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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
21
Delegates split along McCarren lines with Farley secure in practice as Smith campaigned. The Schoharie incident sparked a market row as a bogus vote was raised then quelled. Final roll call showed 364 for Farley and 114 for Smith amid lingering tensions.
The Democratic State Convention gathered late due to pipes for the Murphy coup on the nomination for State Engineer. Ex Judge Alton B Parker was named permanent chairman and assailed the Republicans for campaign finance ties to corporations while urging a clean political life and severing business from politics. Chandler placed in nomination urging a leader from Dutchess County and pledging unity to deliver electoral votes for a Democratic President.
The piece details a legislative vote where McCarren supporters switch to Farley, changing seventeen votes across districts Columbia Delaware Dutchess Fulton-Hamilton and Jefferson son, yielding an 821 to 87 result. Ex Justice Morgan J. O'Brien nominates Judge Albert Haight for Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, praising his record and noting the judiciary as essential to liberty under law.
Rochester dispatch reports Senator McCarren offered little comment on the convention. He said the ticket looks decent and he will back regularly nominated candidates. A McCarren leader denounced the convention as a shabby trick aimed at Brooklyn readers while promising to proceed to Brooklyn with the Kings County delegation.
The speech pits extravagance and officeholding against prudent policy, decrying tariffs and corporate campaign contributions. It lauds Governor Hughes while urging a united anti Republican victory led by Bryan and Kern. Chanler praised as candidate. multiple state and national figures address, with adjournment at 3:14 p.m.
A fragmentary humorous exchange imagines a tour of obscure rooms and figures from history and legend. The piece mocks travel writing and antique curiosities as a skeptical narrator questions the seen and unseen objects in a distant archive.
Syracuse Sept 16 Lieutenant Governor Lewis L Chanler addressed Grange Day at the state fair amid a large audience when he learned of his nomination for Governor on the Democratic ticket at Rochester Godfrey announced the nomination calling him Governor Chenier The candidate praised rural life and responsibility and welcomed Governor Hughes visiting tomorrow He then left on the Bryan train for Rochester and welcomed Dix as lieutenant governor nominee with approval
Mayor Mc Clellan hailed the Rocheste r Democratic ticket as remarkably strong with Chanler and Dix forming an unusually solid pair. Officials praised the lineup including Palmer for attorney general and Whalen for secretary of state, while Senator McCarren pledged support. Controller Metz concurred the ticket is good and strong.
John E. Lamb, vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, received Norman E. Mack’s telegraph praising New York State Democrats for unity. The message claims Bryan Democrats Parker Democrats Hill Democrats are united and predicts a strong national ticket, with indications of a notable nomination and harmony across factions.
Biography fragment outlines Lieutenant Governor candidate Robert Winthrop Chanler. Highlighted are his Democratic ties, family links to Astor interests, education in New York Cambridge and Columbia, early law practice, shift from criminal to civil focus, exile years, League involvement, Red Hook activity, public offices, and affiliations with New York legal and social clubs.
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