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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1908
Page
18
Voting will occur November 3 in 28 states with governors and legislature up for grabs. The article lists party tickets, pending amendments, and shifts in Senate and House composition, naming Republicans Democrats and third parties across numerous states and regions.
The piece notes states planning bonds totaling 20 090 000 for the enterprise and a four state vote on an income tax. California pushes election reform with a direct primary amendment. National tickets listed include Democrats Taft Kern Republicans Debs and Watson and more with Aug Gilhaus named as prox.
William J. Bryan began his final national swing from Lincoln at 4 PM, heading to St. Louis for an early speech before addressing stockyard embayles in East St. Louis, then continuing by special car through Chicago with four addresses planned. He travels with Mrs. Bryan, his private secretary, Lincoln Mayor F W Brown, and four correspondents, ending in Lincoln on November 2.
Josephus Daniels of North Carolina, head of the DNC Publicity Bureau, mails a letter from New York October 17 to Attorney General Bonaparte criticizing the pace and impact of trust prosecutions under the Sherman act. He alleges selective targeting, questions outcomes, and notes Roosevelt era failures while reserving praise for no one.
John Worth Kern, Democratic candidate for Vice-President, returned from Bridgeport hopeful that labor support would swing New York State and neighboring states. He noted labor votes in New Jersey and Connecticut could determine results and planned an evening speech in Utica before dawn.
The Rev Dr MacArthur attacked Lieutenant Governor Chanler during a Current Events class at Calvary Baptist Church. He praised Governor Hughes, urged support for Hughes, and framed Chanler’s stance as evasive on racetrack gambling laws and personal liberty. He asserts Hughes upholds the constitution and would curb vice.
Lieutenant Governor Chanler sees a grueling two week itinerary to keep pace with Governor Hughes. He spends Sunday at Tuxedo Park then tours Middletown Newburg Elmira Big Flats Corning Addison Hornell Alfred Andover Wellsville Belmont Friendship Cuba Olean Salamanca Randolph Kennedy Falconer Jamestown Dunkirk Batavia Niagara Falls North Tonawanda Middleport Medina Albion Holley Brockport Tonawanda Buffalo Herkimer Little Falls Canastota Rome Utica with more dates planned for the campaign.
Telegram from Philadelphia reports Count Leo Tolstoy replying to Ryerson W. Jennings on W J Bryan. Tolstoy says he wishes Bryan success while noting his opposition to coercive government and acknowledging the presidency remains to be held by trusted individuals.
Chicago reports total contributions to the Democratic Presidential campaign fund amounting to 4337 dollars received on October 17. Notable gifts include ex-Senator W A Clark and Roger Sullivan each giving 1000 dollars. multiple state and local donors across California Illinois Indiana Kentucky Massachusetts Missouri New York Pennsylvania Texas Virginia with sums ranging from 30 to 1250 dollars.
Hastings Oct. 18. Government seeks information in Hastings Michigan on alleged frauds by a land company led by Governor C N Haskell of Oklahoma. An attorney for the government is in the city investigating entries where officials allegedly used friends names for allotments and then friends quit claimed the lands.
Delegate Green of the Housesmiths and Bridge Men’s Union said an October 31 entertainment at the Manhattan Casino would aid the widows and orphans fund. He invited Republican, Democratic, Independence League and Socialist presidential candidates to attend and present their reasons for seeking votes, promising them a courteous hearing if they attend.
Socialist presidential candidate Eugene Debs, though not seriously ill, is exhausted from days of campaigning. He could barely leave his private car to attend two engagements at the Bijou Theatre in Pittsburgh, where a crowd of over ten thousand cheered him after arrival from the Baltimore and Ohio station.
Commissioner Bing ham ordered a sharp shift in excise enforcement with a surge in arrests across the five boroughs, yet totals fell to 1 percent from 68 percent the prior Sunday. Despite higher activity, no shortage of liquor occurred as precinct captains logged minimal cases, and a City Hall response hinted scrutiny on saloonkeepers despite election pressures.
Telegraph reports Trinity Episcopal church known as the millionaires church barred reporters from the building. Pastor Rev. Harold Arrowsmith confronted newspapermen in the corridors and asked them to leave. Three reporters complied, offered to stay only if they could sit in front and refrain from reporting during the service.
At Summit, a mining town near Altoona, an overheated stove started a blaze that killed four Delaney children aged 15, 13, 9, and 20 months who slept in cots. Mrs Delaney leapt from a second story window and was fatally hurt. Wilson Judge, 10, suffered internal injuries.
Martha Brown thirty two suffers from dementia and murders her ten month old daughter with a rolling pin then attempts to harm herself with a flatiron and a butcher knife. She believes her husband is dead and planned to join him with all three children. The infant dies two hours later and her injuries are not serious.
Associate Justice W A Montgomery of the North Carolina Supreme Court sues Rev Thomas Dixon Jr in federal court for 59000 damages alleging a libellous attack in a published article that criticizes Dixon for presenting his play The Traitor in the South. Docketed in the US District Court. no service yet on Dixon.
The body of 19 year old Robert Weston Kirkland Jr. was identified by his father as the youth who shot himself on Goat Island on September 28. He lived at percent Weaver street Palladelphila and had been missing since September 4. A Philadelphia rent collector for the Northren Trust Company, he left the city September 11 after writing his mother of a $450 shortage. company officers would not discuss the alleged deficit.
T Y Wu Hsin and K Y Cheng Tou, Chinese railway officials, arrived from the Orient in San Francisco to inspect American railroads. They intend to build a new Chinese line between Yunnan and Sze Chung using the most modern plans.
Cincinnati reports 92 796 registered voters an increase of 8 002 from 1954 Columbus registers 44 081 the largest in city history Cleveland anticipates total near 99 008 as early indications point to a second highest registration in the city
The Prohibition party in the city holds a mass meeting Wednesday evening with Eugene W. Chafin for President Aaron Watkins for Vice President and George E. Stockwell for Governor addressing the crowd. On the same day at 12 30 p m the two candidates will speak at Wall and Broad Street location.
The National Association of Manufacturers report shows about one third of members referenced the coming election with most backing Taft. Letters from firms in Boston Providence Cleveland Birmingham and Pittsburgh indicate optimism under a Taft administration and concerns under Bryan. A table summarizes responses on current conditions trade growth and future expectations.
Eastern headquarters ready as Chairman Mack returns from Buffalo with a two week campaign plan. Democrats believe Bryan must win this state and will push every effort to secure the ticket. A campaign committee meeting will set the plan and decide on reactivating stalled bomb-avoidant strategies.
John Bigelow, ninety one, has written an address to be read at a mass meeting of the Business Men’s National Bryan and Kern Committee at Carnegie Hall tomorrow night. Though content to participate, his doctors forbid activity. The Cleveland Democrat’s remarks, read by Mayor McClellan, focus on party principles. Mathan Straus will preside. ex Governor Francis and top cabinet members are slated speakers.
Marcus Braun president of the Hungarian Republican Club reports his East Side restaurant polls show Taft leading with 269 votes in Café Boulevard and 122 at Little Hungary while Bryan trails. He predicts Taft could win the state by about 199,900 and Hughes re elected by a small plurality.
Utica New York registration for four days reached 15 4664, surpassing 1904 and 1906 totals while Ogdensburg registered 3 163, a record high and 65 more than the previous presidential peak.
Boston October 18 The rise in city registration across 33 Massachusetts cities is only about 1 percent from 1904 figures. Total registration reached 369 003, up from 335 034 in 1904 and 334 122 in 1900, indicating limited interest by younger voters in the upcoming election.
The Rev. Dr Edward Young preached his farewell at Second Presbyterian after eleven years in Pittsburg before departing for Bedford Church Brooklyn. A congregation vote urged him to remain, praising his service and expressing deep affection. He will move with his family next Tuesday and preach at Bedford on Sunday.
Delegates from every state gather in Philadelphia to establish a national organization opposing compulsory medical treatment notably vaccination. John Pitcairn chairs the first session with leaders from New York and New Jersey among the 200 delegates credentialed.
Three minor earthquakes were reported in Salinas California on October 1 with the first at 1 23 a m and the last at 7 39 p m. No damage occurred and the tremors were also felt in Monterey.
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