Taft rally deepens as convention fight continues
Delegates from several states report Taft leading on the first ballot with about 700 votes expected, while many contests remain to be heard in Texas Tennessee and other states. The editorial note details internal battles over Negro representation and the Dolliver and Cannon dynamics in Chicago as party leaders seek steering strategy.
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Cohen
Louisiana
Tribune
Hundren Taft
Texas
Tennessee
Taft
National Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
John G. Capers
South Carolina
Slemp
Virginia
South
Republican Party
Taft urged to back currency reform at Chicago
Secretary Taft was pressed by the Merchants' Association of New York and the Trades League of Philadelphia to influence a credit currency plan. They argued the currency commission is biased toward bond secured currency and asked Taft to push the issue in the Chicago convention. He declined to dictate policy but favored a platform stating the objective rather than a method.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
National Committee
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National
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Taft
Washington
Merchants’ Association of New York
Trades League of Philadelphia
Currency Commission
Chicago
Diplomats to Attend Republican Convention in Chicago
Washington dispatch says at least twelve foreign diplomats will attend the Chicago Republican convention with seats arranged on the speakers platform. Twenty three seats have been requested by John Barrett who will accompany the diplomats to both conventions. Attending include ambassadors from France Britain Russia China and ministers from Argentina Colombia Panama Switzerland Uruguay and Cuba along with various secretaries and attaches.
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Washington
Chicago
United States
Denver
John Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
Ou Shou-Tshun
A. P. Costa
W. A. Reynards
Netherlands
Sefior Guzman
Knox Won't Seek Vice Presidency in 1900 Race
Pittsburg June 9 United States Senator Phi lander C Knox met with business and political allies after bitterly rebuffing a question about running for Vice President if not named as Presidential candidate at Chicago He will not leave the Senate under any condition The Knox Club has raised 10000 to support him in Chicago
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Young
Iowa
Chicago
Hart
Mr. Young
Dolliver
Cummins
Allison
Senate
Delliver
la Folletteite
Taft
Charles G. Phelps
Connecticut
Mr. Phelps
National Committee
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North Dakota
Auditorium Hotel
Phelps
Alex
McKenzie
Cecil Lyons
Roosevelt
Texas
Louisiana
Lyons
Dawes
Pittsburg
United States
Crawford leads Kittredge in South Dakota GOP primary
Sioux City Iowa reports scattered returns from 369 precincts show Governor Crawford leading incumbent A B Kittredge for United States Senator. The insurgent ticket headed by Vassey for Governor trails slightly, though indications favor the whole Crawford slate.
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Sioux City
Iowa
South Dakota
Crawford
A. B. Kittredge
United States
Vassey
Pittsburg Headquarters Removed by Rail Routes
Pittsburg officials of the Wa bash Pittsburg Terminal and the Wheeling Lake Erie railroads were ordered to move their operations westward. The Goulds are suspected to abandon Pittsburg as a strategic rail hub. The million dollar station will become an office building while receivers will operate from Cleveland and Toledo.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Wabash
McIntosh County Sheriff Confesses in Bufla General Dunlap Case
Edward C. Julian county clerk of McIntosh County was jailed in Muskogee after confessing to the murder of General Dunlap, claiming self defense as Dunlap allegedly fired first in his room at Bufla. Tensions rise in Buffa and Checotah as Governor Haskell is urged to restore order amid county seat violence. City Marshal Wood died from a Sunday shooting by James Permeter in Bufla, marking a second tragedy in the same conflict.
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Muskogee
Okla
Edward C. Julian
McIntosh County
General Dunlap
Bufia
Dunlap
Buffa
Checotah
Wood
James Permeter
Bufla
Aldrich Calls Two Committees To Meet In New York
Senator Aldrich chaired finance and currency panels plan operations for the currency commission and tariff questions. Sub committees meet at the Plaza Hotel in New York City next Thursday. The tariff group may brief experts and set their work, while the currency session may run several days. Aldrich to present an outline of plans at the currency meeting.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate Committee On Finance
Congress Currency Commission
Commission
Finance Committee
Plaza Iotel
New York City
Hearst Gains Nineteen Votes in Recount
The Hearst candidate gained nineteen votes as eighty three recount boxes were canvassed yesterday at the Hearst McClellan trial. Total recounts reach 291 boxes showing a cumulative Hearst gain of 135 votes. The yesterday results list is given as follows.
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Hearst-McClellan
Hearst
McClellan
E.D. A.D
Wwe
Louisiana undecided to hear Johnson and Bryan in Louisiana
New Orleans on June 9 invites both Governor John A Johnson and William J Bryan to address the state amid Democratic doubts. The New Orleans Progressive Union also extends invitations to Taft, Hughes, Fairbanks, Cannon, and Knox, stressing nonpartisan inclusivity. Bryan plans no trip to Louisiana soon, intending rest at Fairview. Colonel Henry Watterson heads to Lincoln to confer with Bryan.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Democracy
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
William J. Bryan
Johnson
Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Louisiana
Fairview
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Oregon delegates back Bryan at state convention
The Democratic State Convention met in Portland and elected four delegates at large and two from each Congress district. Resolutions endorsed William J. Bryan for the Presidential nomination and directed Oregon’s delegates to support him while his name remains before the convention. Delegates at large named: M. A. Milur, R. D. Inman, J. C. Booth, W. F. Matlock, D. J. Fry, L. M. Travis, Charles K Henry and D. M. Watson.
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Portland
Ore
William J. Bryan
Oregon
Mr. Bryan
M. A. Milur
R. D. Inman
J. C. Booth
W. F. Matlock
D. J. Fry
L. M. Travis
Charles K Henry
D M. Watson
Gore Sees Object Briefly After Treatment
Washington June 9 Senator Thomas P Gore of Oklahoma for the first time in twenty seven years could see his cuff with his left eye for about thirty seconds today after a week of treatment at the Episcopal Eye Ear and Throat Hospital. If further improvement occurs surgery may not be needed and the Senator is hopeful of regaining use of at least one eye.
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Washington
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Gore
Syracuse University Trustees Grant Day Vacation
Syracuse June 9 The board of trustees authorized Chancellor James R Day to take a vacation for as long as he saw fit Despite health concerns he said he could not spare time for the vacation.
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Day
Syracuse
Board of Trustees
Syracuse University
James R. Day
McCarren's Men Beat Tammany for Clerks Pact
Tammany aldermen allied with Republicans to push through a $15,400 resolution for four extra marriage license clerks. McCarren provided six names, breaking a deadlock as Republicans swung in to back the measure. Two clerks go to Manhattan and two to Brooklyn, each earning $1,200 yearly, with work hoped to begin by July 1. Mayor McClellan urged speedy action on related building and staffing items as the board extended its session to clear the calendar.
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Ublic
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Mareen
Alderman Doull
Bayside
Bellevue Hospital
Nurses’ Training School
Bellevue
McCarren Bill Draws Brooklyn Borough Chief's Fire
Borough President Bird v. Coler says he is not worried by the McCarren bill’s passage in the Senate. He attacks the measure as a move to undo party primary frauds and insists a pure primary bill should have preceded it. He predicts no impact on anti McCarren forces in Brooklyn.
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McCarren
Senate
Bird v. Coler
McCarren Democrats
Brooklyn
Political clash over Brooklyn election inspectors stirs party feud
George W. Williams of Kings County Democratic Party denounces a bill pushed by McCarren as a power grab. He says the measure would strip party decisions to the Supreme Court with no appeal, aiming to favor McCarren as he faces defeat in Brooklyn.
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George W. Williams
Kings County
Democratic Party
anti-McCarrem
McCarren
Senate
Assembly
Supreme Court
Ihs
Brooklyn
Private detective arrested over fake cartridge shipment
James D. Hallen a Suffern N Y resident with a New York office was arrested on a larceny charge linked to an 11 000 shipment of cartridges for Nicaragua. The case ties to a forged claim about U S Haytian policy and a prior Haitian government dispute. Magistrate Wahle set bail at 5000.
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Suffern
N. Y
Ramon Echazarreta
Nicaragua
New Orleans
Hallen
Haytian Legation
Washington
Roosevelt
Antenor Firmin
General Firmin
Haller
Echazarreta
Managua
Sefior Echazaretta
York
Wahle
Tombs
Edward Carpell
Workmen Send President Thanks From Minnesota Labor
Washington June 9 President Roosevelt received a telegraphic dispatch from W E McEwen secretary of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor dated Winona. The message says the federation representing forty thousand workers in convention assembled expresses appreciation for the president and thanks him for his messages urging enactment of measures vital to organized labor.
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Roosevelt
W. E McEwen
Oser
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
Winona
Minnesota
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