Governor's tour stirs crowds amid labor unrest and policy critique
The governor defends a policy to protect commerce arterioles while denouncing disruptive regulation. A voter switches allegiance to the Republican ticket after his remarks. The tour includes Fort Edward Ticonderoga and a speech at the Ogdensburg rendezvous amid a paper mill strike and rowdy interruptions.
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Giens Falls
Fort Edward
Delaware & Hudson
Ticonderoga
Opera House
Rouse’s Point
Malone
Potsdam
Canton
Ogdensburg
Schieren Defends Governor Hughes Against German American Criticism
Ex mayor Charles A. Schieren, president of the Hughes Alliance, rebuts a German American State Alliance attack. He says German Americans cannot be deceived by misrepresentation and defends Hughes as defender of personal liberty. He counters claims that Hughes opposes liberty or supports a restrictive excise law.
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Charles A. Schieren
Hughes Alliance
Hughes
German-American State Alliance
Schieren
Mr. Schieren
Personal Liberty League
Mquor
Albany
Beveridge Declares No Democratic Party Anymore
Indiana Senator Beveridge tells a Kansas City audience that there is no Democratic party left, only the government and its opposition, as he attacks Bryan and the Democrats. He spoke at Convention Hall in Missouri on October 19.
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Kansas City
Beveridge
Indiana
Bryan
Political Campaign Meetings Across Manhattan Lists Speakers
No. 37 Union Square and multiple venues host campaign talks with representatives from New Jersey Costa Rica consulate and local leaders including E W Leake A T Lovatt Chester Donaldson Rev J Wesley Hill Luis Meyer and others. Meetings cover Union Square Maiden Lane Madison Square Church League and other venues with officers presiding and a large slate of speakers from Republican groups cities.
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E. W. Leake
New Jersey
A. T. Levatt
Broadway
Chester Donaldson
Costa Rica
David Naughton
Maiden Lane
Tift and Sherman Drug and Paint Campaign Club
J. Wesley Hill
Luis M. Meyer
Camp Taft
12Th Street
Third Avenue
J. Vo Vo Alcott
W. 5. Bennet
Wgherardi Davis
H. F. Kennedy
J. G. Shingarn
Francis A. Adams
RB. W. Lawrence
Cano Hughes
Seventh Avenue
Ejeakert
A. Campbell
J J. Realin
A. T. Lovatt
Camp Hughes
Etree
Ernest Hall
Walter M. Kanler
William N. Thadbocrne
Hungarian Republican Club
Eugene Woumenthal
J. H. K. Blauvelt
Madison Square Church League
Artemes Ward, Jr
George Horton
W. H. Davis
Republican Union
East 1St Street
John H.gunner
Wiliam C. Hecht
Republican Club
Lawrence L. Driggs
Wiliam J. Popper
James J. Fleming
Twenty-ninth Assembly District
Sh Street
Park Avenue
Sith Street
Lexingt4
Lindon Bates, Jr
W. Holden Works
Harold P. Coffin
Leonard Hand
Jesse Gold
Chanler Attacks Governor Hughes in Open Address
Newburg N Y Oct 19 Lieutenant Governor Chanler delivered a lengthy opening speech attacking Governor Hughes. He accused Hughes of calling voters crooks and dodging questions while pressing gambling as the campaign’s sole issue. Chanler defended his record and urged laws to reform state government.
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Newburg
Chanler
Hughes
Crooks
Saratoga
Lberty
Board of Supervisors
Dutchess County
Questions on insurance, platform bias and Roosevelt influence
The passage questions why witnesses were not called in an insurance inquiry, alleges payoffs to national committee figures, critiques the 1906 nominations by Roosevelt’s influence, and disputes insurance law limits. It accuses officials of favoring high executives over clerical salary restrictions and asks how many governor term laws were later unconstitutional, urging a broad state policy.
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Repubiican
Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
Bliss
Roosevelt
Union
Taft Campaign Tour Across Three States Continues
Taft moves through Wilmington and Baltimore drawing large crowds as supporters expect Delaware’s three votes to go Republican. The Baltimore Lyric Theatre rally drew 15 000 attendees with a lighted American shield platform. Taft criticizes Bryan and defends labor rights while itinerary tweaks cut Connecticut stops and adjust campaign pacing.
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Wilmington
Mr. Taft
Capitol
Delaware
Taft
Baltimore
Lyric Theatre
National League of Republican Clubs
Charles Schirm
State League of Republican Clubs
Lyric
Maryland
Chanler Praises Hearst at Delmonico Dinner
Lieutenant Governor Chanler lauded William Randolph Hearst at a November 12 dinner at Delmonico's. The New York American quoted him discussing Hearst's defeat, Democratic loyalty, and the need to follow campaign principles as the state looks to future Democratic leadership.
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Chanler
William Randolph Hearst
Delmonico’s
Hearst
New-York American
Shearn Attacks Chanler at New York Rallies
John Temple Graves and Clarence J. Shearn campaigned in Binghamton and Lestershire. Shearn charged Chanler with avoiding key reforms and accused him of bargains with racetrack and Wall Street interests to gain support. He claimed Chanler would betray anti gambling and public service reform efforts for political ends.
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Binghamton
N. Y
John Temple Graves
Independence Party
Clarence J. Shearn
Lestershire
Shearn
Chanler
Jerome
Ryan
Parker
Billy” Sheehan
Hoffman House
Coney Island
Brady
McCarren
Wall Street
Conners
Senate
Public Service Commissions
Coercion rumors denied by Singer plant head
Democratic National Committee efforts to prove coercion of Singer Sewing Machine Company workers in Elizabethport New Jersey were rejected as a lie by Edward Bennett general manager. Bennett stated no employee was pressured to vote for Taft Bryan or any candidate and threatened immediate dismissal for any attempt. He also noted he had not registered.
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Mack
Democratic National Committee
Taft
Hoffman House
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Elizabethport
N. J
Bryan
Edward Bennett
Bayonne
Singer Company
Mr. Taft
Press Bureau
Bennett
Brgan
President Praises Prof Spingarn for Congress Candidacy
H A Uterhart of New York met with the President to discuss Professor J E Spingarn of Columbia University as a candidate in the 18th New York District. The President praised Spingarn as internationally renowned and said his election would aid national government efficiency and early Congressional effort toward policy on American special and industrial conditions.
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Mr. Taft
Dr. Richardson
Chicago
Tribune Bureau
Washington
H. A. Uterhart
New York
J. E. Spingarn
Columbia University
Congress
Spingarn
Taft predicted to carry Nebraska in 1908 campaign
The Rev. Dr. John Wesley Hill returned from a Taft campaign tour in the West saying Taft gains among farmers and laborers will produce a large victory. He forecast Ohio 76000 for Taft, Indiana 40000, and Nebraska also for Taft with Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota and the Dakotas favorable to him. Bryan remains stronger in Indiana and Ohio than in 1900 but Taft expected to roll up big votes elsewhere.
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John Wesley Hill
Metropolitan Temple
Taft
West
Hill
Ohio
Taft and Hughes Survive Erie County Edge Debate
Postmaster Frederick Greiner of Buffalo, Erie County Republican leader, told State Chairman Woodruff that Taft and Sherman would carry Erie County by 8 000 to 10 000 votes. He noted Buffalo registration is about 8 500 higher than four years ago and Hughes will trail Taft but stay close.
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Taft
Hughes
Erie
Frederick Greiner
Buffalo
Erie County
Woodruff
Sherman
Mr. Gretner
WHY LA FOLLETTE SUPPORTS TAFT
Mount Horeb Wisconsin October 19 Senator La Follette opened the campaign with praise for Bryan but said he would back Taft. He argued the Republican party offers the best path to advance the progressive movement. A medical ad follows, urging LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE for colds with a money back guarantee and a signature on the box.
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LA Follette
Taft
Mount Horeb
Wis
Senator la Follette
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Taft
Republican Party
EL W. Groves
Lic
WAIT FOR TAFT VICTORY DECLARED BY MACHINERY BOSSES
Boston October 19 machinery manufacturers say orders worth hundreds of thousands of dollars will be placed if Taft wins and held back if Bryan is elected. They call Bryan’s election a calamity for business and say many plants now run only three to four days a week. Taft’s win would improve conditions.
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Tribune
Boston
Taft
Bryan
Roosevelt administration praised by Oscar S Straus at Gray's Armory
Secretary Straus lauded President Roosevelt's leadership as historic and prosperous saying reforms lifted the nation to a higher moral plane. He urged continued constructive state policies and contrasted steady accomplishment with empty oratory. Earlier he spoke to the Business Men's Club predicting immediate prosperity after Taft election.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Oscar S. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Gray's Armory
Washington
Straus
Business Men's Club
Taft
Lawyers Support Beckett in Surrogate Election
A committee of two hundred lawyers chosen to aid Charles H. Beckett’s Surrogate bid met and drafted a circular letter signed by 150 prominent New York lawyers. The letter urges lawyers to vote for Beckett and seek client support, reviews his career, and cites reasons for his election. Committees were named to mobilize real estate interests and to fundraise for the campaign.
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Charles H. Beckett
New York
Beckett
Straus Denies Tammany Promise In Lehman Nomination
Nathan Straus, chair of the Bryan and Kern Business Men's Committee, said there is no basis for claims he promised Tammany Hall to block Beckett's Independence League endorsement if Democrats nominate Irving Lehman for the Supreme Court. He denied any contribution to Tammany Hall in exchange for Lehman's nomination and said his son-in-law has not contributed either.
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Nathan Straus
Bryan and Kern Business Men's Committee
Tammany Hall
Independence League
Surrogate Beckett
Irving Lehman
Justice of the Supreme Court
Lehman
Mayes Seeks Palliser's Seat as Justice Nominee
The Independence League filed with President Dooling of the Board of Elections a certificate nominating Lorenzo D. Mayes for Justice, seven minutes before midnight. Mayes appears as candidate to fill Palliser's place on the bench.
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Independence League
Dooling
Board of Elections
Lorenzo D. Mayes
Justice
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