Taft Campaign Storms Manhattan as Crowds Cheer Tour
Taft sweeps Manhattan and The Bronx with huge crowds and rain, touring via Fifth Avenue and the East Side then addressing thousands at Thalia Theatre and Union League Club. He pledges immigration reform and education while urging support against Bryan, before continuing to Syracuse.
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Samuel & Koenig
Taft
Pitt Street
Hughes
Mr. Taft
First Broadway
Clinton Street
Mr Taft
Thalia Theatre
Neo
Bowery
Polo Grounds
Cowper Union
Greenwich Village
Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
89Th Street
Columbus Avenue
Charles W. Anderson
Eternal Revenue
Philippines
Huber
149Th Freet
Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Taft Defends Court Power Amid Labor Critique
Taft argues against Democratic and Gompers Bryan labor proposals claiming they weaken court authority. He cites injunction limits, eight hour debates, and patent enforcement risks, and contrasts with Republican tariff plans and economic stability while urging voters to back his ticket.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
Labor
Gompers
Bryan
A Republican Centenarian Plans to Vote Straight Ticket
Ira Webb of Lestershire near Binghamton, age about 100, declared he will vote a straight Republican ticket on Tuesday. An ardent Hughes advocate, he previously voted for the Governor and recently attended a mass meeting on the Governor. He is said to be the oldest voter in the southern tier.
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Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Rules of Equity
Supreme Court of the United States
John Smith
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic Party
Democratic Congress
Bryan
Tribune
Binghamton
N. Y
Ira Webb
Lestershire
Hughes
Chanler assails Hughes at New York meetings
Lieutenant Governor Chanler told crowds at the Wampanoag Club and Manhattan Casino that Governor Hughes seeks power by appealing to the people’s trust. He accused Hughes of neglecting the Public Service Commission and claimed Republicans will flood the race with money to win. He urged voters to consider his record and demanded trust if faultless.
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Chanler
Hughes
Wampanoag Club
145Th Street
Third Avenue
Public Service Commission
Mr. Chanler
Manhattan Casino
155Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Mass Meeting of College Voters at Carnegie Hall
Republican college mass meeting set for Friday at Carnegie Hall under the Republican Club and National Republican College League. Secretary Root will preside with ex Governor Frank S Black Senator Dolliver and others speaking. Undergraduate Taft and Sherman clubs from local colleges will attend marching from their headquarters. Yale Harvard and others may send contingents with bands. Delegations from Columbia NYU City College NYU Law Stevens Pratt Brooklyn Poly Union Theological Seminary. Tickets available at Republican Club 34 West 40th Street.
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National Republican College League
Root
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Dolliver
Taft and Sherman
Yale
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Columbia
New York University
The
City College
New York University Law School
Stevens Institute
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn Polytechnic
General and Union Theological Seminaries
Princeton
West 40Th Street
German American Delegation to Visit Taft at Astor Hotel
A German American business delegation led by ex mayor Charles A. Schieren will meet Judge Taft today at the Hotel Astor. The group includes Ludwig Nissen Henry Batterman Henry Weisman Jacob H. Schiff and others in a high profile preview of Taft support. Governors Cite Taft Leanings in Times-Star Survey Eleven state leaders say their resident governors back Taft in the presidential race. The governors represent New York Ohio New Hampshire Idaho Wisconsin Utah California South Dakota Washington Massachusetts Kansas Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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National Congress
Bryan
Taft
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Ludwig Nissen
Henry Batterman
Henry Weisman
Jacob H. Schiff
Gustav H. Schwab
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L. F Dommertch
Edwin R . Seligman
George F. Vieter
Paul Goepel
Samuel Sachs
Henry Sachs
Gustav Scholer
Frank Jamrosch
Felix M. Warburg
Isaac Adier
Louis Marshall
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Emil Gruening
F. A. Ringler
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A. J .Dittenhoefer
H. C. Kudlich
Otto M. Etdiita
How Cherouny
Carl Hauser
Frederick M. Stein
Gustav Pollak
Cincinnati Times-Star
Times-Star
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Ohio
New Hampshire
Idaho
Wisconsin
Utah
California
South Dakota
Washington
Massachusetts
Kansas
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Jorge
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North Carolina
North Dakota
Sna
Kentucky
Texas
Montana
Taft Leads New York and Narrow Bryan Battle Predicted
canvass by Republican State Committee estimates Taft will win New York by about 120 000 and Hughes by 75 000 with Bryan in the city about 42 000 behind. Debs and Hisgen drawing from Democrats. Tammany may knife Bryan to favor Chanler. Hitchcock plans emphasize early campaigning. Cortelyou to speak at Murray Hill Lyceum.
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Republican State Committee For the National Committee
Taft
New York State
Hughes
Bryan
Debs
Hisgen
Shearn
Bryan Old Guard
Tammany
Chanler
Charles F. Murphy
Hitchcock
Sherman
New York
Indiana
Ohio
Nebraska
New Jersey
Maryland
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Cortelyou
Washington
Republican National Headquarters
Murray Hill Lyceum
The Electoral College in 1908 Vote Entitlements
A reference table lists each state's allocated votes for President and Vice President in 1908. It itemizes how many electors per state, reflecting the distribution based on the 1900 census and the then current apportionment, outlining the national configuration of electoral strength.
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