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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
7
Chairman Hitchcock vows thorough campaign work with careful attention to avoid past errors. He insists no state will be neglected or abandoned to the opposition as he and his staff depart Chicago for Colorado Springs tomorrow.
Arthur L. Vorys, Ohio national campaign manager, stated there will be no interference with electing a U S Senator to succeed Foraker. He emphasized Taft’s stance of not promoting any candidate and that the senatorial fight stands on its own. Taft discusses Ohio matters with Vorys as he plans to stay at Hot Springs several days.
In Pittsburg on July 17 a new faction named the Young Democrats emerges among Western Pennsylvania's Democrats. They aim to patch the rift caused by Bryanites and the ousting of Colonel J. M. Guffey. The movement seeks unity to restore financial support and calm party factions before the campaign.
State Fair Commission sent invitations to ex secretary Taft and Representative Sherman for the Republican ticket and to William Jennings Bryan and John W Kern for the Democratic ticket to speak at the Syracuse fair planned for the week of September 13. Sherman likely will attend due to proximity to his home. other speakers remain uncertain.
The Independence League in the 16th Assembly District adopts resolutions praising Attorney General Jackson’s handling of the office during the panic and his anti corporation stance. The party appoints four committee members to pursue his nomina tion and election to governor of New York, calling him fearless and incorruptible. He would not decline the nomination.
Chairman Woodruff of the Republican State Committee travels to the Adirondacks with other leaders to hammer a tentative state ticket for the fall. A Republican Club meeting in the city will set a convention date and plans. Names floated for governor include James Wadsworth, M Linn Bruce, J Sloat Fassett, and W S Bennet.
Daniel F. Dwyer, Union Labor nominee for Congress in New Jersey, pledges active support for Taft and Sherman, denounces labor leaders who push for Bryan. He plans a Jersey City mass meeting to endorse Taft, predicts not adding New Jersey to Democrats and asserts Bryan would win only a few labor votes. He cites Bryan’s past remarks and alleged ties to Guffey and Hearst, urging labor to ignore paid leaders and unite for the Republican ticket.
Employers across the country anticipate that Bryan will lose support from skilled mechanics, echoing past campaigns. District leaders like the National Granite Cutters' Association discuss impacts, noting tariff fears and production curtailment if Bryan is elected, while many stonecutters remain Republican and Gompers is not deemed influential.
The District Grand Jury in Washington dropped the investigation into the Fassett Cassidy telegram, ruling that no DC law made the operator’s act of altering telegram words a crime. The operator admitted altering the message but claimed innocence and no intent to influence policy.
W J Bryan reiterates he did not make Brownsville a campaign issue while recalling a past Roosevelt editorial. He and Kern solicit farmer contributions for a national party fund, inviting names on gifts under $100 and promising transparency for larger sums. Bryan greets visitors including John E Lamb and a Central Labor Union delegation, setting Friday for Chicago departure. He praises the platform's labor plank, calls for a Department of Labor, and supports a new anti trust distinction. He seeks a jury trial provision and emphasizes the platform’s reach to wage earners, farmers, and workers alike.
St Paul reports readiness for the international balloon race from Lexington Baseball Park. Five balloons are prepared with pilots including Captain A. F. Muller and Captain P. Hudson, Pommern with Dr Julian Thomas, and King Edward with Lieutenant Bennett. Fielding, Chicago winner, may miss the race as it has not arrived. The start is set for 3 p.m.
By Telegraph to The Tribune Omaha July 17 The Burlington Railway crop report fixes Nebraska corn at 100 after two weeks of extreme heat. The report predicts the largest corn crop in the state's history.
The Georgia Railroad Commission ruled that state newspapers may accept transportation in exchange for advertisements. The decision contrasts with a recent Federal court ruling in Chicago by Judge Kohl pertaining to the Monon railroad case, which held such contracts illegal.
Montclair July 17 Special Rev Henry F Belcher pastor of the Christian Church Hilton New Jersey died at Mountainside Hospital after becoming unconscious on an aerial swing at Verona Lake Park. Death attributed to acute Brights disease.
Senator Patrick H. McCarren spoke at Crosby Hall Brooklyn amid large cheers declaring Brooklyn must govern itself and oppose Tammany Hall. He denounced the district leaders as Hessians and urged an independent, home rule stance while linking autonomy to the anti Coler Williams faction and Tammany influence.
Dover Delaware July 17 light is shed yet the Williams murder remains unresolved as John Wessel the son in law reveals details of the night Williams spent at his house with two grandchildren present. Authorities suspect a white man connected by marriage may hold the key to a confession and place the death near the son in law's home before the body was moved ten miles to the final scene.
Oyster Bay July 17 Efforts rise to urge President Roosevelt to intervene for David Meginnity Detroit internal revenue collector whose resignation the Treasury Department has demanded Ex Congresssman John B Corliss Michigan warns removal would provoke bitter factional strife within Michigan Republican circles and asks the president to act to preserve party harmony.
The Prairie with North Carolina naval reserves and the Yankee with District of Columbia reserves arrived in Hampton Roads today as the volunteer naval militia joins the upcoming attack and defense drills along the Virginia Capes. The Yankee will lead the attacking fleet, mainly the third torpedo flotilla, which departed Norfolk earlier.
Corporal Villmar of the 29th United States Infantry led the Pacific Coast rifle contest at the Presidio with 164 points in a slow fire 200 to 600 yard preliminaries. Sergeant Brosk also scored 163, with Lieutenants Ahrends and Hutchinson tied for third at 162.
Washington July 17 Rep James S Sherman to resign as chair of the Congressional campaign committee and its executive committee around August 5 He will receive the Vice Presidential notification on August 5 if health improves A public confirmation states the successor has been chosen but not named yet The new chair will come from the executive committee with Longworth Mann Capron Tawney Bartholdt Davidson Bonynge as members
A steam pipe burst in the engine room of the steam yacht Arrow injuring engineer Thomas Talford and fireman Andrew Anderson. A fatality occurred among the crew as the yacht, owned by banker Edward Whitney, struggled from Bay Ridge toward East 23d Street. Firemen and steam lighters aided rescue before repairs were made at 49th Street and Bush docks.
In Philadelphia on July 17 the balloon Initial burst as the bag collapsed just after Dr. P. Chalmers Fulton and C. B. Graham finished inflating it and prepared to attach the basket. A crowd watched, but no injuries occurred. Fulton and his assistant planned a moonlight trip toward Northern New Jersey. Earlier, the Philadelphia balloon had collapsed over the Schuylkill River with passengers escaping uninjured.
Colonel H. G. Catrow a Republican candidate for Congress from the 3d District withdraws from the race after his automobile fatally struck Eugene Sullivan a laborer yesterday in Dayton Ohio. The withdrawal comes after a bitter contest carried to the Chicago convention.
Hackensack New Jersey July 17 Dr Charles S Brady of Cliffside was badly hurt when his car collided with a Palisades Railroad trolley on Bluff avenue He tried to cross in front of the fast moving car misjudged the distance and was thrown from the vehicle sustaining internal injuries believed to be serious
Swanton Vermont July 17 Dr David Starr Jordan president of Leland Stanford University and Samuel T Bastedo former Deputy Minister of Canadian Fisheries members of the International Fishery Commission arrived to take evidence on seine fishing in Missisquoi Bay Lake Champlain American fishermen barred from seining protest Canadian rights The commission will later move to Ogdensburg New York to probe a dispute there.
The War Department placed an order with a Bayonne company for thirty-two 32 foot gasoline junction box launches to be used with submarine mine planting. Each boat measures 32 feet long 9 feet beam and 3 feet draft and will have two cylinder 12 horsepower engines capable of 18 mph. They are to be ready by April 1 and stationed at forts along the seacoast.
Lightning struck a Central Railway passenger train near Americus during a thunderstorm tearing a long hole in the baggage car roof. All occupants escaped injury.
Mr Harahan discusses railroad finance and wages with foreign investors, noting their limited rapid gains. He doubts Stuyvesant Fish’s view that gross railroad receipts will rise while net profits fall and states he is through with Fish and the Union Pacific.
Chicago July 17 The national committee via the Tita Manufacturers Association plans a joint conference with railroads over an anticipated freight rate increase. Leaders protest any rise without shipper consultation while signaling readiness to engage in talks.
Indianapolis July 17. Prominent shippers say the Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers Association will resist any railroad effort to raise freight rates in Central Freight Association territory. A tariff schedule for Southwestern territory has surfaced and Central Freight Association officers are in Chicago meeting on rates. A nationwide conference of shippers’ associations is planned likely in Indianapolis to coordinate opposition to rate hikes.
Philadelphia July 17 President James McCrean of the Pennsylvania Railroad stated no general advance in rates was contemplated after a New York meeting of railroad presidents. He said consensus favored studying class rates further while considering increases only in cases where current rates are unusually low compared with service, with five to six months needed for a full report.
Pittsburg July 17 William Moffitt of Sisterville West Virginia arrived for his sister Stella Moffitt's funeral and ended his life in the same manner as she did last Tuesday. Both took carbolic acid at their parents home on Reed street. Grief over his sister's death and concern for her eyesight and burden to family are cited as motives. He was thirty nine, leaving a wife and five children who accompanied him for the funeral. The sister, twenty eight, had been ill and feared losing her sight and becoming unable to work.
Thomas Eagleton, father of Assemblyman John T. Eagleton of the 5th District, died last night at his home 164 West 45th Street aged about seventy. He was long active in Sth and 9th Assembly districts politics and over forty years a notable figure in Tammany Hall. Survived by five daughters and three sons.
San Francisco mining stock prices for today July 17 show official closing quotations across listed companies. Traders monitored gains and losses, with notable activity in precious metals firms and frontier prospectors amid market fluctuations.
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