Taft Tour Details Highlight 1908 Campaign Strategy
Taft prepares to depart Hot Springs in a special car for a multi stop route via Gauley Gallipolis Athens and Toledo to Middle Bass Island He will deliver a veterans address fish at the island and hold political talks Prospects of black voter support and Republican messaging are noted with Columbus and Virginia outreach ongoing. party officials coordinate speakers and tours.
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Hot Springs
Mr. Taft
Gauley
Taft
Gallipolis
Ohio
Athens
Charles H. Grosvenor
Toledo
Middle Bass Island
A. I. Vorys
Grand Army of the Republic
Cincinnati
Washington
Baptist Church
North
South
West Virginia
Colored Republican Club
New Rochelle
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
Republican Club
Rochester
Slemp
Virginia Republican National
Erie County GOP backs Hughes renomination at convention
The Erie County Republican convention adopted strong resolutions praising Theodore Roosevelt and endorsing Governor Charles E. Hughes for renomination. Delegates indicated broad support for Hughes, with expectations of near unanimous county support at the state convention. The ticket nominated includes Wesley C. Dudley for District Attorney Dr John T. Claris for Sheriff and Herbert S. Simpson for Superintendent of the Poor.
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Wesley C. Dudley
John T. Claris
Herbert S. Simpson
Chautauqua Grange Praises Governor Hughes
Jamestown dispatch reports the Chau tauqua County Pomona Grange legislative committee adopted a resolution praising Governor Hughes. It notes the legislature failed to pass direct nominations and PSC coverage, endorses his anti gambling law and PSC creation, with five committee members voting in favor.
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Buffalo
Jamestown
Legislative Committee
Chautauqua County
Pomona Grange
Hughes
Grange
Public Service Commission
Speaker Cannon Arrives in Boston for Conference on Campaign
Boston August 26 Speaker Cannon arrived in Boston and held a brief conference with Senator Crane over the Presidential campaign. The meeting underscored party strategy as election discussions continued in the city.
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Cannon
Boston
Crane
Saratoga Dreams and Democratic Will in Public Life
In a speech praising Saratoga Springs as a health resort the speaker urges robust democratic government driven by citizen will. Norman E. Mack, in Washington, reports on labor voting tendencies, Taft opposition, and Indiana New York and Maryland prospects. The article also notes Governor Hughes visiting the state fair where horse racing was disrupted by a labor-related strike.
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Empire State
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga
Bryan Campaign Visit Highlights Roosevelt Republicans Plea
William J. Bryan spoke in Salem, Newfoundland and Labrador, appealing to Roosevelt Republicans to back the Democratic ticket, arguing Republican reforms have faded. He toured the Bryan Bennett library site and placed flowers on his parents’ graves, receiving modest donations from locals. Theodore A. Bell contrasted party platforms, while Bryan warned that Taft and Sherman deny people control of government and urged voters to support reforms he champions. He departed Salem at 2:50 PM after a day of tariff and trust discussion on the way to St. Louis.
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Salem
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Taft
Bryan-Bennet
Philo S. Bennett
Connecticut
Court House
Clinton County
Theodore A- Bell
California
Mr. Bryan
Roosevelt
Canada
Smith
Brother Smith
Republican Party
Sherman
House of Representatives
Des Moines
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Topeka
Kanser City
Mack to Open Eastern Campaign HQ at Hoffman House
Norman E. Mack head of the Democratic National Committee was expected to arrive today to open the Eastern campaign headquarters in the Hoffman House. State and national committee leaders planned a regional meeting within a week, with Tomlinson insisting the party must be better organized to win New York and Bryan's tour beginning in Chicago on Labor Day.
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Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Hoffman House
Mack
E. Culbersen
J. W. Tomlinson
Alabama
Tomlinson
Democratic Party
New York State
Bryan
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Buffalo
Syracuse
Rochester
William Sulzer
Outermountain
Pacific Coast
Mississippi
Adlai E. Stevenson
Johnson
Minnesota
Murphy-Conners
McCarren
Kings County
Conners
Murphy
Allies for McCarren rally Cayuga delegates at convention
At the Democratic County Convention in Auburn Cayuga delegates backed an ally in case of a rupture with the Murphy Conners alliance. Thomas M. Osborne, Auburn Public Service commissioner, introduced a resolution protesting the New York convention’s refusal to recognize Charles F. Rattigan as state committeeman. Rattigan, William Bradlee and K. Miller were elected Cayuga state delegates authorized to act on behalf of Cayuga County Democracy to protest methods of the New York convention.
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lHy
Tribune
Auburn
N. Y
McCarren
Murphy-Conners Alliance
Thomas M. Osborne
Public Service
New York
Charles F. Rattigan
William E. Harper
Seneca Falls
Rattican
William Bradlee
Sterling
K. Miller
Moravia
Cayuga
Cayuga County
Coler Tours Deposit Fair on State Issues
Bird S Coler Borough President of Brooklyn led his party from Hinghamton to the Deposit Fair where he gave an address on state issues. He praised Governor Hughes but said his radicalism made him an unlikely gubernatorial candidate. Coler aims for the Democratic nomination and expects Democratic success in the fall.
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Roosevelt
Canal Zone
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Taft
Hinghamton
N. Y
Bird S. Coler
Brooklyn
Deposit Fair
Coler
Hughes
Posstile
Vernon to Take Stump for Taft Across the Nation
Vernon, Register of the Treasury, renowned for his signature on national banknotes, will campaign for Taft. Senator Du Pont asks him to address Black voters nationwide, with assignments after September 15. He will speak in New York, Houston, Newport, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City, then attend conferences in Kansas and Missouri, with limited appearances in the East.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
W. T. Vernon
Negro Register of the Treasury
United States
Senator du Pont
National Committee
Vernon
National Association of Negro Physicians
New York
Congress District
Representative Olcott
Houston
Newport
R. I
Philadelphia
First Queens for Hughes at mass meeting in Astoria
At a mass meeting of the Charles E Hughes League in Queens the 1st Assembly District, held at the Astoria Assembly Rooms on Tuesday night, resolutions were passed demanding Governor Hughes renomination and pledging delegates who will support it. Delegates were urged to have party chairs use all influence to secure renomination.
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Charles E. Hughes
Borough of
Queens
Astoria
Hughes
Morton on New York situation by Paul Morton
Portland, Aug. 26. Paul Morton, president of Equitable Life, spoke on New York politics. He said Hughes’s nomination would aid Republicans and the state, calling it a moral issue and the party on trial. Morton warned against rushing prosperity, saying it could trigger disaster.
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Tribune
Portland
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Hughes
Atlas Wins Panama Cement Contract for Canal Project
Atlas Portland Cement Company secures a 5.5 million dollar deal to supply 4,500 barrels of cement to the Panama Canal Commission. The contract, the largest yet for cement, underbid rivals and foreign bidders. shipments to begin in December at 2 000 to 10 000 barrels daily. The firm has already supplied 100,000 barrels for canal use.
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Panama Canal Commission
Atlas Portland Cement Company
Atlas Company
Counsel Seeks Co-Defendant Status In Public Service Suit
The Public Service Commission seeks to intervene as a co defendant in Adolph Gubner’s taxpayer action challenging city funding of its expenses. The move, argued before Justice Bischoff, cites the commission’s expanded authority under the Public Service Commissions law. Gubner, a soda water manufacturer, contends the state should pay the costs, not the city.
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Public Service Commission
Adolph ¢. Gubner
Cits
Gubner
Park Avenue
George L. Sterling
Corporation Counsel
Coleman
Public Service Commissions
Democratic mule in jeopardy storm strikes Lincoln mill
A lightning bolt hit the windmill at William J. Fryan’s Lincoln home during a storm, melting a casting but causing only slight damage. The mill has been repaired and is turning again. A bale of hay arrived from the Bryan Bailey Club of Texas addressed to the man who keeps the Democratic mule in Lincoln.
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Lincoln, Neb
William J. Fryan
Lincoln
Bryan-Bailey Club
Texas
Bust of Taft Gone Sculptor Wails
Philadelphia August 26 A sculptor Adolph Gayfini reports to police that a marble bust of Republican presidential candidate William Howard Taft was stolen from his studio last night. He had spent weeks on the bust and it was not finished. Neighbors described the work as of high merit.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Taft
Adolph Gayfini
South Th Street
Westchester GOP Refuses To Indorse Hughes At District Meet
The Republican convention of the 1st Assembly District in Westchester County rejected endorsing Governor Hughes. Oakland County official Otis faced no applause for praising him. Saratoga state convention delegates will be led by Leslie Sutherland as county campaign manager with BurnsClarkShapiroHubbardStolz Bruca named among district selections.
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Bufalo
Erie County
Governmor Hughes
Hughes
Assembly
Hutches
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Westchester County
Charles E. Otis
Yonkers
Saratoga
Leslie Sutherland
Westchester
William L. Ward
Sutherland
J. Irving Burns
Clarence W. Clark
Abram Shapiro
Samuel T. Hubbard
Alexander Stolz
John E. Bruca
B Negro
Public Service Commission to Hear Metro Lines Dispute
M S R CASE UP TODAY three members of the Public Service Commission will hold the first public hearing in town on why receivers of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company and the Central Park North East River Railroad Company failed to agree on joint rates and through routes. Oren Root general receivers H W Brown auditor and a Central Park representative attended the conference where officials agreed they must disagree. Commissioners will examine the financial status of the lines and the causes of their failure to settle the transfer questions.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Central Park, North & East River Railroad
Pany
Anager
Oren Root
H. W. Brown
Metropolitana System
Central Parl Company
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Morton
NEW York Situation
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25Th
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Chicago, Union Pacific & North Western Line
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Fast Mail
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Clark St
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Broadway
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P. S.C
Fendant
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Gulner
John Lear
Iawa
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the Tribune
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