Chafin Named Prohibition Presidential Candidate in Ohio
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago won the Prohibition nomination for president after three ballots at the National Convention in Columbus Ohio. Aaron S Watkine of Ada Ohio was chosen by acclamation as vice president amid parliamentary turmoil.
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Columbus
Ohio
Eugene W. Chafin
Chicago
Aaron S. Watkine
Ada
Chafin
Daniel R. Sheen
Peoria
New York
Indiana
Wisconsin
Willian B. Palmore
St. Louis
Palmore
Aaron §. Watkins
Charles Scanlon
Professor Watkins
Wetkins
T. B. Demaree
Kentucky
Charles &. Holler
Watkins
Ant
East Troy
Wis
Irs
Law Department
University of Wisconsin
Waukesha
Congress
Atterney General
Illinois
Wisconsin Good Templars
Illinois Good Templars
Washingtonian
McCarren Appeal Set for Special Appellate Hearing
The Appellate Division will hear Senator McCarren's appeal July 2 addressing the board of elections rejection of his inspectors for the September primaries. Isaac Kapper leads the case with Williams Delaney followers likely represented by Lewis Delafield. mandamus seeks appointment of McCarren inspectors over Williams nominees.
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McCarren
Kings County
Supreme Court
Kelly
Board of Elections
Isaac M. Kapper
Justice Jenks
2D Department
Hirschberg
Jenks
Woodward
Mooker
Gaynor
Ricn
Miller
Kapper
Williams-Delaney
Lewis L. Delafield
George W. S.S. Williams
Republican College League Work Sets Westward Campaign Route
Fred Brown Whitney of Washington is named special campaign manager by President Alfred Lunt of the National Republican College League to tour states west of the Mississippi. Whitney, who managed campaigns for McKinley, departs for Colorado as the league enters its seventeenth year with over TM active college Republican clubs. The advisory board features Senators Hodge Dick Beveridge Burrows Hopkins and officials Cortelyou Metcalf Dover New Mulvane of the RNC.
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Boston
Fred Brown Whitney
Washington
Alfred =. Lunt
National Republican College League
Whitney
Colorado
Zunt
Beverly
League
United States
Hodge
Beveridge
Burrows
Hopkins
Cortelyou
Metcalf
Elmer Dover
Harry 5. New
David Mulvane
Republican National Committee
Hitchcock Heads West Campaign to Colorado Springs
Washington July 16 Frank H Hitchcock chairman of the Republican National Committee travels from Washington to Chicago then to Colorado Springs to attend Western Republican leaders conference. He approves staffing for the editorial bureau and announces a $150 essay prize with August 15 winner reveal in New York. Manuscripts will go through elimination with Curtis and a reading panel including Congressional Committee members.
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Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
James T. Williams, Jr
Republican
Chicago
Colorado Springs
Col
Hitchcock
Francis Curtis
Liltary
National Committee
Curtis
National
New York
Congressional Committee
Insure Against Bryan Policies At Lloyds In New York
Wall Street brokers long of the market secure against price drop if Bryan wins the presidency. Lloyds began risk acceptance at 20 percent then 15 percent as applications surged, with over $0,000 insured. Policies known as P P L class pay out without proof of loss, a novelty for presidential election coverage.
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Wall Street
William J. Bryan
Lloyds
Taft
Bryan
England
Watson Attacks Bryan Over South Strategy in Nashville
In Nashville on July 16 Thomas E Watson Populist candidate says Bryan misreads the South asserting Southern votes total 156 toward his majority. He criticizes Bryan for backing Indiana’s Tom Taggart and condemns Bryan on Brownsville Texas and the Negro troops issue. Watson speaks to Populist state convention as J S Leech praises his leadership.
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Nashville
Tenn
Thomas E. Watson
Bryan
South
Tom’ Taggart
Indianapolis
Taggart
Indiana
Mr. Watson
Brownsville
Tex
Foraker
Watson
J.S. Leech
Georgia
Anti Bryan ferment in Detroit under labor chiefs
Samuel Prince of New York, a AFL organizer, is in Detroit stirring local union HQs to oppose President Gompers politics. A federation meeting inquiries Gompers pledge of labor votes to Bryan and authority behind it. Vice President Kummerfeldt protests AFL organizers giving money to campaign speeches for Democrats.
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Tribune
Detroit
Samuel Prince
New York
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Bryan
Kummerfeldt, Jr
Sam’ Gompers
Murphy Shows Little Enthusiasm for Bryan Kern Ticket
Charles F. Murphy leader of Tammany Hall visited the 4th Street Wigwam to confer with district leaders but offered minimal enthusiasm for the Bryan Kern ticket. He cited no plans to ratify the ticket and said he would not return to the city until Tuesday. He contemplates a possible Governorship bid for Justice Gaynor, though its appeal is doubtful after Denver.
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Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Bryan-Kern
Denver
4Th Street
Bryan
Fulton
Tammany
Murphy
Justice Gaynor
Brooklyn
Uck~t
Bryan silent on Brownsville issue in Lincoln visit
William J. Bryan refuses to discuss the Brownsville affair or Roosevelt’s actions, denying statements attributed to Bishop Walters and saying he will stick to the party platform. Delegates from several states view him in Fairview, urging Democratic club organization and voter turnout.
Odds with Gompers over union support for Bryan
The article surveys reactions from labor leaders to President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor and his stated pledge to back Bryan. Union officials stress limits on Gompers influence, while others warn that electing Bryan could unsettle industrial stability. Several see Gompers aiming to steer votes, while critics label his role and goals as misaligned with union interests.
Anti-Imperialists Endorse Bryan Over Taft in Boston Note
The Anti-Imperialist League executive committee urges friends to withhold votes from William H Taft and support William J Bryan. They condemn Taft’s stance on the Philippines and call for active campaigning against imperialism, especially in Congress, with emphasis on independence for the Filipinos. Erving Winslow signs as secretary.
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Boston
The
Anti-Imperialist League
Gay
Friends of the League
William H. Taft
William J. Bryan
United States
Congress
Philippine
Taft
Bryan
Erving Winslow
No Uniforms at Brighton Beach Track as Detectives Take Charge
Police shift at the Brighton Beach racetrack ends uniformed presence. Plainclothes detectives under Lt. Langan and Lt. Van Wagener replace officers to enforce the Agnew Hart law amid grand jury scrutiny. Several arrests occur. some questioned for illegal search tactics.
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Brighton Beach
Albany
Langan
van Wagner
Elder
Kuhne
Baker
Flood
Jockey Club
Bingham
Joseph F. Langan
Jacob van Wagener
Kahne
Grand Jury
van Wagener
Captain Kuhne
No pay for Bryan spellbinders campaign volunteers
John W. Tomlinson, Alabama member of the Democratic National Committee, returned from Denver and announced volunteers would assist in the campaign through.
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Birmingham
Ala
John W. Tomlinson
Alabama
Democratic National Committee
Denver
Public speech plan calls volunteers to finance their own talks
A leader announces speakers will be volunteers, not paid hirelings, each funding their own time and travel. He requests speakers to specify preferred states and times for their orations and emphasizes a self financed effort.
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United States
Justice Brewer Defends Labor Liberty Against Blacklist
Justice David J. Brewer of the U.S. Supreme Court condemned blacklist and boycott as threats to personal liberty. Speaking before Northwestern Mutual Life agents in Milwaukee on July 16, he warned coercive labor demands denying work endanger the Republic's future.
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Milwaukee
David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Hearst urges Independence party to back Democratic platform
William Randolph Hearst replies to Samuel Gompers urging the Independence League to endorse the Democratic platform. Hearst criticizes the Democratic party as discredited and decayed, favors a new party for the producing classes, and says he will vote for able and honest candidates with sound principles. He is due to return from Europe and will go to Chicago after arrival.
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William Randolph Hearst
Samuel Gompers
Independence Party
Mr. Hearst
Paris
Gompers
Independence League
Illiam Randolph Hearst
Resignation Talk Circulates Over Sherman Chairmen
Utica N Y July 16 Washington announced a meeting of the executive committee in this city to accept James S Sherman’s resignation as chairman of the Congressional Committee The notice is premature and Sherman indicated he would resign but no time or place has been set for the committee to receive it He will name a successor when the meeting occurs
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Utica
N. Y
Washington
Executive Committee
James S. Sherman
Congressional Committee
Sherman
Congressman Sherman
Young Men's Christian Asociation Headquarters
Woodruff Plans Governors Visit and Talks Convention
Timothy L. Woodruff returns to Kamphill Kare in the Adirondacks and invites state leaders for talks next week about the Republican state ticket. Senator Hinman and John Mott visited state headquarters yesterday. A city convention date will be settled at the state committee meeting on August 12.
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Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Kamphill Kare
Adirondack
Senator Hinman
John Mott
Oswego
Woodruff
State Committee
Republican Club
Swasey Named Commissioner of Records in Brooklyn
Lewis M. Swasey, head of the 7th Assembly District, was named by County Judges Fawcett and Dike to fill the Records office vacancy after John K. Neal's death. He resigns as under sheriff, to be replaced by James P. Connell, with salary moving from $6,000 to $%,000.
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Lewis M. Swasey
Fawcett and Dike
Brooklyn
John K. Neal
Swasey
James P. Connell
Brooklyn Senator Eugene Travis faces bid to defeat him
Political opponents of Senator Eugene Travis of Brooklyn plan to defeat him in the Assembly District primary and back Assemblyman Charles F. Murphy of the 10th District. Postmaster Roberts and Elections Commissioner Robert Fuller lead the effort. Travis may abandon the 11th District leadership race and name Alfred E. Vass as successor to focus on the Senate contest.
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Eugene Travis
Brooklyn
Charles F. Murphy
Postmaster Roberts
Travis
Robert Fuller
Alfred E. Vass
Fire damages New York Central city elevator in Buffalo
Fire broke out in the upper bins of the New York Central city elevator in Buffalo causing about 59000 in damage before it was controlled. The elevator was not filled at the time of the blaze.
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Buffalo
New York Central
Express Train Wreck Near Greenwich Kills Miss Armstrong
A summer travel party from Flatbush headed to a New Hampshire resort were aboard the eastbound express when it struck the Greenwich avenue bridge. Miss Marguerite Armstrong died, her mother Mrs William Armstrong badly cut, and a Brooklyn visitor Mrs Elizabeth Gibberson seriously hurt. Engineers and the conductor were arrested as investigations began.
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Greenwich
Miss Armstrong
Elizabeth Gibberson
Brooklyn
Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich Avenue Bridge
Greenwich Avenue
Portlester
Cos Cob
Boston & Maine
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Armstrong
Bretton Woods
N. H
Jefferson, N. H
St Albans
W. J. Kendall
St. Ann's Avenue
New York
I. May
Hartford
Conn
J. A. Mansfield
John A. Clark
White
Hobson
Harlem River Yards
Traub
Greenwich Station
White Mountains
Philadelphia
Marguerite Armstrong
Wayne, Penn
William C. Armstrong
Flatbush
New Hampshire
Opening Campaign Set for Ohio September
The national and state campaign opens in Ohio from September 5 with Youngstown as the host. An August meeting of the state executive committee will ratify the date and place, chaired by James S. Sherman. Senator Beveridge of Indiana Governor Hughes of New York and Governor Harris expected to address.
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Youngstown
Ohio
State Executive Committee
James S. Sherman
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Hughes
New York
Harris
Kern notification plans in Indianapolis in September
Indianapolis reports announce a Kern notification meeting to be held in September with Mr. Bryan as the only speechmaker in the state during the campaign. Kern will guest the Jefferson Club rally in Chicago on September 15, likely opening Democratic campaigning in the Middle West.
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Indianapolis
Kern
Bryan
Jefferson Club
Chicago
Middle West
Groundbreak at Broadway and 9th for Bayonne Republican Club
Ground was broken yesterday at Broadway and 9th street Bayonne for a new two story Republican Club clubhouse. The project will cost about 4 dollars.
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Broadway
9Th Street
Bayonne
Republican Club
Crick
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