Democrats Face Push for Woman Suffrage Plank
Leaders from National American Woman Suffrage Association and allied groups organize in Commapeestent to press Democratic platform for equal suffrage. Carrie Chapman Catt and other officers direct campaigns while anti suffrage forces led by Mrs. Arthur Dodge resist. Headquarters set at Jefferson Hotel Planters Hotel and Locust Street with Mary Martin and Anna Howard Shaw coordinating lobbying and parade planning.
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Arthur Dodge
New York
William F. McCombs
Sara Bard Field
Oregon
Woman's Party
National Woman Suffrage Association
Jeferson Hotel
Frank M. Roessing
Frst
Washington
Planters’ Hotel
Valter McNab Miller
Columbia
National Board
Enech
Locust Street
Florence N. Updegraif
Golden Lane
Catt
The
Associa
Anna Howard Shaw
Wise Alice Paul
Abby Scott Baker
Doris Stevens
Nebraska
Mabel Ver~tot
Nevada
Sara Hard Field
Maude Younger
California
Rheat Child Dorr
Marriot Stanton
Democratic Party
Justice Hughes
Paris Knows Hughes As Mountain Climber
The Paris press notes Charles E. Hughes as a mountaineer with strong European ties. Biographies describe him as well acquainted with Europe, frequenting Switzerland, and fond of Balzac and Dumas. The Chicago convention is seen as American guided with limited impact from European war debates.
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Pigero
Europe
Visig Switzerland
Balzac
Dumas the Elder
Parker will not run on Republican ticket
New Orleans June 12 John M Parker denies plans to run on the Republican ticket amid reports that progressives may endorse Hughes for president push Fairbanks to resign as vice presidential candidate and place Parker second on the ticket.
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Tovsgraph
Trinity New Orleans
John M. Parker
Chicago
Indorse
Hughes
Fairbanks
Parker
Canadian Horses Triumph in Cranwood Circuit Opener
Canadian owned horses Chilecote and Day Sprit won the 2:27 trot and 2:18 pace respectively at Cranwood track opening of The Jake Erie and Ohio Circuit racing season in Cleveland.
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Clevelina
Suner
Chilecote
Day Sprit
Jake Erie
Ohio
Cranwond
Mexican Plank and Peace Policy Dominate Democratic Platform
At St Louis the Democratic platform makers focus on Wilsons peace record and Mexican policy. They argue for neutrality and a stable Mexico while condemning outside intervention. The draft frames Mexico as a test of American ideals and international law amid war.
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St. Louis
White House
Wilson
Hughes
Mexico
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic Congress
Congress
United States
Cnan
Europe
Eith
Supreme Court
Democrats Consider Judicial Candidates for Nominations
The piece discusses Democratic strategy on nominating judicial candidates, noting New York leaders may favor judges like Justice Sea-Sury from the Appellate Division for Governor or President. It cites past picks such as Judge Alton B. Parker in 1906 and mentions plans to back tax measures, including a tax on war munitions and higher income surtaxes, while an embargo plank fades as peace prospects grow.
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Justice Hughes
New York
Justice Sea- Sury
New York Supreme Court
Parker
Alton B. Porker
Lkely
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
McCombs
Tammany
Washington
McAdoo
McComb
McCombe
Tim
Wilson
Democratic National Committee
Mel
National Committee
BAKER BOOM LEADS FIGHT ON MARSHALL
The piece discusses how Bryan’s influence wanes at Chicago amid Wilson’s rising control. Delegates appear passive as Baker prepares a draft, with peace and preparedness as vague goals. Attitude on Mexico’s Villa Carranza remains unsettled until Baker reveals a new angle.
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Marshall
Wilson
Patform
Naional Committee
Wilton
McCombs
Chicago
Everphody
Baker
Washington
Eaders
Villa Ad Carranza
Baker Carries Wilson Plan At Democratic Nation Conv
Secretary of War Baker left for St Louis as Wilson’s personal representative to the Democratic convention. He carries the President’s draft platform and other suggestions, with exact wording to be settled by the resolutions committee. Wilson spoke at West Point and remained in touch with aides and lawmakers on political matters.
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Major
Missouri
Jefferson
Jor
Charles Francis Murphy
Missouri Statesman
Agai
Washington
Baker
St. Louis
Wilson
White House
Resolutions Committee
Military Academy
West Point
Tumulty
Inshington
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Congress
Bercary
Lansing
Polk
State Department
Borah Endorses Suffrage Plank For Republicans
In St Louis on June 12, Senator Borah assisted in drafting the Republican platform and telegrams Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt stating the suffrage plank is an unqualified endorsement. The message says the plank favors extending suffrage as a matter of justice and reserves states' rights on the federal amendment question.
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St. Louis
The
Nations American Woman Suffrage Association
Boral
Carrie Chapman Catt
Curb betting chief cites Hughes payoff and Wilson odds
Chester Thompson, betting commissioner on the curb, said he paid out 141000 to backers who chose Charles E Hughes as Republican nominee. He added that if Roosevelt ran on the Progressive ticket he could raise 500000 from Wall Street men offering odds of 3 to 1 that Wilson would be reelected.
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Wilson
T. R
Chester Thompson
Sesterany
Bers
Charles E. Hughes
Thompson
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Stone Sees Peril in Politics on Supreme Court
St. Louis dispatch June 12 reports Senator William J. Stone as Democratic resolutions chair warning against using a Supreme Court justice as a political candidate. He proposes a U S constitutional amendment to bar justices from political office during service or for five years after. Stone criticizes Theodore Roosevelt era Progressive tactics and questions future court independence. He also notes potential NYDemocratic ticket shifts including McCombs for Senate and Gerard or Seabury for Governor with Tammany backing.
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William J. Stone
R Resolutions Committee
Chicago
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Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Stent
Supreme Courts
United States
Roosevelt
Oyster Hay
St.Louis
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
James W. Gerard
Samuel Seabury
Court of Appeals
New York
Empire State
Gerard
Europe
Charles F. Murphy
McCombs
O'Gorman
Tammany Chieftain
Murphy
Wilson
Feders
Murray Crane Declares Hughes Safe for President
Ex Senator W Murray Crane told Massachusetts delegates at North Adams that Hughes will be elected next November and praised the Chicago convention. He said this would be his last political campaign unless unforeseen circumstances arise, and attributed the split in 1912 to the remarkable conditions.
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Massachusetts
Hughes
Tairgreph
Terbune
Pittsfield
Mass
W. Murray Crane
North Adams
Chicago
New York leaders pick convention resolutions aide
Edwin A. Harriss, airman for the New York Democratic Committee, and Joe Murphy of Troy arrived for talks with Charles Murphy, Norman Mack, and other leaders. They discussed who would represent New York on the convention's resolutions committee, naming either James Fitzgerald or Samuel Untermyer as possible members.
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Edwin A. Harriss
New York Democratic
Lackey” Metaber
Joe” Murphy
Troy
Arriv
Charles F. Murphy
Norman E. Mack
New York
Representatiohn J. Fitegerald
Samuel J. Untermyer
Ne York
Morgenthau Plea for Wagner Nomination Fails
June 12 Henry Morgenthau, ex ambassador to Turkey, met with Senator Robert York to urge acceptance of a post. Wagner could not, for political reasons, take the place. Tammany leaders say the organization will not propose further names. Despite rifts with Wilson and New York leaders, Tammany endorsers vow full support.
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Wagner
Louis
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Wilson
Tammanyate
Robert York
Peas
Tammany
New York
Tammany Indore
Hughes Acceptance Put In House Record
The telegram from Charles E. Hughes accepting the Republican presidential nomination was entered into the House record by unanimous consent. Speaker Clark challenged the phrasing, noting it as Hughes’s statement upon notice of the nomination, while Mann called it the next president’s statement. A related message to the New York Legislature, authored by Governor Hughes, was also inserted.
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Mann
Washington
Charles E. Hughes
House
Hughes
Clark
Charles Eva Hughes
New York
Hugh 1910
Harrison
Sippl
Germans of country urged to back Hughes in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on June 12 a German American appeal was issued to mobilize German voters for Justice Hughes and the Republican ticket. Gustav Mayer, publisher, leads the call to organize Germans of thirty-nine to support Hughes, with influence from German Daily Gazette and Philadelphia Tageblatt. German Democrat shifts to Hughes and Fairbanks.
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Chicago
Justice Hughes
Mr. Hugh
Republican
United States
Gustav Mayer
Gazette
Tageblatt
Hughes and
Fairbanks
Demokcrat
Nomineter
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