Choate plank and Taft forces shape Republican platform
Dispatches report a division over the Choate plank and anti injunction clause, with Taft allies under pressure to deter the administration’s control. Senator Fulton defends no White House dictation while Cannon opposes radical planks. Hitchcock names committees to notify nominees and organize the convention.
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Fulton
Oregon
Bie
Taft
White House
Cannon
Chicago
Union League Club
Theodore Roosevelt
Odell Declines to Support Hughes for President
Ex governor Odell and Louis Payn arrive at the convention and Odell announces he will not vote for Governor Hughes. He cites no district instruction and hints at backing Sherman for vice president, while New York leaders urge adherence to Hughes. Delegates from Utica and Mohawk Valley advocate Sherman as a second ticket choice amid New York state party positions.
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Tribune
Chicago
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
Louis F. Payn
Odell
Hughes
Littauer
Malby
Sherman
Payne
Messrs. Odell and
Payn
New York
James S. Sherman
Woodruff
Parsons
New York County Committee
Representative Sherman
Utica Con
Gressman
Stewart L. Woodford
National Hughes League
Rich Rooters for Senator Knox in Pittsburgh
Pittsburg crowd aboard the Pennsylvania Limited heads to Chicago to back Senator Knox as a Presidential candidate. The train party includes John H. Jones B F Jones Willis L King R H M Boges Mellon William McElowney John H Moore J Callery James H Reed S P Black and A Knox among others, with estimated fortunes totaling between 410000 and 500000 dollars.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Limited
Chicago
Knox
John H. Jones
Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company
B. F. Jones
Willis L. King
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
R. H M. Boges
R. BR. Mellon
William Mr Conway
W. (. McEl4owney
John H. Moore
J. Callery
James H. Reed
Traction Guen
S. P. Black
A. Knox
Dolliver Still Leads in Bid for Vice President
Chicago dispatch reports debates over the vice presidency as delegations arrive and marching clubs parade. Dolliver appears favored by many leaders, with Taft leaning toward him. Hughes opposes removing Dolliver from Iowa. Sherman gains strength in delegation support, while Cortelyou’s appeal remains muted and unsettled.
Letters urge Taft to name Hitchcock campaign manager
Chicago June 14 letters from more than half the national committee urged Secretary Taft to appoint Frank H. Hitchcock as campaign manager if he is nominated. Hitchcock said the choice could wait until after nomination and opponents favor Senator Crane or New as alternatives. The selection appears to rest between Hitchcock and Arthur S. Vorys, with Ohio figures backing Vorys and Cortelyou, Herrick, Taft kin backing others.
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Chicago
Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Washington
Crane
New
Arthur S. Vorys
Vorys
Ohio
Myron T. Herrick
Charles P. Taft
National Committee
A . Stevenson
Colorado
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
Arthur Statter
Treasury
Clayton
Stevenson
Coloradan Said, “But He Didn’t.” Mrs. Statter Bowed, But General Clayton Frew
Steve
God
Delegates Arrive in Chicago for Taft Nomination Race
Delegates flood into Chicago for the Taft nomination, opening Iowa headquarters at the Auditorium Annex. California and Idaho contingents travel, some favor Hammond for VP, while others back Taft. Idaho and Hawaii arrive with families, Massachusetts adds reinforcements, and talk turns to tariff revision amid a busy opening day of arrivals.
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Chicago
Iowa
Auditorium Annex
California
George A. Knight
Taft
John Hays Hammond
Idaho
Hammond
M. H. de Young
Oregon
George H. Williams
Grant
John Dalzell
Massachusetts
John D. Long
Montana
Virginia
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New Appeal to Hughes for Vice Presidency Rumor
Albany reports say within twenty four hours more appeals were made to Governor Hughes to accept the Republican nomination for Vice-President. Hughes declined to comment and reportedly New York leaders in Chicago may press him to withdraw from the presidential race. They favored nominating either Sherman or Woodruff for vice president. The governor indicated he will not withdraw from the presidential race nor alter his stance on the vice presidency.
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Hepburn
Iowa
Washington
Dolliver
Cortelyou
New York
Dollivér
Taft
Hughes
Northwest
Seth Low
Albany
Coolidge
White House
Lilley
Connecticut
Fairbanks
Hitchcock
The
Tribune
Chicago
New York State
Sherman
Woodruff
Judiciary Plane Backed by Manufacturers Meeting
A Saturday meeting of manufacturers led by Francis H. Stillman endorsed a memorial urging the Republican National Convention to affirm faith in the courts. Signers include prominent figures from Yale & Towne, Atlas Portland Cement, American Brake, and other key firms, with the resolutions to reach Chicago for the resolutions committee. James W. Van Cleave, NAM president, has spent several days in Chicago.
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Francis H. Stillman
National Association of Manufacturers
Machinery Club
Republican Committee
Committee On
Nicholas Murray Butler
Joseph H. Choate
Charles Andrews
William J. Wallace
Cornelius N. Bliss
Benjamin F. Tracy
Thomas L. James
John W. Griggs
John L. Cadwalader
Edwurd Wetmore
John A. Stewart
Edward Mitchell
D. ©. Mills
A. Barton Hepburn
William N. Cohen Rush Rhees
James M. Taylor
Albert K. Smiler
Committee On Resolutions
Watson- Stillman Company
Bridgeport Motor Company
Allied Gas Engine Builders
Pognonnoc Commercial Corporation
Alonzo B. Lee
A. B. Lee Electric Elevator Company
Henry R. Towne
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company
Merchants’ Association
H. L. Shippy
John A. Roebling Sons
Otis H. Cutler
American Brake, Stove and Foundry Company
James R. Vandyck
Vandyck-Churchill Company
Ludwig Nissen
Charles A. Lehieren
Brooklyn
W. H. Marshall
American Locomotive Company
Alfonso Navarro
Atlas Portland Cement Company
A. A. Cowles
Anson
The
American Extract and Supply Company
J. F. Handy
J. W Pratt Company
Robert Schalkenbach
John C. Rankin Company
G. A. Ellis
James Riggs &O
George L. Gillen
Charles Booth
Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company
W. K. Bowman
John 8. Paul
Edward E. Mercelis
Daniel W. Barnes
George W. K. Taylor
William F. Donnelly
William L. Perkins
John M. Sherrerd
Chicago
James W. van Cleave
Postal savings plank eyed for Republican platform
Senator Thomas F Carter presses for a postal savings bank plank in the Republican platform with backing from Penrose. Taft campaign talk features with Bill Taft quips boosting support. Delegates exchange greetings as Keifer sheds formal dress for modernism amid convention bustle. Negro Taftites grow, while Burkett Pollard push for Sheldon in western ticket.
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Seth G. Heacock
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Thomas Wheeler
W. J. Thistlewaite
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William Beneberg
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New England
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Nathan Hale
Tennessee
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Cincinnati
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Olcott
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