Taft Campaign Encounters Rain and Upright Support Across Indiana
Taft travels through Indiana amid rain and cheering crowds. In Muncie Kokomo and Lafayette supporters rally as a roof collapses on a shed near the train and no one is hurt. Taft praises Benjamin Harrison and urges voters to reject Bryan to restore prosperity.
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Mr. Taft
Muncie
Kokomo
Taft
Lafayette
Bryan
Tribune
Big Four
Columbia
Makes Ohio Safe Root 10 Help in Ohio
Cleveland voters rejected the streetcar franchise backed by Mayor Tom L. Johnson in a referendum with 75,893 votes cast. Officials say about twenty thousand votes were illegal. Secretary Root announced expanded campaign travels to Ohio aiming to boost Taft and GOP gains.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Cuyahoga County
Johnson
Taft
Myron T. Herrick
State Committee
Davies
Cleveland Railway Company
A. B. Dupont
Dupont
Conference on Voting Law Shaping Poll Close Decision
City officials including President Dooling State Superintendent Leary and Attorney General Jackson meet to decide closing the polls on election night and legality of splitting HS election districts. They note no law grants such power now and discuss safeguarding voters rights amid a prior 5 pm voting mix up.
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Dooling
Board of Elections
Leary
Jackson
Connoly
Immigration League Backs Congressman Bennet for Reelection
The National Liberal Immigration League passed a resolution in support of Congressman William Bennet for re-election on the Republican ticket in the 38th District. A letter from President Lauterbach and officers expressed hope for Bennet’s success and lauded his immigration work.
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National Liberal Immigration League
William §. Bennet
Lauterbach
League
Bennet
Predicted by Taft's Granduncle in Family Reunion
Mrs. Lincoln Lesh of Muncie recalled during W. H. Taft's visit that her grandfather and Taft's grandfather were brothers and had predicted Taft would become President. The remark was made at a distant family gathering years ago.
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The
Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Lincoln Lesh
W. H. Taft
Mr. Taft
William H. Taft
Taft to Speak to Union Men at Cooper Union
Local unions allied with the American Federation of Labor plan a Taft appearance at Cooper Union on Wednesday evening for thirty minutes. Organizers intend to bar anyone without a union card from the event.
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Taft
American Federation of Labor
Judge Taft
International Union of Steam Shovellers
Cooper Union
Industrial orders surge as wartime optimism lifts mills
A survey for the Republican National Committee notes increased hiring across Pennsylvanian mills and steel firms. Shenango tinplate in New Castle and Moorhead Brothers Steel in Sharpsburg add hundreds of workers. Bethlehem and United States Steel report rising orders.
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Republican National Committee
Shenango Tinplate Pliant
New Castle
Penn
Moorhead Brothers’ Steel Company
Sharpsburg
Stahl Glass Works
Greensburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Morrisville
Lukens Iron and Steel Company
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Philadelphia
Reading Company
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
American Locomotive Company
Western Union
American Smelting and Refining Company
Building Trade Sees Uptick Linked to Taft Victory
A representative of the Building Trades Employers' Association reported a steady rise in demand for building mechanics over the last six weeks marking a shift from a business lull. Many charter members see Taft's election as the key to revived confidence and prosperity, with Democrats like Charles I. Eidiitz and President Cowen publicly supporting Taft.
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General Arbitration Board
The
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Association
Taft
Charles I. Eidiitz
Charles L. Fidjitz Company
Electrical Contractors’ Association
Cowen
Mason Builders’ Association
Bryan
Labor Leader Opposes Bryan in City Speech
Joan Pritchard, general secretary of the International Union of Labour and Ram mers, attacks Bryan. He argues labor would not back a Bryan presidency and praises Taft and Sherman while condemning Democratic contractors and a lenient wage policy.
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Murphy
Joan Pritchard
International Union of Pawers and Rammers
Bryan
Cogent
Taft
Sherman
Mr. Pritchard
Mr. Bryan
Charles F. Murphy
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Chanler Campaign Swing Draws Boisterous Buffalo Crowd
Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler spoke at the 65th Regiment armory in Buffalo drawing a large crowd and a lively welcome. He contrasted his stance with Governor Hughes, defended personal liberty, and criticized Hughes’s remarks as misinformed. He cancelled engagements in Herkimer and Canastota and planned stops in Rome and Utica.
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Buffalo
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Hughes
65Th Regiment Armory
Chanier
Armory
Oliver Cromwell
England
New York
Mr. Chanler
Chanler
Herkimer
Canastota
Rome
Utica
Albion
Chanter
Straus accuses Bryan of labeling labor unions public beggars
Secretary Oscar Straus charged in Louisville that William Jennings Bryan called labor unionists public beggars during a tariff committee hearing when he was a congressman. He cited an affidavit by James Campbell, president of the Glass Blowers' Union, and alleged Democratic managers in Indiana arranged a Campbell Bryan meeting that Bryan did not attend.
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Louisville
Oscar Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bryan
James Campbell
Glass Blowers’ Union
National Labor Tribune
Straus
Indiana
Campbell
Hendrick Denounces Attack on Parsons Backers
Frank Hendrick condemned the attack on Representative Parsons at a Seth street and Madison avenue speech. He warned he would withdraw his independent bid if any Parsons supporters were shown to be involved. He praised Mrs Parsons’ book as scholarly work.
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Frank Hendrick
Seth Street
Madison Avenue
Herbert Parsons
Democratic Headquarters Clarifies Bryan Remark
Democrats issue a statement from Chicago dated October 23 denying that Mr. Bryan labeled laborers as public beggars. They claim his remarks asked for justice not pity or charity and say the quotation was recorded in Washington.
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Democratic
Bryan
Washington
Three Years for Registration Fraud Conviction
William Tiernan was convicted of fraudulent registration and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. It marks the eighth conviction for fraudulent registration since the current prosecutions began.
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St. Louis
William Tiernan
Sherman Makes Eight Speeches in Northward Tour
James S. Sherman Republican Vice Presidential nominee spoke eight times in a northward sweep through five counties ending in Richardson's Theatre Oswego with a standing room crowd. He praised Governor Hughes, noted enthusiastic receptions and a cider mill stop at Willow Creek, and shook hands with workers at Wicker Wire Works.
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N. Y
James S. Sherman
Richardson's
Job Hedges
P. W. Cullinan
Hughes
Charles L. Knapp
Sherman
Elmira
Ithaca
John W. Dwight
Tompkins County
Republican Committee
Young Men's Republican Club
First Voters
Trumansburg
Willow Creek
Sunny Jim
Bryan
Mr. Sherman
Brother Bryan
America
Dwight
Cortland
Wicker Wire Works
Lackawanna
Syracuse
Bank Deposits on Increase Across the Nation
Conservative estimates based on incomplete totals suggest all banks in the country have risen in deposits by 250 million dollars since June 30. Reports from the West indicate the gain may be larger, contrasting with a currency controller's note that deposits fell by 315 million between June 30, 1907, and the same date this year.
Funny campaign, says Chafin
Prohibition candidate Eugene W. Chafin said in Boston after touring Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island that the campaign was the funniest since 1876. He predicted enough doubtful voters could swing the Electoral College for Bryan or Taft and warned that the defeated party would not run another presidential candidate, asserting the Prohibition candidate would win in 1912.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition
Bryan
Taft
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Kern's Son Shows Slight Improvement in Indianapolis
John W. Kern Jr. is marginally better tonight as his father stays by his bedside. Father says improvement is small but real. campaign travel next week depends on his condition.
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Indianapolis
John W. Kern, Jr
Mr. Kern
Brandenburg Arrested In Cleveland Letter Case
Dayton Ohio October 23 Brandenburg held on fugitive from justice charge after arrest on a New York request for the Cleveland letter sold to The New York Times He was released on a $500 bond and intends to go to New York A New York officer will bring a requisition Brandenburg claims a plot by the national Democratic party to discredit the letter He cites a contract letter and Hastings executor of Grover Cleveland estate as accepting the offer Believs the letter fraudulent and plans to pursue the case in New York Louisville recounts Wattersons statement denying knowledge of the letter and urging its dismissal
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Indiana
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Indianapolis
Bryan
Cribune Bureau
Washington
Root
New York
Carnegie Hall
Durland
Riding Academy
Ohio
Cincinnati
Toledo
Cleveland
Taft
Roosevelt
Hughes
Chanler
McKinley
Garfield
Meyer
Paulding
Sandusky
Belair
Dayton
Broughton Brandenburg
New York Times
W. N. Young
Brandenburg
New York State
Union Station
Metropolis
National Democratic Party
F. S. Hastings
Tamworth
N. H
Broadway
Grover Cleveland
Mr. Hastings
Louisville
Watterson
Carlisle
Mr. Cleveland
Campaign Notes Show Olcott Support and Taft Real Estate Club
Campaign notes praise Olcott with the Weughers Laborers Benevolent Association reporting pay raises for Custom House workers. Real estate men form Taft and Sherman Club at 148 Broadway inviting members to join the Republican parade on October 31. New Jersey Day set Monday noon at Union Square hall with Governor Fort and others presiding. Women express growing campaign interest, seeking rally tickets for Madison Square Garden on October 28 and discussing influence over male voters.
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J. van Vecht
Weughers Laborers’ Benevolent Association
Taft
Tate
Taft and Sherman Club
Broadway
New Jersey
New Jentt
Sound Money Hall
Union Square
Mosdat
Governor Fort
Slager
John L. Shepherd
Louis Stern
Bryan
Parsons
Upper East Side
Madison Square Garden
Hughes
Uckets
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