Taft Appeals to Brooklyn Crowd in Labor Focused Address
Judge Taft speaks to a massive Brooklyn audience recalling Roosevelt era labor reforms and condemning Bryan’s anti trust stance. He defends injunction use, cites eight to ten labor laws, praises railroads’ tax role, and argues for regulating trusts over broad destruction. He outlines principles from historic cases on strikes and secondary boycotts.
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Academy of Music
Mr. Taft
Taft
Gompers
Busy Election Campaign Day For Taft And Bryan
Taft and Bryan stage a hectic march through New York with Taft in Yonkers Tarrytown Peekskill Fishkill and Poughkeepsie while Bryan camps in Brooklyn Jersey City and Harlem. The schedule shows multiple labor meetings campaigns and evening events across Manhattan Brooklyn Queens and Troy.
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Taft
Mr. Bryan
New York
Westchester County
Hudson
Cohoes
Troy
Jersey City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Yonkers
A.m
Tarrytown
Peekskill
Fishkill Landing
Poughkeepsie
Schenectady
Lyvy
Ossinino
Cold Spring
Fishkill
Rhinecliff
Rensselaer
Albany
Mass Meeting
Labor Leaders and Taft Case Aid Unions in Legal Battle
The speaker recalls a past strike against Missouri Pacific and a court injunction. Union chiefs sought a legal adviser who cited the Taft decided case, Arthur, to argue unions operate under Magna Charta principles when conducted lawfully. He says labor unions flourish and owe legal protection, rejecting Gompers' portrayal of him as anti labor.
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Bryan
Brooklyn
United States
Moores & Co
Bricklayers’ Union
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of
Samuel Gompers
Congress
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Toledo
Ann Arbor
Brotherhood
Lake Shore
Ricks
Arthur
Mr. Bryan
Missouri Pacific Road
Gould
St. Louis
Taft
Hitchcock Sees Safe West for Republicans in 1920 Outlook
Chairman Hitchcock returned from Chicago with upbeat notes on midwestern prospects and narrow doubt about Montana and Nevada. He met Taft at Henry Taft's West 48th Street home and accompanied him to the train to New Haven, avoiding published forecasts.
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Chaiman Hitchcock
Republican National Comittee
Chicago
Montana
Nevada
Hitchcock
Mr. Taft
Henry Taft
West 48Th Street
New Haven
Taft Seen Winning Across States Despite Mixed Views
Hitchcock reported Taft had broad GOP optimism: Oklahoma viewed as Democratic but Taft liked there, Ohio would yield a decisive plurality, and Chicago chairmen from twelve states backed a Taft victory. George A Knight, arriving from California, echoed confidence Taft would win with a heavy vote and California possibly delivering a large Republican plurality.
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Hitchcock
Oklahoma
Taft
Ohio
Chicago
George A. Knight
California
Madison Square Garden
Hughes
United States
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Knight
Judge Taft
Hisgen Attacks Democrats In Boston Mass Meetings
Thomas L Hisgen, presidential nominee of the Independence League, spoke at three Boston mass meetings in Dudley Street Opera House Faneuil Hall and Tremont Temple. He railed against Standard Oil tying the party to the oil interests and urged votes for his slate. He said Republicans had disowned Standard Oil while Democrats embraced it.
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Arion Hall
Wallabout Street
Grant Square
Rough Riders
Taft
Clermont Avenue Rink
Boston
Independence League Party
Thomas L. Hisgen
Springfield
Dudley Street Opera House
Faneuil Hall
Tremont Temple
Hisgen
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oj
Hisen
Citizens Union Backs Beckett for New York Surrogate
The Citizens Union meeting at the union headquarters on Mt Street and Fourth Avenue endorsed Charles H. Beckett for Surrogate of New York County. It also supported Justices A F E Blackmar and Luke D Staplewom for Kings County Supreme Court. Fulton Cuttin presided and spoke in support, joined by Albert S Bard and John C Babler.
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Citizens Trion
Mt Street
Fourth Avenue
Charles H. Beckett SF
New York County
A. F E. Blackmar
Luke D. Staplewom
Supreme Court
Kings County
Fulton Cuttin
Citizens Union
Surrogate Beckett
Albert S. Bard
John C. Babler
Republican Meetings Today Amid Campaign Drive
Charles Bonaparte Attorney General to speak at the Commercial Travellers Sound Money League No 37 Union Square. C V Campbell also to speak. Woman's Republican Club meets Waldorf Astoria 3 30 pm with William S Bennet and Judge Charles S Whitman. James S Sherman to deliver five addresses downtown and across town. List includes Conservative Republican Club Broadway 60th Street speakers J Van Vechten Olcott Alexander Brough William M Bennett Lewnel Quige. Taft at 17 East 125th Street with S Sherman William H Lewis Anderson Gilchrist Stewart and Rev M Gravett Amsterdam Opera House 346 West 40th Grand rally West Side Republicans under 15th Assembly District. James S Sherman candidate for Vice President Charles Bonaparte Edward R Mulley Georgea Kolshoot fornia L F Ortega W J Popper Franc Disatt and Herman W Beyer. Representative J Camp Hughes presiding Camp Hughes 149th Street Third Avenue with S Sherman. Empire Hall 0 West 6th Street S Sherman speaker. Crotona Casing 73 East 160th Street James S Sherman speaker
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Charles Bonaparte
Commercial Travellers Sound Money League
Union Square
C. V. Campbell
Woman's Republican Club
Waldorf-Astoria
William S. Bennet
Charles 5. Whitman
James &S. Sherman
Republican Club
Noase Bly District
Broadway
Tith Street
Spenners
J. van Vechten Olcott
Alexander Brough
William M. Bennett
Lewnel Quige
Jane Camp Taft
East 125Th Street
Ae S Sherman
William H. Lewis
Massachuset
Anderson
Gilchrist Stewart
Amd
Amsterdam Opera House
West
Skde
Arapices
Jamee & Sherman
Edward KR
Mulley
George A. Kolsht
Dicatt
Hermen W. Beyer
Will Presile
Camp Hughes
149Th Street
Third Avenue
James 5. Sherman
Lame Empire Hall
Lixth
S Sherman
Crotona Casing
160Th Street
Speem James
Sherman
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