Barnes and Hughes clash over Albany politics in 1909 era
The piece portrays David B. Barnes’s hard driving political machine in Albany County with county officials like John Franey and William Hoyland, the grip on offices, and plans to renominate George H. Southwick and William Grattan. It contrasts Barnes’s power with Governor Charles E. Hughes’s reform agenda and bid for renomination, outlining factional tensions and potential shifts in the 1909 state race.
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Barnes
Limpopo River
Africa
Rock Island
Arapahoe
Oklahoma
Mr. Barnes
Albany
Empire State
David B. Hill
Friends
Albany Machine
George H. Southwick
William Grattan
Nolan
Staley
Waters
Mr. Grattan
Packy” McCabe
Grattan
Hughes Gains Prompt Voters Favor Hughes in Brooklyn Canvass
Robert A. Sharkey's postal survey in Sun Assembly District Brooklyn shows 792 responses with 723 backing Governor Hughes. A similar effort in 12th District Park Slope and in 23d District shows strong Hughes support, with 130 of 139 favoring renomination.
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Robert A. Sharkey
Sun Assembly
Brooklyn
Hughes
Sharkey
W. M. Calder
Park Slope
Hughes League
Kk. E. Haskell
George Rowland
Governor Hughes Plans Fair Tour in Northern New York
Governor Hughes travels to county fairs in Watertown Gouverneur and Jefferson County with attendances and speeches. He arrives in Boonville September 2 and proceeds September 3 to Gouverneur in the morning and Jefferson County fair in Watertown.
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N. Y
Hughes
New York
Boonville
Jefferson County
Snake on guard at Fairview near Bryan home
Lincoln August 17. Not many visitors came to the Bryan home today but a large black snake disrupted the approach road. A crowd armed with canes pursued the reptile through alfalfa, yet it evaded capture. Mr. Bryan refused to engage with James W. Van Cleave who pressed new criticisms of the Democratic national ticket.
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Bryan
Mr. Bryan
James W. van Cleave
Manufacturers’ Association
van Cleave
Taft Backers Rally Aboard College Campaign Drive
Dr Charles A L Reed of Cincinnati, a Senate candidate, reported broad physician support for Taft and cited a Chicago convention vote pattern. Reed explained Taft’s health and public service record, including medical education in the Philippines and canal zone work, as reasons for physician backing. He also noted his own Senate bid and Ohio sentiment, while Taft prepared further sittings for Hungarian artist Antas Iles painting his portrait for the Hungarian Club of New York.
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Cincinnati
Senate
Foraker
Taft
Reed
United States
Chicago
Philippines
Canal Zone
Gorgas
American Medical Association
Washington
Schurman backs Hughes for New York Governor nomination
President Schurman of Cornell declares Charles E Hughes the only Republican for governor. Congressman Cocks predicts rapid renomination while urging leaders to align with popular support. The piece notes opposition from race track interests and cites GOP independents and local letters urging Hughes renomination.
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Cornell University
Hughes
W. W. Cocks
Oyster Bay
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Schurman
Republican Party
Gvernor
Charles E. Hughes
Bryan
New York
Nc Service
State of
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Hill
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Union
Taft
Charles the Baptist
Baptist Church
Party of Moral Ideas
Republicans
Friends of Good Government
Sherman to be notified of vice presidency in Utica
James Schoolcraft Sherman will be formally notified tomorrow at noon in Utica of his nomination for vice president at the Chicago convention. The event, expected to draw thousands, will proceed in fair weather on Genesee Street or the Majestic Theatre if it rains. The program includes a 19 gun salute, a police and fire parade, and remarks by Secretary Root, Senator Burrows, Mayor Wheeler, Hamilton College President Stryker, and local officials.
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Sherman
Yahnundasis Golf Club
Root
Julius C. Burrows
Stryker
Hamilton College
Thomas Wheeler
Charles S. Symonds
Democratic Executive Committee Vote Reapportions Senate Delegates
The Democratic State Committee executive group met at the Hoffman House to set 15 votes each for Richmond and Rockland counties in the 23d Senate District. Richmond will name the Senate candidate while Rockland picks the state committee member. The new committee includes McLean, McAvoy, Cohalan, Cassidy, and Walsh. Norman Mack was delayed arriving to open the national headquarters.
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Democratic State Committee
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Arthur A. McLean
Orange
Thomas F. McAvoy
New York
Daniel F. Cohalan
Joseph Cassidy
Queens
Michael J. Walsh
Westchester
Norman E. Mack
Hoffman House
Bryan Men Insist That Johnson Run
Governor Johnson declared he would not allow his name to be used by the Democratic State Convention and would not accept the nomination if offered The Bryan men vow to nominate him anyway hoping his name helps Bryan carry Minnesota The report came via Telegraph to The Tribune from Minneapolis dated August as stated
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Minneapolis
Aug
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Bryan
Minnesota
Bristol News Purchased by Brownlow and Slemp
Bristol Tennessee August 17 The Bristol News an afternoon paper has been bought from A C Smith and Son by Representatives W P Brownlow of the 1st Tennessee district and Bascom Slemp of the 9th Virginia district both Republicans The paper will be published as a Republican organ.
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Bristol, Tenn
Bristol News
A.C. Smith & Son
W P. Brownlow
Tennessee
Bascom Slemp
Virginia
Brought Back To Life After Death Pronounced
Oscar Culver revived at Eastern District Hospital Brooklyn after being declared dead for over five minutes. Nurse Josephine Reilly and Dr. Michael Jaffer witnessed the revival using heart stimulant injections and artificial respiration. Culver’s condition was reported as having a good chance to live several days longer.
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Oscar Culver
Eastern District Hospital
Brooklyn
Josephine Reilly
Culver
Wiegand
Michael Jaffer
Jaffer
Political Dates Set by City Republican Committees
The executive committees of the Republican City Committee and the New York County Republican Committee met at the Metropolitan Building to set a political calendar. Primaries in September, conventions from September 11 to October 7, and a December 3 city committee meeting were decided, with race forecasts in the 15th District and potential cross-endorsement talks for Surrogate Beckett and other Supreme Court and City Court seats.
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Republican City Committee
New York County Republican Committee
Metropolitan
Congress
Senate
Assembly
Herbert Parsons
Hughes
Odell
Parsons
Lemuel E. Quigg
William H. Douglas
Harry W. Mack
Douglas
Charles W. Lester
William
William Hahn
Headley M. Greene
3Rh
Joseph T. Hackett
Surrogate Beckett
Charles F. Murphy
Supreme Court
Leventritt
MctCarthy
Hascall
Murphy
Beckett
Brother Bitten Too in Rabies Case After Fatal Bite
Wendell Phillips died from rabies after a dog bit him at No Cornelia Street. His brother, twenty five, also bitten refused Pasteur Institute care. Doctor Rambaud warned that rabies can spread and urged immediate treatment for the surviving bite victim.
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Wendell Charles Phillips
No. S
Cornelia Street
Young Phillips
Wendell
Pasteur Institute
Health Department
Rambaud
Wendell Philips
Aged Couple Saved by Women in New Hyde Park Blaze
In New Hyde Park on August 17, neighbors, all women, rushed into a hotel fire to rescue Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tent from their burning home. The flames spread from Stanley Greiscbach’s hotel and the wind hampered firefighting efforts as the old couple were carried to safety, with the rescuers suffering burns.
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New Hyde Park
Long Island
Albert
Stanley Greiscbach
Tent
Fifty claim fortune of fifty million dollars
Mrs. Mary Hubbs of Parish Virginia is named among fifty heirs to a $50,000,000 fortune from Revolution soldier Joseph Ball. Attorney B B Dovenor says land grants across West Virginia Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania make the estate vast and some towns were built there. He claims the grants were worded to avoid the statute of limitations.
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Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Mary Hubbs
Parish
Joseph Ball
B. B. Dovenor
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Dovenor
Socialist campaign plans from Chicago announce Debs train tour
The national executive committee of the Socialist party met in Chicago and outlined a campaign featuring a special train leaving August 31 for the Pacific Coast. It will stop at 350 towns with Eugene V. Debs and other speakers, followed by an Atlantic Coast trip. Estimated cost is $20,000 funded by Socialist contributors from 10 cents to $1.
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Socialist Party
Pacific Coast
Eugene V. Debs
Atlantic Coast
Bradley Denies All on Saratoga Track Anti-Gambling Campaign
Albany reports that Sheriff John Bradley of Saratoga County fights charges by Walter Laidlaw's anti-racetrack group alleging open betting at the Saratoga meet. Bradley claims diligent enforcement of the law, notes absence of warrants, and that no violations occurred in his or deputies presence. Governor Hughes to appoint a commissioner to take testimony in Saratoga.
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John Bradley
Saratoga County
Iy Hughes
Saratoga Racetrack
Dial
Walter Laidlaw
Wereganization
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Edgar T
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Sherif
Laidlaw
Edwin J. Shea
Saratoga Association
Bixth
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Saratoga Springs
N. J
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Shea
Walter Lalé
John Bradley, Jr
Sheriff Bradley
Brackett
Louis Marshal
New York
Hughes
Marshall
Prisoner in Cuba Murder Case Said to Have Killed Eight
Rochester dispatch reports Deputy Sheriff Quinn brought in the alleged murderer of Sate Gillis in Cuba. The foreign prisoner, found walking near Erie tracks, is said by a brother to have killed seven men and one woman. Details on identity and case remain unclear.
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Quinn
Bng
Sate Gillis
Erie Tracks
Murdered by insane companion at Topeka state hospital
In Topeka Kansas on August 17 J L Bartley aged 2 paral was strangled to death by inmate J Waltze in the insane ward of the State Hospital. Bartley lay under a mosquito net when the attacker wrapped the netting around his throat and choked him. Waltze offered no denial and showed evident indifference.
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Topeka
Kan
J. L. Bartley
State Hospital
J. Waltze
Bartley
Jerome report expected soon in Me tan Street case
Albany august 17 governor Hughes was to receive in a few days the Hand report on charges against New York County District Attorney Jerome. Richard L Hand of Elisabethtown who was appointed to take testimony has practically completed his work for the minority stockholders committee of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company.
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Albany
Ae Ernor Hughes
Richard L. Hand
Elisabethtowns
Dietrict
New York County
Metan Street Railway Company
Hand
Albany seeks test of constitutionality act on treasurer fees
Attorney General Jackson asked by State Treasurer Hauser to initiate tests on a law passed by the last Legislature authorizing the State Treasurer to collect all county clerk fees through appointments of public officials. The act took effect in June, and several small counties have not complied, claiming the law affects them.
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Jackson
Hauser
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