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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
7
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Republican vice presidential candidate James Sherman wrapped a two week tour visiting sixty towns and over three thousand miles. He spoke at Wesleyan University in Delaware and a large Marion crowd, urging ballot security and criticizing Democratic tariff policy. He greeted railroad workers, shared a handshake with dirt on hands, and concluded in Mansfield before heading to West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Woodruff said the Republican State Committee has less money than in past years yet remains able to organize the campaign. He spoke with the President by long distance and expressed confidence Roosevelt fears no loss of New York for national or state tickets. He noted ongoing fundraising, borrowing to finance essentials, and cost cuts such as cheaper letters. He predicted some Republican defections but said votes from the Democratic side would be offset. Woodruff has advanced about $50 to the state committee, following a $20,000 personal loan two years ago not yet repaid.
The Legal Republican Club of the 3d Assembly District at 235 Lafayette street adopted resolutions expressing full confidence in James F. March and condemning Republican County Chairman Parsons for questioning March's stewardship. The club stated none of its members were approached to oppose Leiten candidates or aid the Democratic party.
Governor Hughes campaigns for Taft Sherman amid dodger attacks accusing him of trust funding two years ago. He rebuts that his record stands against special privilege, drawing strong crowds from St Joseph to Topeka as supporters rally behind him and denounce Bryan’s policies for workers.
William R. Sherer, head of the New York Clearing House, denounces a proposed bank deposit guarantee as impractical, unconstitutional and socialistic. He argues compulsory insurance would harm banking principles, citing bank honesty and long-run depositor protection, and warns against government control over losses.
The first day of registration runs in all cities except New York and villages of 5000 or more. Hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, with Buffalo and Rochester extending to 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The schedule continues with subsequent dates: October 10, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., October 12, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and additional days in districts outside major cities with nine to nine hours for the first two days.
In Chattanooga a convention of organizers proclaimed the birth of a new Liberal party led by Sidney Tapp of Atlanta. The platform endorses woman suffrage, direct taxation, initiative and referendum, and reform bills while denouncing Taft, Bryan, Roosevelt, and Hearst. The ticket lists Sidney C. Tapp of Avanta as President and John Maddox of Minnesota as Vice President, though no women attended.
Democrats in Columbia County nominate William A. Mallory Jr for Assembly. Republicans pick Albert B. Callen. In Westchester, Peter J. Keenan of Ossining is nominated after refusing earlier. Glens Falls honors Albert Newcomb in Warren County. Adjourned NYC conventions name Schatzman Wood Strauss Tonges and Eugene Bb Alexander for various districts.
At Lyric Hall the Independence League county convention jeered fusion against Palmieri seeking Surrogate, Palmieri winning 52 to 26 in a heated vote amid clashes and shouted admonitions to fight outside. Melvin Palliser won the judicial nomination while Beckett's fusion bid drew persistent opposition from delegates and speakers.
William Leary, Superintendent of Elections, inspected 16th Assembly District in Kings County where many racetrack attachés registered from stables tied to major tracks. He assigned fifty deputies to verify registrants. Violations include voting from horse stalls or grandstands. Leary arrested two men for illegal registration.
At the Union League Club in Brooklyn the Kings County Republican meeting informed Justice Luke D. Stapleton and Justice Abel F. E. Blackmar of their nominations. Almer R. Larson presided and Charles H. Kelley delivered the principal speech. Jacob Brenner announced plans to form a campaign club in each of 540 election districts. In the evening the Young Republican Club ratified the nominations and President Darwin R. James Jr. urged district workers to join with regular party workers.
A list of candidates nominated in multiple states: Leavitt of Michigan Big Rapids Democrat. Griswold, Flemington Democrat. Rheinlander Waldo Democrat in New York Fifteenth. Michael F Conroy Democrat New York Twelfth. William McAdoo and Major E P Gilman U S A retired Democrat in New York Seventeenth. John F McGuinness Democrat Thirteenth Massachusetts. James B Perkins Republican renominated in New York Thirty-second.
The article details canal governance with the State Engineer and Surveyor wielding major authority over water plans, contracts, and road funding. It notes the Canal Board and officials are largely Democrats under Hughes, and warns that Chanler’s election could shift supervision of the Public Works Department to party machine control in districts statewide.
Democratic state leaders report an undercurrent in favor of William Jennings Bryan as Chanler’s speaking tour is revised. B Harrison notes Chanler’s candidacy received no comment yet, while Patterson and he plan stops in Albany St Lawrence Jefferson counties and the southern tier with a lengthy itinerary through October.
Democratic national managers plan a broad eastern push to win the region for Bryan with J W Kern touring October 14 in Jersey City, Madison Square Garden, Brooklyn and Buffalo then moving to Connecticut. Herman Ridder will reveal campaign fund contributors including many long time opponents to Bryan. Tariff and bank deposit guarantees will be key campaign themes.
William B. Selden says ex President Cleveland letters urged gathering old line Democrats into a militant group. Headquarters at Hotel Winthrop prepare mailings calling Democrats to rehabilitate the party, aiming first to defeat Bryan. A straw vote report from D J Carnes notes Taft favored on the excursion train to Rosebud with settlers aboard.
Readable fragments show a Midwest train stop straw poll with Taft achieving 139 votes, Bryan percent, Debs 13, Chafin 12 amid a Chicago origin. The text hints at a political ballot snapshot but details are incomplete.
William J Bryan attacked Taft and Roosevelt, speaking at Northwestern University and in Chicago. He planned a day of lectures at Evanston and Joliet, Streator, Dallsburg, Quincy, and Hannibal Missouri, charging interference with the election and denying corporate backing.
Tonight October 9 at Camp Taft 125th street near Third avenue speakers Fred S Tanner F X Schoonmaker EH Furbay Camp Hughes 149th street and Third avenue speakers Isaac Fuld W I Sprow Frank Kee Camp Hughes 125th street near Seventh avenue speakers Carl Hauser Peter A Eagan One Hundred and Fiftieth Street and Amstentag Avenue 234 Assembly District speakers Hedges W G Swoope George A Baker No 101 West 42d street headquarters Assembly District Republican organization presiding speakers Aldermen Brown Gherard Davis Senator George and Assemblyman Beverly Robinson One Hundred and Thirty eighth street avenue 32d Assembly District outdoor Elihu Root Jr F W Bird Tomorrow night Camp Taft 125th street near Third avenue Rev Madison Peters Senator Jane Thurston W C Trewin Camp Hughes 149th street and Third avenue Senator Martin Saxe Martin Schenck Camp Hughes 125th street near Seventh area speakers Mortimer Stiefel and others No 2282 Seventh avenue list Assembly District outdoor rally local candidates will speak
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