Hughes Rochester Meeting His Best in Niagara Tour
Governor Hughes, fresh from Buffalo, drew a packed crowd in Rochester and surrounding counties. A wave of support followed his rousing Republican address and sharp attacks on Chanler and gambling interests, with large audiences at Albion Medina and other stops.
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Tribune
Niagara
Hughes
Buffalo
Bryan
Horsgaring
Chanler
Middleport
Medina
Orleans County
Ward Predicts Taft Hughes Victory In New York State
William L. Ward Republican national committeeman reports New York state canvass suggests Taft leading Hughes by 65 000 to 75 000 with possible near parity as gains widen. Lucius Littauer and others back Hughes, Ohio figures show Taft ahead by 75 000 with broad Republican support. ENhu Root to speak in Cincinnati and Toledo October 28 and 29.
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New York
William L. Ward
Republican National
Ward
Hughes
Taft
Lucius N. Littauer
National
Mr. Ward
Chanler
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Henry A. Williams
Republican State Executive Committee of
Ohio
Walter S. Guilbert
Republican National Committee
Hitchcock
Chicago
Williams
Enhu Root
Cincinnati
Toledo
State Committee of
W.S. Bennet
Bennet
Root
Hughes for Progress Says Parsons in Wellby Hall
Representative Herbert Parsons praised Governor Hughes as a wise, steady leader aiding progress. He urged support for Hughes and urged candidates to show principle, contrasting Chanler as a cipher and lacking clear stance.
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Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
Wellby Hall
East 334 Street
Hughes
Erih Root, Jr
Chanler
Cleveland letter critiques Bryan and Democratic party
The New York Times publishes a 1906 letter from Grover Cleveland to Colonel Felix A. Reeve. Cleveland criticizes Bryanism and the Democratic party, expresses sadness over current political conditions, and praises his health recovery amid a New Hampshire summer.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Felix A. Reeve
Bryan
Reeve
Treasury Department
the Times
Tamworth, N. H
Grover Cleveland
Independence party rally features Hisgen Graves and Shearn
In Schenectady New York the Independence party held an afternoon meeting at a local theatre. Speakers included presidential candidate Thomas L. Hisgen vice presidential hopeful John Temple Graves and gubernatorial candidate Clarence J Shearn.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Independence Party
Thomas L. Hisgen
John Temple Graves
Clarence J Shearn
Taft
Bryan
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Mack
Hisgen
Sheen
Hughes
Jerome
Kingsley Criticizes Hughes in Life Insurance Probe
A letter published in The Brooklyn Citizen accuses Governor Hughes of failing to regulate life insurance laws tied to the Armstrong investigation. Kingsley, president of New York Life Insurance Co., notes abuses exposed in the Hughes probe.
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Brooklyn Citizen
Pane Yp. Kingsley
Governor Hughes
Armstrong
Hughes
Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company
Repudiation of Independence Leaders in Monroe County
Rochester officials report that the Monroe County Independence League committee passed resolutions repudiating Hearst Hiscon and other Independence party candidates while backing Bryan Kern Chanler and the Democratic ticket. President Cook explained the Shearn critique as too favorable to Hughes and too harsh on Chanler, signaling a split and leaving Hearst without an official local organization.
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George W Aldridge
Monroe County
Hughes
Spencerport
Powers House
Cty
Edgerton
Armstrong and Dunn
Clly
Convention Hall
University of Rochester
Bryan
Taft
Mr. Chanler
Public Service
Chanler
Democratic State Committee
Personal Liberty League
Rochester
Independence League
Hearst
Hiscon
Snearn
Independence Party
Kern
Cook
Clarence J. Shearn
Chanier
Us County
JUSTICE TRUAX RULES FOR WALDO IN BALLOT CASE
Justice Truax of the Supreme Court denied an application by the Independence League for a review of the Board of Elections decision removing Rhinelander Waldo from the league column on the ballot. The league claimed the nomination convention for Waldo was irregular. the judge ruled review requires affidavits, but testimony was oral and a transcript was not produced. An appeal to the Appellate Division was filed and set for argument October 7.
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Justice Truax
Supreme Court
Independence League
Board of Elections
Rhinelander Waldo
League
Capain Waldo
Congress
Truax
Dooling
Bryan Campaign Schedule Spans New Jersey to Albany
Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan moves through New Jersey and up the Hudson on a strenuous campaign itinerary. Mack of the DNC meets Bryan in Jersey City as labor leaders and audiences in cities from Elmira to Albany await speeches and late night gatherings.
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Mack
Democratic National Committee
Jersey City
William Jennings Bryan
Chicago
Omaha
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Brooklyn
Erie
Elmira
Aw Hall
Middletown
Nathan Straus
National Committee
State Committee
Woman's Democratic Club
Waldorf
Yonkers
Westchester County
Manhattan
National Democratic Club
Hamilton Fish Park
Fifth Avenue
57Th Street
Third Avenue
22D Street
Second Avenue
1St Street
Bowery
Broome Street
Eldridge Street
Rivington Street
Essex Street
Houston Street
Cooper Union
Palm Garden
East 58Th Street
Madison Square Garden
D. Cady Herrick
Order of Acorns
Broadway
Wallabout Market
Schuetzen Park
Astoria
Long Island City
College Men's Democratic Club
Hoffman House
Star Casino
107Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Harlem
Seventh Avenue
124Th Street
Grand Central
Albany
Troy
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
Leavy Tarrytown
Ossining
Peekskill
Cold Spring
Fishkill
Rensselaer
Schenectady
Bryan Tufted New Jersey Tour Amid Tight Schedule
William J. Bryan toured seven New Jersey counties speaking fifteen times and addressing about ten thousand in Newark. He narrowly avoided a rail delay at Elizabethport and promised to speak in Jersey City before Election Day while Mrs. Bryan accompanied him, with crowds greeting each stop.
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William J. Bryan
New Jersey
Newark
Bryan
Jersey City
Phillipsburg
Mr. Bryan
Elizabethport
Philadelphia
New York
Judge Taft
Krueger
Roosevelt
Gompers
Knox
Jim” Martine
Bryan draws crowd in Trenton on bank deposits pledge
In Trenton N J Mr Bryan spoke to about fifteen hundred listeners focusing on the bank deposits pledge. He accused Taft of misrepresenting the Democratic plan and attacked Roosevelt for interfering in the campaign while arguing the President cannot appoint a labor leader without workers’ input.
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N. Peter Weden
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
James R. Nugent
Charles Gallagher
William K. Devereaux
Robert Davis
David Crater
Parker N. Runyen
Oliver Kelly
Michael Kearns
Howard Carrow
Thomas
State Committee
Stokes
Trenton
Taft
New Jersey
Nebraska
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Senator Knox
Philippine Commission
Political volleys over election schemes and donations
Chairman Mack accuses Republicans of planning vote theft by exploiting unemployed Bryan supporters in West Virginia and transporting them to Ohio. He cites a large Taft and Sherman parade, while Democratic funds flow from Metz, Coler, and others. The State of South Carolina also reports a $1000 fund contribution.
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Mack
West Virginia
Ohio
Sherman
Metz
Democratic National Committee
Coler
Mach
Bryan, Kern and Fioodlub
South Carolina
Independence League mass meetings held in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Two large Independence League gatherings are planned in Manhattan and Brooklyn tonight with speakers including Hearst and Hisgen. Graves and Shearn will appear at Carnegie Hall as well as Clermont Rink in Brooklyn. Additional meetings are scheduled for Grand Central Palace Tuesday and Cooper Union Thursday with similar lineups.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Independence League
Carnegie Hall
Hearst
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence Party
John Temple Graves
Clarence J. Shearn
Clermont Rink
Grand Central Palace
Cooper Union
Sample ballots limited to party designated counties in Maryland
Attorney General Straus ruled that sample ballots for teaching illiterate African Americans must be distributed only in counties where the ballot shows the party designation. This bans specimen ballots in black belt areas under the Wilson plan. Republicans had produced sample ballots to teach illiterate voters to mark Republican candidates.
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Maryland
the Tribune
Baltimore
Straus
Black Belt
Republican meetings listed for noon and evening sessions
A list of today Republican gatherings across New York City with venues at Union Square Elihu Root Jr Edmund Wilson Camp Taft 125th Street Third Avenue Camp Hughes 125th Street Seventh Avenue and 14th Street Third Avenue Loth Building Amsterdam Avenue and Loth Street Rev J Wesley Hill J J Bealin James Feeney E M Waitnney J H Hickey and district club leaders. Outdoor meetings planned at Eighth Avenue Mth Street Columbus Avenue 65d Street Tremont Avenue Boston Head and Washington Avenue.
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Camp Taft
125Th Street
Third Avenue
Charles ©. Maas
E. T. Lovatt
Joseph Reihill
William M. Chadbourne
John W. Cartwright
Camp Hughes
Seventh Avenue
H. F. Atwevet
William H. Wadhams
Joseph Levinson
14Th Street
E& M. Wait Mney
J. H. Hickey
Republican Club
Sth
West 11Th Street
Martin Schenck
William Dugan
A. P Jetmore
Joseph Hackett
T. A. Atkins
Edmund Hoddine
J. F Perdue
Hungarian Club
East 13Th Street
A. S. New
N. A. Eisberg
Martin Saxe
Samuel S. Koenig
Frederick J.suggenheimer
J. D. Wetmore
20Th Assembly District
Eighth Avenue
Mth Street
Columbus Avenue
65D Street
Linden Oates
Jesse Goldberg
Francis W. Bird
G. Douglass Green
Louis H. Hesmer
Pioneer Republican Club
11Th Assembly District
Lawyers Rally for Surrogate Beckett as Election Looms
The Lawyers Committee of two Huns urges all New York lawyers to vote for Surrogate Beckett. They claim his fit for the office, noting he was nominated by both parties and that partisan politics should not influence judges. The open letter lists signatories among the city’s leading attorneys.
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Independence League
Charlies HL Beckett
H. Beckett
Beckett
Bette
Politioa
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Perconal Liberty League
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Torr
Niagar
Orleans District
Ni- Stara-Grieans
Wallace
John A. Merritt
Niagara Falls
North Tonawanda
Lockport
Democrat
Albion
Holley
Abner T. Hopkins
Mr. Merritt
Senator Wallace
Draper
International Theatre
Frederick L. Lovelace
Public Service Commissions
Democratic Party
New York State
Murphy, Conners
Chalan
Chaniler
Brockport
Alexander
H Hughes
Westchester Leader
Elihu Root, Jr
Wisgen
Graves
Shearn
John D
Standard Oil
Wicked
Waldo
Utica
Rome
Syracuse
Parker
L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
V&hrofes
Caral W. L. Douglas Shoe
Cor
W. L Douglas
Greater New York
Sixth Ave
N.Y
Gates
Fulton Street
Pearl
Newark Avenue
Broad St
Paterson
Market St
Mack Real Peevish
Sound Money League
Union Square
Edmund Wilson
LUY Ties Brothers Acen’s
Lewish
Fire Irons
Basses
Ardirons
Antique Bellows, &c
Palmieri
John Palmieri
Melvin G. Palliser
James B. Ysutler
National Independence Club
Lyric Hall
John J. Hopper
Sylvester L. Malone
Harry Miller
Philip Sehneider
Charles H. Beckett
Arthur Brisbane
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