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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
21
Governor Hughes defends public oversight of telecommunication franchises and denounces political bargaining. He touts administrative reform aimed at nonpolitical department management, transparency in legislation, and democratic participation while praising banking and agricultural oversight. He recounts campaign travels and appeals for Taft and American unity.
Governor Hughes takes a brief break from campaign turmoil to attend a cornerstone laying and festival at the Wartburg Orphan Farm in Pelham. About 25 hundred Germans greet him as 300 children perform a campus fight after the ceremony.
The Washington Evening Star advocates for Hughes re election with a new Hughes Alliance in New York. Democrats Independents and Republicans unite to promote his record, debunk false stories, and urge supporters to mobilize for the national ticket while defending good government values.
In Saratoga on October 13 Lieutenant Governor Lewis S. Chanler, the Democratic candidate for Governor, assailed the jump in the state budget from 13 million to 29 million and pledged to investigate spendings if elected. He attacked the Public Service Commission for spending $1,000 daily without adequate returns and said he would seek counsel from Democratic leaders and citizens while taking full responsibility when needed. He did not answer Governor Hughes on racetrack gambling or the Agnew Hart repeal. Palmer, candidate for Attorney General, said race track gambling is a partisan difference, not a political question. Chanler departed for Albany that night.
Ex Governor Myron T. Herrick told Chairman Hitchcock there had been great improvement in Ohio politics. He noted laboring men shifting toward Judge Taft, seeing their welfare tied to his election. He praised President McKinley and recalled the late president’s confidence in Taft for the Philippines assignment.
Portland report states William R. Hearst did not travel with Thomas L. Hisgen on the Northwest tour. Hearst was reportedly summoned to New York unexpectedly and will not visit the region before the November election.
Tammany Hall leaders announced plans to donate ten thousand nine hundred dollars to the national campaign fund. The group also pledged to cover campaign expenses in this county and touted a Madison Square Garden rally for October 26 with a large parade budget.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee appoints Representative William S. Bennet of this city as director of the party speakers bureau to succeed General du Pont. Bennet will lead in the East, join the RNC executive committee, and work with figures such as Senator W Murray Crane and William Nelson Cromwell as the campaign intensifies.
Camden workers at the coke plant struck after Prince Clark, father of Charles Clark the leper at Camden County almshouse, was found employed with them. He is held for health examination as authorities seek State Board of Health guidance. The case shocks the community with pending action.
John W. Kern departed Indianapolis this morning for New York to complete his campaign speaking tour outside Indiana. He is to speak tomorrow afternoon in Elizabeth New Jersey and will wrap up the tour in Syracuse New York on October 20.
Today multiple Republican meetings gather in venues from Broadway to Union Square and 125th street. Speakers include James R. Garfield Secretary of the Interior and ex-Judge Charles S. Whitman among others. Events range from Noon to night sessions at several halls and clubs in The Bronx and Manhattan.
Henry Clews in Baltimore argues against a government guarantee of national bank deposits and railroads, warning it would undermine government credit and invite economic catastrophe. He cites 6,780 national banks with deposits around 13.6 million and calls for private bank guarantees, plus concerns over railroads becoming a political power through government ownership.
Gov Haskell publicizes a Roosevelt linked letter urging cancellation of the 1896 E B Foster lease on 690000 Osage acres. He argues Osages were denied hearing and cites Standard Oil ties via Foster and successors. He plans to sue W R Hearst once served.
The Seventh Massachusetts District selects Democratic George W. Brackett for Congress. The Twelfth Massachusetts District nominates Democratic Jesse C. Ivy for Congress.
Attorney General Bonaparte replies to Josephus Daniels detailing Sherman act prosecutions since 186 and counts sixty-five under Republican and nine under Democratic rule. He notes forty-six since Roosevelt 1901 and nineteen in the prior eleven years, with five of nine Democratic cases aimed at labor groups and leaders.
The New York Court of Appeals upheld appointing Kings County election officials from McCarren nominees. The ruling, unanimous, reverses a prior trial court decision and supports the regular Democratic organization over McCarren’s slate. Senator Mee ren praised the decision at the Clarendon Hotel.
District Attorney Jerome opened an inquiry into a Cleveland alleged letter attributed to former President Taft. Magazine writer Brandenburg who sold the letter to a New York paper was examined. Brandenberg and two witnesses have been summoned to appear before the grand jury today.
Providence Oct 13 plans for the Republican State Convention to be held in Infantry Hall tomorrow were perfected at a meeting of the executive committee of the Republican State Central Committee. The ticket headed by Aram J. Pothier for Governor and Arthur Dennis for Lieutenant Governor is tied. Adin B. Fron and William P. Field are expected to be presented at the congressional district conventions.
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