Taft at Yale Amid Alumni Events and Senior Day
Secretary Taft attends Yale ceremonies amid a packed day of speeches and reunions. He praises constitutional limits, meets alumni, attends a medical school commencement, and plans a New York meeting to discuss a national committee chair. Senior Day features class day exercises, ivy planting, and ball activities.
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Taft
Alumni Hall
Hert Lyman
Hadley
University
Ledyard
Augustus Canfield Ledyard
Negros
Philippine Islands
Harvard
Yale Field
New York
Republican National Committee
Oyster Bay Invites Taft To Open Campaign
Oyster Bay residents plan to invite Secretary Taft to begin his campaign there and may transmit the invitation soon. Taft to visit Sagamore Hill for talks with President Roosevelt, with a possible address prepared if he accepts. Loeb and aides keep summer routine at the White House, while O'Laughlin named Tokio exposition secretary. Taft and General Wright to Oyster Bay for discussions on War Department actions and RNC chairman selection.
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United States
Taft
Law School
John W. Foster
Harrison
Mr. Foster
Medical
The
Tribune
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Mr. Lesh
John Callan O’laughlin
New Haven
Luke E. Wright
Washington
Wright
War Department
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Secretary Taft Delayed Again by Broken Locomotive
Secretary Taft traveling from Philadelphia to New Haven was delayed again by a disabled locomotive. Earlier, an accident the previous day left the presidential nominee two hours late into Pittsburg. Changes at Harrisburg and Atgien enabled a smaller engine to move the train, with a better locomotive attached later in the yard to regain time toward New York. Taft remained in his berth during the Philadelphia pass-through.
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Philadelphia
Taft
New Haven
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Atgien
West Philadelphia
New York
Franklin Murphy Praises Taft Sherman Ticket
Former New Jersey Governor Franklin Murphy praised the Chicago nominated ticket calling Taft and Sherman a superb choice certain to win. Governor Fort agreed predicting Taft would dominate Roosevelt supporters and Sherman’s record would help secure a large Republican House majority for New Jersey.
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Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Chicago
Wiliam H. Taft
James S. Sherman
House of Representatives
Taft
Sherman
Governor Fort
Roosevelt
New Jersey 7
Hevener Names Twin Boys Taft and Sherman
Lebanon Missouri reports that William F Hevener, a Congressional candidate, has named his newborn twin boys Taft and Sherman.
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the Tribune
Lebanon
William F. Hevener
Taft and
Sherman
Congress
Taft Comfortably in Heat During New Haven Trip
Republican nominee William H. Taft passed through the city en route to Yale for commencement and a Yale class reunion. He appeared in good health, quipping that the heat was “quite comfortable for a cool man.” Taft traveled with Kellogs Hollister and Williams, met commuters at 23d Street ferry, planned to meet Mrs. Taft in New Haven, and anticipated a boat race at New London. He discussed plans with General Wright and refused to predict election outcomes, praising Sherman and Roosevelt demonstrations as genuine.
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Fit Whitney
John F. Stevens
George McLanahan
John Day Jackson
William K. Townsend
Lee McClung
Olivia Fels
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Farnam
Edwards House
Yale
Big Bill
Herbert W. Bowen
William H. Taft
New Haven
Taft Party
Frank B. Kellogs
United States
Standard Oil
Judge Hollister
Cincinnati
James Williams
Pennsylvania Station
Jersey City
Manhattan
New London
Oyster Bay
General Wright
War Department
Washington
Sherman
Chicago
Roosevelt
Grand Central Station
234 Street
Ellis Answers Bryan In Ohio On Injunction Plank
Columbus June 22 Attorney General Wade H Ellis Ohio member of the Republican resolutions committee replies to W J Bryan criticisms of the party platform The anti injunction resolution argues for notice before temporary orders and speedy hearings to universalize current practice by statute It defends the courts integrity and calls for clear definitions to reduce labor case complaints and assure proper judicial action
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Columbus
Ohio
Wade H. Ellis
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Republican Party
Denver
Chicago
Taft in the South predicted by NC Seaboard official
Baltimore reports E C Duncan North Carolina Republican and Seaboard Air Line receiver predicts Taft will win electoral votes in North Carolina Tennessee and Kentucky with Maryland Virginia and Missouri also leaning Taft. He says the so called solid South is a myth as business leaders oppose Bryan and prefer Taft amid party dissension.
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The
Tribune
Baltimore
Taft
E. C. Duncan
North Carolina
Seaboard Air Line
Duncan
South
Tennessee
Kentucky
Maryland
Virginia
Bryan
Missouri
Senator Borah Aims Chicago as Campaign Headquarters
Senator Borah of Idaho returned to Chicago after a Cincinnati conference with Secretary Taft and Mr. Sherman. He says Chicago will be the Republican campaign headquarters and may serve as the base of operations for the national committee.
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Chicago
Borah
Waho
Republican Sub-Committee
Cincinnati
Taft
Sherman
Republican Party
National Executive Committee
Congress Campaign Foresees Sherman Chair, NY HQ Planned
Washington reports the Republican National Committee will decide whether to keep Sherman as chairman at the July 1 meeting with Taft present. Sherman may remain a House member until March 4 while directing campaign work. A New York office opens August 1 to coordinate literature and outreach.
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Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Washington
Hitchcock
New York
National Committee
Sherman
Republican Congressional Committee
Republican National Committee
House of Representatives
House
Congressional Committee
New York City
St. James Building
Republican Congress
South
Democratic Congressional Committee
Congress
Chicago
James T. Lloyd
Missouri
Agnew doubts Hughes renomination for governor
Senator George B. Agnew, a Hughes ally, said in Chicago that the governor will not be renominated this year. He cited Republican bitterness toward Hughes and suggested the party would need new backing to secure a major candidacy. He named Speaker Wadsworth as a possible upstate choice and noted talk of Low and Willcox as speculative options.
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Hughes
Senate
Chicago
Agnew
Wadsworth
Upstate
Low
Public Service
William R. Willcox
Republican Club
Brooklyn
William Berri
Berri
Sherman
Murphy Plans Western Swing and Denver Meeting for Bryan Tide
Charles F. Murphy Tammany leader heads for the West this Saturday with a stop in Chicago for talks with anti Bryan factions before Denver. He will also receive a Bryan message via Williams J. Bryan representatives. William J. Conners, Democratic State chairman, bids golf with Murphy while weighing Bryan versus Taft. He predicts possible wins for either Gray Johnson or Sherman and doubts a New York delegation will back Bryan without Denver nominating him.
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Tammany
West
Chicago
Denver
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Tammany Hall
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Democratic State Committee
Knickerbocker
Murphy
Conners
Buffalo
Mr. Conners
Taft
Johnson
Roosevelt
Gray
New York
Bryan
Gray Would Refuse Second Place in 1896 Nomination
Ex congressman Irvine Handy, Delaware delegate to the Denver convention, announced that Judge George Gray would not accept the vice presidency under any circumstances. Handy recalled Gray’s prior nomination speech and stated Gray would view the role as lacking religion and comfort, a concede no second place. The notice references Parker’s 1894 convention outcome and a telegram urging Gray to accept the vice presidency.
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Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Irving Handy
Delaware
Denver
George Gray
Mr. Handy
St. Louis
Parker
Ace
Swanson Accepts Bryan Invitation For Denver Nomination
Richmond reports Governor Swanson has accepted William J. Bryan’s invitation to second his presidential nomination at the Denver convention. He is a delegate-at-large and responded by mail today announcing his support.
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Bryan
Richmond
Swanson
William J. Bryan
Denver
Metz boom for vice president at Denver convention
Telegraphed from Milwaukee June 22. Controller Metz of New York attending the Travelers' Protective Association meeting here will be boomed for vice president at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
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Tribune
Milwaukee
Controller Metz
New York
Travellers’ Protective Association
Denver
Bryan Instructions Voted Down
At the caucus of the ith Congress District in Atlanta on June 22 a bid to instruct for Bryan failed 16 to 4. Delegates J J Johnson of Floyd and S L Hartsill of Whitfield were named as the uninstructed delegates to Denver.
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Tribune
Atlanta
Ith
Congress
Denver
Bryan
J. J. Johnson
Floyd
L. Hartsill
Whitfield
Katzenbach for Vice Presidency Bolsters Democratic Ticket
In Trenton on June 2 Special reports Democratic politicians discuss Frank S. Katzenbach possibly securing the nomination for vice president. It is expected he will announce candidacy next week and seek presentation at the convention. Katzenbach supporters say Bryan is likely to clinch the nomination and an Eastern running mate is to be chosen.
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Trenton
Frank S. Katzenbach
Bryan
Katzenbach
Taft Sher man Banner Raised at Publican Club Event
At 8 oclock last night the Dreese A Taft-Sherman banner was raised before the Publican Club of the 3th Assembly District on East 125th Street. The crowd filled the street as police kept the marchable route clear while speeches followed in the clubhouse assembly room. Frank Moss and others spoke as resolutions endorsing the Chicago convention ticket were adopted.
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3Th Assembly District
East 125Th Street
Frank Moss
Chicago
Des Moines Victory in Congressional Race With Recount
Des Moines Iowa June 2 recount of ballots from 34 precincts shows Hull leading Judge Prouty in the district. Hull's majority now stands at about five percentage points after today's tally. Colorado tourism ad copy appears in the text advertising a mountain vacation with pine fir streams and crystal trout rivers.
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Iowa
Judge Prouty
Hull
Ward
Colorado
Palmer Mountain
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