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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
21
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Republican Vice President candidate James Sherman wrapped a two week campaign through sixty towns and three thousand miles with a rally in Mansfield Ohio. He urged voters to guard the ballot box, criticized Democratic tariff policy and recalled 1893 as a warning. He addressed Wesleyan University students in Delaware and spoke to railroad workers in Marion before ending the swing with a Mansfield crowd and plans to speak in West Chester Pennsylvania.
Chairman Woodruff said the state committee is short on funds but running a thorough campaign. He spoke with President Roosevelt by long distance, expressing confidence in New York for Taft and Hughes, and noted borrowing money to cover essential expenses. He expects some Republican defections but believes votes from the Democratic side will compensate. Woodruff previously advanced funds to the state committee and another loan remains unpaid.
The Legal Republican Club of the 3d Assembly District at 235 Lafayette Street passed resolutions expressing full confidence in James F. March after President Parsons of the Republican County Committee criticized his leadership. The club condemned Parsons' action and affirmed no member had been asked to oppose party candidates or aid the Democrats.
Governor Hughes campaigns through Kansas defending his record and Taft aid. He denounces Bryan proposals as harmful to workers while Democrats circulate slander about campaign funds. He receives roaring support in Topeka and towns along his route, with large crowds and festive receptions.
William R. Sherer, head of the New York Clearing House, denounces the proposed guaranteed bank deposits plan as unconstitutional and socialistic. He argues compulsory insurance would fail, risks moral hazard, and cites historical bank deposit safety as evidence that current practices prevent losses, urging caution over government control or participation.
Registration opens across most cities except New York and larger villages with 5000 or more inhabitants. Hours run 8 am to 9 pm, Buffalo and Rochester extend 7 am to 10 pm. Calendar dates list first two days this week, with further days slated for October 10, 12, 16, and 17 across various districts.
In Chattanooga today a convention formally proclaimed a new Liberal party with a platform supporting woman suffrage direct taxation initiative referendum and reform legislation. Sidney C. Tapp of Atlanta leads the movement with John Maddox of Minnesota as vice president. women’s vote is urged though no woman attended.
In Columbia County William A. Mallory Jr. was named by Democrats and Albert B. Callen by Republicans for Assembly. Westchester District 34 nominated Peter J. Keenan from Ossining after a stalled convention. Glens Falls saw Albert Newcomb selected for Assembly at Warrensburg. New York City conventions announced nominees in districts 24, 2, 2, 32, and 1st Richmond.
The Independence League county convention at Lyric Hall near 42nd Street erupted in a clash over fusion. After a late vote, Pal lieri narrowly led Beckett for Surrogate, while Palliser won nomination for Supreme Court justice. A brawl and shouted threats disrupted the proceedings as delegates clashed over party lines.
William Leary, Superintendent of Elections, toured the 1st Assembly District in Kings County, noting a surge of stablemen registering from racetrack stables. He assigned fifty deputies to verify antecedents, warning that voting from horse stalls or grandstands will bring trouble.
The Kings County Republicans met at the Union League Club Brooklyn at 1 pm to formally inform their judiciary candidates Justice Luke D Stapleton and Justice Abel E Blackmar of their nomination Almer R Larson presided with Charles H Kelley delivering the principal speech Jacob Brenner announced a plan to form a campaign club in each of 640 election districts The Young Republican Club later ratified the nominations with President Darwin R James Jr directing district workers to join with regular workers
The roster includes Eleventh Michigan Leavitt. Griswold of Big Rapids. Fourth New Jersey Steele of Flemington. Fifteenth New York Rheinlander Waldo. Twelfth New York Conroy. Seventeenth New York McAdoo. Fourth New York Major E P Gilman retired U S A. Thirteenth Massachusetts John Mc Guinness. Thirty second New York James B Perkins renominated with Democrats and Republicans indicated.
The piece outlines canal governance with the Lieutenant Governor and others on the Canal Board, highlighting the State Engineer and Surveyor as real power in canal and road spending. It notes party lines, with most officials described as Democrats under Hughes, and hints at political strategies around Chanler winning the Superintendent of Public Works to bolster machine influence.
F B Harrison chairman of the executive committee says Bryan sentiment rises in the state with undercurrents favoring the Democratic nominee. Harrison and F M Patterson plan to meet county chairmen as they tour Albany St Lawrence Jefferson and the southern tier. Chanler itinerary updated listing Newburg Santos and Hornell with dates from October 19 to October 31.
Democratic national managers push to win eastern states for Bryan. J W Kern is slated to speak October 14 in Jersey City and other sites, then Madison Square Garden or Tammany Hall, Brooklyn, Buffalo, and Connecticut as the campaign extends. Herman Ridder will reveal campaign fund contributors, including many longtime opponents of Bryan. The tariff and bank deposit guarantees will be central campaign themes.
William B. Selden, chairman of the Cleveland Democracy organizational committee, says letters by ex President Cleveland indicate a plan to rally old-line party members into a militant group. Headquarters at Hotel Winthrop prepare mailings urging Democrats to help rehabilitate the party and defeat Bryan as the first objective. A straw vote from D J Carnes reports Taft favored among settlers on a Rosebud Reservation excursion train.
Miscellany of middle west polling notes from Chicago shows Taft at 1 percent and Debs at 13 with Bryan and Chafin also referenced. the text reflects partial straw results and scattered figures from an era ballot.
William J. Bryan attacked President Roosevelt and Taft in a day of events. He held conferences with lieutenants, spoke at Northwestern University and to laborers in Chicago, then planned addresses in Evanston Joliet Streator Dallasburg Quincy and Hannibal Missouri. He pledged no corporate backing and defended his campaign against interference.
Tonight October political rallies outline Republican gatherings at Camp Taft 125th Street near Third Avenue with Fred S Tanner F X Schoonmaker and a Furbay Camp Hughes 149th Street and Third Avenue with Isaac Ful W I Sprow and Frank Kei Speakers Carl Hauser and Peter A Eagan One Hundred and Fiftieth Street Amster Avenue 23d Assembly District Hedges W G Swoope and George A Baker No 101 West 42d Street headquarters Assembly District Republican organization Herbertson presiding Speakers Alderman Brown Gerard Davis Senator George B Agne Assemblyman Beverly K R Robbinson Assembly 138th Street and Avenue 320 Assembly District outdoor Elihu Reot Jr F W Birtland EF TOMORROW NIGHT Camp Taft 125th Street near Third Avenue Rev Madison Peters Senator Joan Thurston and W Trewin Camp Hughes 140th Street on Third Avenue speakers Senator Martin Saxe and Martin Schenck Camp Hughes 25th Street near Seventh Ave Speakers Mortimer Stiefel and others No 2292 Seventh Avenue 21st Assembly District rally Local candidates will speak.
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