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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
13
A Courier excerpt claims strong Republicans in the district favor Governor Hughes renomination. It warns that rejecting Hughes could bring defeat for both state and national tickets, recalling Cleveland's 1886 victory as a cautionary example against nominating a weaker candidate.
Outlook in Montpelier focuses on Lieutenant Governor George H. Prouty versus James Burke with Democrats optimistic about the statewide result. Analysts tie Vermont Governor plurality trends to national presidential outcomes and note new Independence League candidate Backus drawing support alongside Hisgen influence.
Phonograph recordings of Taft speeches titled Irish Firmor and The Farmer and the Republican Party are widely distributed. The Irish Humor segment extols humor as a cure for modern stress, notes Irish resilience, and links humor to national progress alongside farm prosperity and Republican policy.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Mack will stay in Washington DC and not return to the city until today. Josephus Daniels arrives from Chicago and discusses literary bureau management with Colonel Henry Watterson before departing to Kentucky. Daniels predicts Democrats may win Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois, while Mack seeks a capable campaign manager for the Hattan campaign as New York eyes a vigorous national race.
William J. Bryan left Lincoln for a speaking tour visiting St. Paul Grand Forks Vargo and Sioux City to discuss campaign issues. He planned talks at State Fair Grounds and other venues while avoiding topic specifics. Bryan read Taft’s labor speech but offered no comment and accompanied his family to church near Fairview.
Taft and party arrive at Middle Bass Island Ohio after a delayed train voyage. They stay in a club cottage, attend church, and plan bass fishing and golf with visits from Ohio political figures. Taft denounces a reported compromise with Senator Foraker as baseless. The Middle Bass Club hosts roughly 200 guests and a Gibraltar Island setting lies nearby.
Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee, travels from Chicago to plan a vigorous national campaign. He may visit Cincinnati to confer with Taft, aiming to energize East and South regions while ensuring robust state-level efforts and national speakers for every state.
Cumberland Md Aug 30 Captain W F Landers longtime Berkeley County Democrat declares support for Taft. John Getty cashier of Friendsville First National Bank hopes Bryan is defeated again and says Taft victory would spur business and monetary loosening nationwide.
Schuyler Neb August editor John C. Sprecher of The Free Lance says he will back Taft and work to deny Bryan Nebraska's electoral vote. He cites Bryan's Democratic platform as omitting government ownership, anti imperialism and other issues he feared would cost votes.
The 15th District contest pits Harry W. Mack against Leslie S. Lockhart and Philip Miller with backing from ex-Representative William H. Douglas. The battle centers on control of the Conservative Club and support for Olcott and Bennett, amid factional clashes that echo the district’s long leadership struggle.
Railways add crews as coal mines resume full operation across Maryland and West Virginia. Firms like Consolidation Coal and George's Creek region mines run full time. payrolls surge with Fairmont and Clarksburg fields paying about 350000 dollars monthly. New output from glass plants and bottling works also resumes, aided by five thousand extra freight cars on the Baltimore and Ohio line.
The Central Federated Union adopted resolutions pledging support for William Jennings Bryan and the Democratic party after a bitter debate over earlier circulars backing Bryan and criticizing the Republicans. The Elevator Constructors and MIllwrights Union circular echoed the pledge to defeat the Republican party and to push a labor agenda in Bryan’s platform.
The February committee report on charges against delegates and former delegates tied to the Murray Hill Lyceum meeting was settled at a Central Federated Union meeting. Five delegates will not be expelled but their unions must withdraw them. unions refusing face suspension. Former delegates face credential non-acceptance if re elected. Two have appealed to the AFL executive council. others likely to appeal as council can reverse the decision.
Through the blue book the city assessors in Pittsburgh uncovered about one million dollars in taxable property held by wealthy women. They suspected railroad shares, bank stocks, and foreign mortgages, and sent letters asking for accounting. Four hundred women were contacted in their maiden names seeking declarations of stock and property.
The article reports tense exchanges between Baltimore and Atlantic City police over the Roberts shooting inquiry. Statements from Mrs Williams and Col Swann defend Baltimore’s cooperation, while the hunt for the alleged highwayman continues and Mrs Williams describes the shooter as a starving robber seeking money.
Lisbon reports the Chamber of Deputies approved the budget with an estimated deficit of 2,000,000 dollars. Emigration and arbitration treaties with the United States were also adopted.
Joseph E. Smith campaigns to oust Eugene J. McGuire by warning election officers that prison awaits those who bend the law at polls. The intra party contest also features William Henderson Jr challenging Thomas H. O’Neill on the north side with shifts in support from the Young Men’s Democratic Club.
Park Commissioner Joseph L Berry challenges rival William E. Morris to a district wide debate before September 5. He aims to publicly press Morris on party affiliations and past actions, including Republican ties and park and courthouse issues, to inform voters in the 35th Assembly District.
George J. Perry United States Marshal for the 3d Division of Alaska has been ordered removed by the President for disobedience of orders. Deputy Joseph C. Dillon had challenged Perry over a letter to the department and Perry waited to appoint a successor, claiming his communications to the Attorney General never reached the department.
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