Taft departure logistics and political support notes
The article describes Taft plans for leaving Hot Springs on Friday night with a special car to follow a route via Gauley Athens and Toledo to Middle Bass Island. It notes a non political address to veterans at Athens and possible Cincinnati trip, plus ongoing Republican efforts to secure Black and Afro American endorsements and speakers for Virginia.
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Mr. Taft
Gauley
Taft
Gallipolis
Ohio
Athens
Charles H. Grosvenor
Toledo
Moldie Bass Island
Cincinnati
Washington
The
Baptist Church
North
South
West Virginia
Colored Republican Club of
New Rochestea
Charles E. Hughes
Republican Club
Rochester
Slemp
Virginia
Republican National
Alvah Hi. Martin
New York
General du Pont
Republican National Commitee
Erie County GOP backs Hughes renomination at convention
Erie County Republicans unanimously endorsed Governor Charles E Hughes for renomination praising Theodore Roosevelt and Taft for national leadership. The county ticket was nominated with 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 Action
Jamestown dispatch reports the Chautauqua County Pomona Grange legislative committee adopted a resolution praising Governor Hughes. It reaffirms support for direct nomination plans and PSC telegraph and telephone oversight while commending his anti gambling law and the Public Service Commission creation. The committee includes five members from local granges with three Democrats present, who voted for the resolution.
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Jamestown
Legislative Committee
Chautauqua County
Pomona Grange
Hughes
Grange
Public Service Commison
Grange Legislative Committee
Public Service Commission
Speaker Cannon Arrives in Boston for Campaign Talks
Boston notes Speaker Cannon arrived in Boston and met Senator Crane for a brief conference on the Presidential campaign, signaling continued coordination ahead of the national contest.
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Cannon
Boston
Crane
Hughes Speech Advocates Democratic Will and Open Government
The speaker lauds Saratoga Springs as a restored health resort and urges adherence to a democratic system where the will of the people via free elections guides governance. He stresses openness, education of citizens, and merit in appointments, warning against demagoguery and favoritism. Afterward he tours the fairgrounds as horseracing drivers delay the first heat.
Mack and Gompers Sad Discussing Democratic Edge
Washington August 26 Norman E Mack chairman of the Democratic National Committee spent six hours in Washington conferring with Samuel Gompers and others while noting the workingman’s likely Democratic vote. He predicted a strong Democratic victory in Indiana and New York and planned an Eastern committee meeting in New York next Saturday. The piece also reports on a horse owners strike at the fair affecting races during Governor Hughes’s visit and the officials’ attempts to resolve the stand-off.
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Washington
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Samuel Gompers
New York
Mack
Gompers
Taft
Kern
Indiana
Bryan
Maryland
Baltimore
Hughes
Hitchcock
National Committee
East
Mack Dnc Leaders Expect Mack Arrival To Open Eastern HQ
Norman E. Mack of the Democratic National Committee is due in the city today to open the Eastern campaign headquarters at the Hoffman House. National committeemen plan East campaign leadership, with Tomlinson asserting the party will be better organized and carry New York State. Bryan’s Labor Day tour begins in Chicago, then Ohio and Indiana, with New York Sept 15. Sulzer backs Bryan as Bryan leads in the West. Upstate primary results worry some leaders as McCarren and Conners delegate plans loom, while Murphy’s influence may face rulings.
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Democratic National Committee
Hoffman House
Mack
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Alabama
Tomlinson
Democratic Party
New York State
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New York
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Rochester
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Pacific Coast
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Johnson
Minnesota
Murphy-Conners
McCarren
Kings County
Conners
Murphy
Vernon to Take Stump for Taft on National Tour
W T Vernon Register of the Treasury and man whose autograph appears on national banknotes will tour to urge negro loyalty to the Republican ticket. Senator Du Pont heads the national committee speakers bureau and will assign Vernon after September 15 with engagements in New York Houston Newport Philadelphia Atlantic City and talks to African Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in Kansas and Missouri. He is expected to speak mainly in Ohio Indiana Kansas Nebraska and Iowa with limited appearances in the East.
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Washington
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Negro Register of the Treasury
United States
Senator du Post
National Committee
Vernon
National Association of Negro Physicians
New York
Congress District
Representative Olcott
Houston
Newport
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Philadelphia
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Atlantic City
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Missouri
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Indiana
Nebraska
Iowa
East
Bryan Campaign Visit in Salem Prompts Roosevelts Appeal
William J. Bryan visited Salem birthplace where he urged Roosevelt Republicans to back the Democratic ticket, saying Taft failed to deliver reforms. He spoke at the courthouse grounds, toured the Bryan Bennett library, and received campaign donations. Theodore A. Bell spoke on party platforms, while Bryan critiqued House rules and tariff and trust issues. He left Salem at 3:50 p.m. for Topeka after stops in St. Louis and Kansas City.
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William J. Bryan
Bryan
Taft
Bryan-Bennet
Philo S. Bennett
Connecticut
Court House
Clinton County
Theodore A. Bell
California
Mr. Bryan
House of Representatives
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Topeka
St. Louis
Kansas City
Allies for McCarren at Democratic State Convention
In Auburn on August 26 delegates from Cayuga backed Senator McCarren and his allies if rupture occurs with the Murphy Conners alliance. Thomas M. Osborne proposed a resolution protesting the New York convention’s refusal to recognize Charles F. Rattigan as state committeeman replacing William B. Harper. Rattigan, William Bradley, and C F E Miller were elected Cayuga state delegates authorized to pursue actions to back Cayuga County Democracy’s protest against New York convention methods.
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Tribune
Auburn
N. Y
McCarren
Murphy-Conners Alliance
Thomas M. Osborne
Public Service
New York
Charles F. Rattigan
William EB. Harper
Seneca Falls
Mr. Rattigan
William Bradley
Sterling
C. F E. Miller
Moravia
Cayuga
Cayuga County
Brooklyn Borough President Coler Seeks Democratic Nomination
Bird S. Coler and his party left Binghamton for the Deposit Fair where he delivered an address on state issues. He praised Governor Hughes but warned his radicalism makes him an impossible gubernatorial candidate and spoke of aiming to win the Democratic nomination while predicting Democratic success in the state and nation this fall.
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Roosevelt
Canal Zone
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Taft
Binghamton
N. Y
Coler
Brooklyn
Deposit Fair
Hughes
Pro-Hughes Delegates Pledged at Queens Meeting
At a mass meeting of the Charles E. Hughes League in Astoria Queens voters passed resolutions demanding Governor Hughes renomination and pledged delegates who will support it. They urged state county district ward chairmen to use their influence to secure renomination.
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Charles E. Hughes
Borough of
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Astoria
Hughes
Atlas to Supply Panama Cement Contract Record
Atlas Portland Cement Company secures a 5.5 million dollar contract to supply 4.5 million barrels of cement to the Panama Canal Commission. The award, the largest for cement, follows Atlas underbidding rivals and foreign bidders. Shipments start December at 2000 to 10000 barrels daily, building a new era in Portland cement manufacturing.
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ATLAS
Panama Cement
Panama Canal Commission
Atlas Portland Cement Company
Atlas Company
Counsel Seeks Co-Defendant Status in City Funds Suit
The Public Service Commission seeks to intervene as a co-defendant in Adolph C. Gubner v. the City over city funding of commission expenses. George L. Sterling argues the commission’s role mirrors state bodies, while John Leak is identified as Gubner’s attorney. Justice Bischoff reserved ruling on intervention.
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Adolph C. Gubner
Gubner
No. M71
Park Avenue
Board of Estimate
Mr. Gubner
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Corporation Counsel
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
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New York
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State Commission of Gas and Electricity
State
Coleman
Morton on New York Situation Proclaims Hughes Help for Republicans
Paul Morton president of Equitable Life Assurance Society arrived in Portland Missouri and spoke on New York politics. He praised Hughes nomination as the best outcome for Republicans and the state calling it a moral issue. He warned against pushing rapid prosperity and said disaster could follow if speed worsens.
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Tribune
Portland
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Hughes
Democratic Mule in Jeopardy at Bryan Home
A lightning strike during a Lincoln storm damaged a windmill at William J. Bryan's farm near the barn where the Democratic mascot mule is stabled. The casting melted but was replaced and the mill is turning again. A large hay bale arrived from the Bryan Bailey Club of Texas addressed to the man who keeps the mule in Lincoln.
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Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Bryan-Bailey Club
Texas
Bust of Taft Stolen Worries Sculptor in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports Adolph Gaylant says a marble bust of Republican candidate Taft was stolen from his South 10th Street studio last night. He had invested weeks of effort into the near-complete sculpture and described it as a high merit work.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Taft
Adolph Gaylant
South 10Th Street
Westchester GOP Refuses to Endorse Hughes at District Meet
The Republican convention of Westchester County's 1st Assembly District rejected endorsing Governor Hughes. Yonkers Corporation Counsel Charles E. Otis chaired the session but failed to win a single vote for Hughes. Delegates to the Saratoga state convention will be led by Leslie Sutherland with ex Senator J Irving Burns and several other appointees named to manage the county campaign.
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Tribune
Buffalo
Erie County
Hughes
Assembly
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
Negro
Public Service Board Meets Over Joint Rates Dispute
The Public Service Commission will hold a morning hearing with three members in town to probe why Metropolitan Street Railway receivers and Central Park North East River Railroad failed to set joint rates and transfers. Oren Root, H. W. Brown, and a Central Park representative likely will be questioned on financial status and the dispute's origin.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
Oren Root
H. W. Brown
Metropolitan System
Central Park Company
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