourigan
International Association of Machinists
Complications in Connecticut as Woodruff campaigns
Governor Rollin Woodruff announces his candidacy for re election pulling the political strands toward machine leaders, with Colonel Isaac Ullman claiming Lilley’s friends secured backing in return for Woodruff support in 1908. Lieutenant Governor Lake also seeks the post, signaling an active canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
New Haven
Conn
Rollin Woodruff
Connecticut
Hughes
New York
Isaac Ullman
Woodruff
Lilley
Lake
Tammany Committee Meetings Tonight in New York
The executive and general committees of Tammany Hall plan meetings tonight to issue the official call for primaries. Resolutions endorsing the Democratic national ticket and platform will be adopted. Charles F. Murphy remains in the city for Friday's State Committee meeting at Hotel Victoria. William J. Conners arrives from Buffalo tomorrow to discuss plans for the state convention and the McCarren delegates.
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Tammany Hall
Charles F. Murphy
City
Democratic State Committee
Hotel Victoria
William J. Conners
Buffalo
Mr. Murphy
Senator McCarren
Brooklyn
McCarren
Boy Socialist Riot Sparks Arrest at Lenox and 116th
Samuel Gol, fourteen, of 58 East 106th Street, stirred a crowd at Lenox Avenue and 116th Street last night. Police needed reserves from two precincts to restore order. He was jailed at West 123rd Street station for disorderly conduct after denouncing all presidential candidates except the socialist nominee.
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Samuel Gol
East 106Th Street
Lenox Avenue
116Th Street
West 123Th Street
Young Goldstein
East Try Street
Goldstein
Terrific Storm Kills Three in Evansville and Henderson
A violent storm in Evansville Indiana last night killed three people including William Burggert who died in a stable collapse. Two Detrey children drowned when their houseboat swamped and Mrs Detrey was injured. Henderson Kentucky reports hail and thunder damage with over 108000 dollars in county losses and widespread crop destruction.
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Evansville
Ind
William Burggert
John Detrey
Henderson
Henderson County
Typographical Union Meeting Charts Tuberculosis Fight
Boston August meeting of the International Typographical Union endorses forming a tuberculosis committee to study and remedy its impact on members and defeats a five year convention plan. H Russell Wray discusses treatment progress in the West and the Printers Home. Talks on convention sites Minneapolis and St Joseph mix with excursions and limited business.
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Boston
International Typographical Union
H. Russell Wray
Chamber of Commerce of
Colorado Springs
Milta
Minneapolis
Johnson
St. Joseph
Union
Women's Auxiliary
North Side Republicans Outing At East River Park
The North Side Republican Club held its midsummer outing at Witzel's Point View Grove Long Island gathering over a thousand members and friends. They marched to the steamer Sea Gull at East 148th street and enjoyed games and dinner despite rain, with President William H Ten Evex overseeing comfort and Collector of the Port Colonel Fowler among guests.
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North Side Republicant Club
Witzel
Point View Grove
Long Island
Third Avenue
Oebeck
148Th Street
Sea Gull
William H. Ten Evex
Herbert Parsons
William Halpin
F. K. Bowers
Headley M. Green
Fudge Dowling
Colonel Fowler
National Labor Body Organized for Independence Party
A national labor body named the National Independence Party Workingmens League was formed by 15 labor leaders at the Independence party convention. John T. Moran heads the group with J. R. McKee as secretary, aiming to counter President Gompers’ AFL letter urging votes for Bryan. Chicago coverage notes Mrs. Alice Webb Duke’s fraud trial for defrauding the Great Northern Hotel with a forged check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence Party
National Independence Party Workingmens League
John T. Moran
Pressmen’s Union
J. R. McKee
Moran
Chicago
Alice Webb Duke
Brodie L. Duke
Great Northern Hotel
Kyrsten
Criminal Court
Helen M. Helpey
Duke
Evans to be retired on August eighteenth
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, recently in command of the Atlantic battleship fleet, will be placed on the retired list on August eighteenth. He is now at Lake Mohonk, New York, with no leave of absence.
Ten Mexicans Buried Alive in Monterey Cave-In
Telegraphed report from El Paso says ten men at a Monterey waterworks tunnel were buried when thirty feet of rock and gravel collapsed Sunday. The tunnel mouth was blocked, hindering rescue efforts. the incident occurred near San Geronimo, a few miles from Monterey.
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The
Tribune
el Paso
Tex
Montere
San Geronimo
Monterey
Governor Smith to Call Extra Session of Georgia Legislature
Atlanta Aug 11 Governor Smith will call an extra session of the Georgia Legislature to meet in August to consider the convict bill the agricultural school support bill and the anti lobbying bill. The message to the Senate states it is impossible to secure legislation at this session on several supreme matters facing the people.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Smith
Senate
Seth Sides
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Bell
Missouri
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Secsan Bal
Oot A. Ave
T. R. Farrell
Pleases Williams
Willian R. Hearst
Hearst
Macy
Labor Organization
Mack
Wisconsin
John E. Lamb
Josephus Daniels
R. I. Metcalfe
William J. Bryan
State House
Capitol
Louisville Company
Tammany Committee
Dr. Lyon
SF Gov.ids
Rio
Harlem
North Side Republicans
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