Solid South at risk as Taft gains in Dixie states
An Atlanta dispatch surveys Southern Democratic fears that the Solid South could crack in 1909. Taft’s Southern presence and Republican summer tours raise alarm among Bryan supporters, with Maryland Virginia Georgia and West Virginia highlighted as tossups amid factional battles and black vote dynamics.
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Atlanta
South
Bryan
Taft
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Hot Springs
Georgia
Mr. Taft
William Howard Taft
William Jennings Bryan
Republican Party
Mason and Dixon
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Washington
Republican National Committee
Watson
Graves
William Jennings
Augusta
Columbus
Ellis Island contracts and political prospects unfold
Contracts were awarded for Ellis Island improvements including lighting, heating, plumbing, and power house work to New York firms Commercial Construction Company and C. F. Metzinger & Sons with costs ranging from 2,497 to 25,515. Wheeler plans talks with Straus on concessions, restaurant privileges, and immigration rules, while Republican leaders weigh Georgia Tennessee campaigns and a Taft plurality amid a heavy party split.
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Commercial Construction Company
New York
C. F. Metzinger & Sons
New York City
Evans, Admiral & Co
Wheeler
Straus
State Department
Tennessee
Wright
Taft
Republican Party
G. N. Tillman
Nashville
Brownlow-Austin- Houk
Asbury Wright
Sloane County
Mr. Tillman
H. Clay Evans
London
Nathan W. Hale
Newell Sanders
Republican State Executive Committee
Patterson
Call Decision Pure Food Victory
Washington August 26 Judge Thompson ruled in Cincinnati injunctive proceedings by the Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association. The decision supports new branding rules for distilled spirits under the pure food law and internal revenue circular 723. It holds that neutral spirits colored and flavored to resemble whiskey are imitation whiskey and must be declared as such under regulations or violate both internal revenue and the pure food law.
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Washington
Thompson
Cincinnati
Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
Internal Revenue
No Oral Arguments on Jerome Case
Albany Aug 26 Govern Hughes declines oral arguments on the Metropolitan Street Railway Company charges against New York District Attorney Jerome. He will consider written submissions on legal points and facts. Pierce has until Sept 2 to submit briefs and Jerome until Sept 7 to answer if papers are filed.
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Albany
Franklin Pierce
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Jerome
New York
Hughes
Richard L. Hand
Elizabethtown
Pierce
Hand
Judge Baker Replies to Critics Over Oil Case
Goshen Ind dispatch reports Judge Francis E. Baker of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals responded to critics on the Standard Oil ruling. He said the judgment targeted the parent company’s offenses, not the Indiana offspring, and cited equal rights for corporations. He noted a motion for a rehearing had been filed.
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Goshen
Ind
Francis E. Baker
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Landis
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company Incorporated
New Jersey
le Parent Concern
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Indiana Company
Patients prosper in tents at Norfolk navy hospital
The Norfolk navy hospital, undergoing major renovations to become the Atlantic Fleet base, is housing patients in tents near the shipyard. The outdoor arrangement has been successful, with all patients expected to return to the permanent building by mid November as work proceeds, enabling earlier use for Atlantic operations.
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Atlas Portland Cement Company
Panama
United States
Atlas Portland Cement
Tribune Bureau
Washington
United States Navy
Norfolk Navy Yard
Norfolk
Navy
Marine Corps
Atlantic
Land Office Reports Vast Public Lands Still Available
Washington reports from local land offices show the government retains 754,995,296 acres of public lands, surveyed and unsurveyed, with Alaska holding 268,021,409 acres. Secretary Wright will inspect Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley in a tour, returning to Washington next week.
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Alaska
General Land Office
Wright
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Kansas
Panama selects Arango as foreign minister in new cabinet
President-elect Obaldia names José Augustine Arango to be Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama. The dispatch notes other cabinet members have already been announced, outlining the new government lineup.
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Washington
José Augustine Arango
Panama
United States
Obaldia
Republic of Panama
Squiers
Senate panel edges tariff law changes in Washington
The Senate Finance sub committee wrapped preliminary work on tariff law administration today in Washington and adjourned to meet in New York at the chairman’s call. Assistant Secretary Coolidge and Treasury customs chief Montgomery urged technical tweaks and noted obsolete statutes for repeal. Montgomery examined the Dingley act section by section, outlining flaws and needed simplifications, as Burrows prepared for Friday travel to meet the General Appraisers board.
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Charles W. Swisher
West Virginia
Arnold C. Scherr
Mr. Taft
Bryan
Scherr
Swisher
Republican National Committee
Lkely
du Pont
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
New York
Surrows
Coolidge
Chief Montgomery
Customs Division
Treasury Department
Mont@@mery
Burrows
Board of General Appraisers
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Richmond
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Portsmouth
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Ellis Island
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William R. Wheeler
Commerce and Labor
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Jute Guarantee and Trust
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Pure Food Victory
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Army and Navy News
Canvas Naval Hospital
Norfolk, Va
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21St Infantry
Raymond Ss. Bamberger
7Th Cavalry
William N. Henslr
18Th Cavalry
Frederick W. Boshchien
16Th Infantry
Fort Crook
Denver
T. J. Johnson
Navy Rifle Team
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W. A. M’clurg
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Los Aneles
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Los Angeles
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