Wood campaign strengthens as South Dakota pledges support
Political maneuvering in the Republican race centers on Wood and Johnson with South Dakota's delegation unanimously pledging support for General Wood. Johnson's strength appears divided among delegations while Wood builds momentum through staged demonstrations and party leaders.
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Will Hays
Watson
Viende
Ogden Mille
Hays
South Dakota
Thin
Wood
Suffrage Pickets Plan Banners at Chicago Convention
National Woman's party plans peaceful picketing at the Chicago convention with about 150 demonstrators, banners displayed along the Coliseum sidewalk. Abby Scott Baker and Doris Stevens urged governors to call special sessions to pass the suffrage amendment, while funding was secured by donations from Mrs B Wood and Mrs H Havemeyer. A Republican committee hearing arranged to grant women representation on the Republican National Committee.
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Chicago
National Women's Party
Pacific
Thompson
Abby Scott Baker
Doris Stevens
Vermont
Connecticut
Sproul
Pennsylvania
Alice Paul
Coliseum
White House
B. Wood
H. C. Havemeyer
East
Republican Section
National Association
Horace Brock
Republican National Committee
Lincoln Nominated In Only 26 Words
At the first Republican National Convention in Chicago sixty years ago an Iowa delegate walked 160 miles to reach a railroad for travel. Special rates boosted the city’s population during convention week, hotel rooms ranged from 1.60 to 2.50 dollars daily, and crowds overflowed so much that hotel billiard tables were used as beds.
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Chicago
Iown
Chaplain Practices Prayer for Convention Opener
Chicago June 7 open convention readiness shown as Rev Gardner McWhorter tested his voice in the Coliseum. Amplifying instruments carried the practice prayer prompting workers to pause work for five minutes while he adjusted volume to ensure all could hear.
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Chigago
Gardner McWhorter
Republican Women Decorate Wigwam for 1860 Convention
The Wigwam’s interior gleamed with Republican women’s decor and invited guests armed with needles and scissors. A special train brought Massachusetts and New England delegates as rockets and cannon boomed. Women and escorts filled the gallery while a man with moccasins as credentials was barred. Two brief nominating speeches placed Lincoln in nomination, while a roof cannon announced the nomination. The Chicago Historical Society preserves relics from the convention and ensuing campaign.
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Chicago
Massachusetts
New England
Indiana
Abraham Lincoln
The
Chicago Historical Society
Nixon Qualified by Crosby for President Endorsement
Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby, chair of the Committee of One Thousand Democratic Women, said the endorsement of Public Service Commissioner Lewis Nixon reflects his varied experience in solving national problems. She praised his expertise in foreign and domestic commerce, shipping, manufacturing, farm support, culture, and international relations.
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Nixon
Crosby
John Sherwin Crosby
Public Service
Lewis Nixon
Lucy Page Gaston Quits Race for Presidency
CHICAGO June 7 Lucy Page Gaston the only woman entrant in the Presidential race announced she will not be presented to the convention. She withdrawn in favor of anyone who will endorse the moral reforms she stands for. Gaston entered the South Dakota primaries on an anti cigarette plank unadulterated food and clean morals.
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Chicago
Lucy Page Gaston
Miss Gaston
South Dakota
Dark Horse Brewing Up a Campaign at Hoover Rally
A review of campaign headquarters and leaflets contrasts Hoover with other contenders. It notes cheap hotel venues, souvenir buttons, and the appeal of a dark horse. Bryan applauds Johnson’s critique of Article X as Johnson and Borah denounce money in campaigns.
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Merchert Hoover
Hoover
Congress
League of Nations
Samuel Adams
Warren Harding
Lowden
Herrington
Kan
Charles B. Hughes
State Street
Bryan
Johnson
Hiram Johnson
William Jennings Bryan
Woa
Mr. Bryan
Amocrat
Senator Johnson
Senator Borah
Mr. Borah
Mr. Johnson
Borah
United States
Lowden and Wood Exchange Calls Visit Campaigns
Governor Lowden met with Major General Wood at his headquarters on Presidential Tower and later Wood visited Lowden, then greeted other presidential candidates. The exchanges underscored a busy day of campaign outreach between leading contenders.
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Lowden
Wood
Hoover Sees No Third Party in U S Politics
Special dispatch reports Herbert Hoover predicting no third party will emerge as a significant force in the 1920s. He flags league of nations and economics as major issues, discusses party dynamics, Swarthmore College graduation, and relief work in Europe amid ongoing neutral powers talks and European cattle shortages.
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League of Nations and Economics
Tribuna
Philadelphia
Herbert Hoover
Swarthmore College
Hoover
New York
Chicago
Friends
Sproul
Mitchell Palmer
Society of Friends
Palmer
Oregon
Swarthmore
Friends’ College
United States
Swain
Leland Stanford Junior University
Europe
Poland
Sproul Quoted 5 to 1 as Odds Slashed
Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania was listed in Wall Street betting odds for the first time, with his chances at 6 to 1. Odds on Harding improved from 8 to 1 to 5 to 1, Butler from 10 to 1 to 5 to 1, Hughes from 6 to 1 to 4 to 1, and Knox from 10 to 1 to 5 to 1, according to James W. Ball & Co. representatives.
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Governor Sproul
Pennsylvania
Wall Street
James W. Ball & Co
Harding
Butler
Hughes
Knox
Liberals Plan Platform Fight Over Senate Rule and Labor
Liberals push for a rank and file platform with four unwritten planks including league of nations labor Mexican affair and liquor. A resolution pledging enforcement of federal law may replace a direct Volstead act reference while labor disputes spark division with Gompers opposing curbs on strikes. If victorious the platform urges Republican leaders to push nationwide woman suffrage.
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Tien
Mills
Watson
League of Nations
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Committee On
Senate
Samuel Gompers
National Committee
Penrose Rests, Keeps Busy on Telephone From Hospital
Philadelphia dated June 7 reports Senator Boies Penrose is resting fairly comfortably, denied to require narcotics, and remains up and on the telephone with Chicago. Secretary Leighton Taylor notes Penrose aids convention work, stays in constant telegram contact, with no immediate statements on Sproul or convention matters.
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Philadelphia
Boies Penrose
Herbert B. Carpenter
Carpenter
Chiesgo
Leighton C. Taylor
Penrose
The Evening Mail Price Raised to Three Cents
The Evening Mail increases its price to three cents effective today due to doubling newsprint costs and higher labor expenses. Production costs, not reader or advertiser tradeoffs, drive the change, with newsdealers now earning 60 cents per hundred copies, up from 50.
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Evening Mail
Journal and Globe
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East 48Th Street
Vanderbilt
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Mars
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Everybody's Magazine
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Broun
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John Ward Mens Shoes
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