Hughes Rochester Meeting Best Speech Draws Personal Liberty League Letter
Governor Hughes tours Niagara Orleans district delivering a forceful address in Spencerport and Buffalo hall scenes. He blasts Chanler backers and reads a Personal Liberty League letter urging race fund contributions. He vows to stand for public interests and accede to no kitchen-cabinet influence.
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Telestarch
Tribune
Niagara
Hughes
Buffalo
Bryan
Huces
Gacing
Chanler
Personal Liberty League
Chanier
Albion
Holley
Brockport
Spencerport
Iby Alexander
Ward Predicts Taft Hughes Victory In New York
Republican ward canvass chief William L. Ward reports Taft leading Hughes in New York by 65 000 to 75 000 with potential to reach even terms. Lucius N Littauer supports gains statewide. Ohio figures, Hitchcock Chicago trip, and Elihu Root speeches planned to boost Taft-Hughes momentum.
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Taft
Hughes
New York
William L. Ward
Republican National
Ward
Lucius N. Littauer
National
Mr. Ward
Hughes for Progress Says Parsons in East Street Talk
Representative Herbert Parsons praised Governor Hughes as a wise, steady leader in a Worlby Hall address. He argued Hughes would ensure sane progress and resist quickclamor. Erie Root Jr dismissed Chanier as a nonentity, claiming he has no clear principles.
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Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
Worlby Hall
Hughes
Erih Root, Jr
Cleveland Letter Attacks Bryanism in 1998 Vote Context
The Times prints a letter attributed to Grover Cleveland to Colonel Felix A. Reeve from Tamworth New Hampshire July 14 188? expressing disappointment with the Democratic Party and Bryanism. Cleveland cites political condition sadness and health concerns while urging reflection on party choices.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Felix A. Reeve
Bryan
Reeve
Treasury Department
the Times
Tamworth
N. H
Mr. Reeve
Tranner
Grover Cleveland
Independence party rally in Schenectady N J
The Independence party held an afternoon meeting in a local theatre with speakers Hisgen Graves and Shearn. Hisgen attacked the Standard Oil and taft Bryan history while urging voters to back his fighting record. Graves and Shearn urged Governor Hughes to remove District Attorney Jerome.
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Schenectady
N. J
Independence Party
Thomas L. Hisgen
John Temple Graves
Clarence J Shearn
Shearn
Chanler
Hisgen
Standard Oil Company
Taft
Bryan
John D. Rockefeller
Standard OF
Mack
Sheath
Hughes
Jerome
Kingsley Criticizes Hughes Over Life Insurance Laws
Derwin P. Kingsley letters Governor Hughes criticizing life insurance laws enacted after the Armstrong investigation. Kingsley, president of New York Life Insurance, notes abuses uncovered in the Hughes probe related to companies under his leadership.
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Brooklyn Citizen
Derwin P. Kingsley
Governor Hughes
Armstrong
Hughs
Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company
Hughes
Independence League repudiates Hearst and party tickets
Rochester Det. 23. A Monroe County Independence League meeting passed resolutions repudiating Hearst Hisgen Shearn and all Independence party tickets and endorsed Bryan Kern Chanler and the Democratic state ticket. Cook said Shearn’s stance at the Confederation Hall meeting was too favorable to Hughes and too hard on Chanler, leaving Hearst without any official organization in the county.
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Rochester
Det
Monroe County
Independence League
Hearst
Hisgen
Shearn
Independence Party
Bryan
Kern
Chanler
Cook
Clarence J. Shearn
Cmvcation
Justice Truax Denies Review in Waldo Ballot Case
Justice Truax of the Supreme Court denied yesterday the Independence League’s request for a review of the Board of Elections which refused to remove Rhinelander Waldo from the league column on the official ballot. The case hinges on the Waldo nomination convention for captain and Democratic nominee for Congress in the Dutch District. An appeal to the Appellate Division was set for October 3 before Unat Ki bunai at Wa.
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Justice Truax
Supreme Court
Independence League
Board of Elections
Rhinelander Waldo
League
Cap Uin Waldo
Congress
Truax
Dooling
Iivision
Bryan Campaign Schedule Across New York and New Jersey
Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan undertakes a dense travel plan through New Jersey and New York with stops in Jersey City Elmira and Albany. He will meet with labor leaders at multiple venues and address workers in all-day events ending in Buffalo before October 31.
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Democratic National Committee
Jersey City
William Jennings Bryan
Chicago
Omaha
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Brooklyn
Erie
Elmira
Middletown
Nathan Straus
National Committee
State Committee
Woman's Democratic Club
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Yonkers
Westchester County
Manhattan
National Democratic Club
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57Th Street
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22D Street
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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
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
Tarrytown
Joss. Ossining
Peekskill
Spring Fishkill
Rhineclitt
Hudson Rensselaer
Schenectady
Cohoes
Syracuse
Parker
Buffalo
Bryan’s whirlwind New Jersey trip ends with Newark crowd
William J. Bryan spoke in seven New Jersey counties, delivering fifteen speeches from ten minutes to an hour. He closed with ten thousand listeners in Newark at Krueger Auditorium, amid mixed enthusiasm and prep for a reply to President Roosevelt’s letter.
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William J. Bryan
New Jersey
Newark
Bryan
Phillipsburg
Mr. Bryan
Elizabethport
Philadelphia
New York
Judge Taft
Krueger
Roosevelt
Gompers
Knox
Ohio
West Virginia
Ronceverte
W. Va
Trenton
Walting
Jim” Martine
Bryan draws crowd in Trenton on bank deposits pledge
N Peter Weden for the Democratic National Committee and state leaders met with Mr. Bryan in Trenton. Ex Governor Stokes joined about fifteen hundred listeners as Bryan attacked Taft for misrepresenting the Democratic plan and faulted Roosevelt for meddling in the campaign. He urged consulting laborers before naming a national labor leader and questioned presidential authority on the Philippines commission.
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N. Peter Weden
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
James R. Nugent
Charlies Gallagher
William K. Devereaux
Robert Davis
David Crater
Parker N. Runyon
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 feint and fund moves in 1908 campaign
Chairman Mack warns of GOP vote stealing schemes in West Virginia by hiring unemployed Bryan voters to cross the river and vote, while preparations for a Taft and Sherman parade draw attention. Democratic funds include Metz zero contribution and 82 from Coler, with 125 from Bryan Ker Fiend Club and 1000 from The State of South Carolina.
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Mack
West Virginia
Ohio
Sherman
Metz
Democratic National Committee
Coler
Mach
Bryan, Ker and Fiend Club
South Carolina
Independence League mass meetings in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Tonight in Manhattan at Carnegie Hall Hearst will read more letters. Speakers include Thomas I Hisgen Independence party candidate with John Temple Graves and Clarence J Shearn Independence League candidate for Governor. Brooklyn Clermont Rink program mirrors Carnegie Hall. Additional rallies planned at Grand Central Palace Tuesday and Cooper Union Thursday.
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Brooklyn
Independence League
Carnegie Hall
Hearst
Thomas I. Hisgen
Independence Party
John Temple Graves
Clarence J. Shearn
Brooklign
Clermont Rink
Grand Central Palace
Cooper Union
Maryland Sample Ballots Restricted by County Rules
Attorney General Straus ruled that sample ballots for instructing illiterate voters may be distributed only in counties where the ballot shows the party designation. This bans sample ballots in black belt areas under the Wilson law. Republicans had printed ballots to teach illiterate voters how to mark Republican candidates.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Straus
Black Belt
Republican meetings listed for today and evening
Noon and evening gatherings announced across multiple locations including Union Square, 125th Street, Third Avenue, and West 11th Street. Attendees include notable names such as Elihu Root Jr, Edmund Wilson, Rev J Wesley Hill, Martin Schenck, N A Eliaberg, and J D Wetmore.
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Sound Money League
Union Square
Elihu Root, Jr
Edmund Wilson
Camp Taft
125Th Street
Third Avenue
Charles
Maas
E. T. Lovatt
Joseph Rethill
William M. Chadbourne
John Cartwright
Camp Hughes
25Th Street
Seventh Avenue
H. F Atwoet
William H. Wadhams
Joseph Levinson
Prominent Independence League Men Oppose Palmieri Nomination
Leaders of the Independence League delivered a letter to Surrogate Beckett urging his candidacy while planning to block Palmieri. The action followed prior support for Beckett based on a record of fitness and nonpartisan qualifications.
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Independence League
John Palmieri
Melvin G. Palliser
Supreme Court
Rui
James B. Butler
National Independence Club
Lyric Hall
John J. Hopper
Sylvester L. Malone
Harry Miller
Philip Sehneider
Charles H Beckett
Arthur Brisbane
Palmieri
Beckett
Lawyers Unite To Support Surrogate Beckett In County Vote
The Lawyer Committee of two hundred urges all New York lawyers to back Surrogate Beckett. They argue his fitness would have led to unanimous nomination and election, urging nonpartisan judge selection and urging a united bar to influence the election amid two other candidates.
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New York
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