Foraker Explains Oil Ties in Hearst Charges
Sept 18 United States Senator Foraker issued a brief statement denying any connection between his legal work for Standard Oil and matters before Congress. He said he represented the company in Ohio tax and court cases long before his Senate term and never acted for it again after those disputes. The report also notes Attorney General officials denying later involvement by Foraker and outlines related archival statements and actions in Washington and Ohio.
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Standard Oil Company
Hearst
Cueva
Ohio
Pendine
Congress
Eesi
Senate
Eee
Broadway
New York
Jones
Arkansas
Nim
John IL. Archarold
J. B. Foraker
Washington, D.C
Senator Jones
United States Senate
Foraker
Republic
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Bryan
Rinna
Noth
Taft Has Nothing to Say On Hearst Controversy
In Gmernlat Sept 18 the Hearst controversy dominated discussions and speculation. Despite vigorous debate, there was positive insistence among participants that Taft would not offer new statements or replies on the topic.
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Taft
Associated Press
Hearst
Postum Helps Kentucky Woman Quit Coffee
A Kentucky reader describes a long relief from nervous trouble and heart issues after switching from coffee to Postum. She credits improved sleep and health to boiling Postum for 15 minutes and now recommends it to others suffering from coffee drinking.
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Postum
Postam Co
Battle Creek
Wellville
Governor Haskell Denies Ties to Standard Oil
Chicago dispatch reports Oklahoma Governor Haskell denying any connection with the Standard Oil Company. He asserts a misidentification with W. C. Haskell, a former U.S. marshal and DC employee, and accuses Mr. Hearst of false, deliberate misrepresentation about his campaign and labor relations. Frank S. Monnett is noted as ex-Ohio Attorney General who sought to exonerate him.
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Chicago
Haskell
Oklahoma
Standard Oil Company
Hearst
Columbus
W. C. Haskell
United States
Cleveland
District of Columbia
Franks. Monnett
Ohio
Archbold Defends Standard Oil in Hearst Speech
J D Archbold vice president of Standard Oil issued a statement defending past correspondence with Senator Foraker and rebutting Hearst's allegations. He described the Foraker links as proper and said Hearst would have paid less for copies than dealing with thieves. He dismissed claims of bribery attempts and disputed ties to Governor Haskell and Democratic campaign funds. Sibley denied writing to Archbold warning Roosevelt against offending Standard Oil.
Engaged Mr Foraker Named Counsel for Standard Oil
Virgil P. Kline, longtime Standard Oil of Ohio attorney, arrived in town and vouched that Senator Foraker was hired about ten years ago to defend the Ohio ouster and contempt cases. Kline recalled joint work in the Baltimore and Ohio canal matter and said Foraker filed at least one brief. He added that Foraker’s US Senate duties did not conflict with his counsel for the company.
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Bennett
Foraker
Charles F. Squire
Standard of Company
Standard
Virgil P. Kline
Standard O71
Ohio
Cleveland
Senator Foraker
Baltimore & Ohio Canal
Hearst Renews Attack in Columbus Speech Clash
William R Hearst in a St. Louis address rebutted Senator Foraker’s reply to letters Hearst read in Columbus. Hearst said Foraker’s statements misrepresented the letters and tied money power to crime and party loyalty, recalling Hearst’s 1896 Bryan stance and the collapse of his NY paper’s fortunes.
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St. Louis
William R Hearst
Senator Voraker
Hearst
Columbus
Ohio
Hearst Defends Party Break with Bryan
Hearst threatened to withdraw patronage if support for Bryan continued. He cites October 1896 deficit of $158000 and explains reasons for leaving the Democratic party. He accuses Bryan of a shell game at a county fair and questions the fate of free silver and public ownership.
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Bryan
Hearst
Democratic Party
Loeb Responds To Sibley Standard Oil Letters
Oyster Bay Sept. 18 Secretary Loeb issued an official statement after Hearst read letters in Columbus that allegedly showed ex Congressman Sibley and others appealing to the President to drop Standard Oil prosecutions. Loeb said Sibley was among many who asked the President not to prosecute. The President listened politely but ordered prosecutions continued.
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Oyster Bay
Loeb
William R. Hearst
Columbus
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Ohie
Sibley
Pennsylvania
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Sherman at State Fair Speech Highlights National Resource Policy
Syracuse September 18 James Sherman Republican VP candidate spoke at Interstate Day at the State Fair. He urged conservation development of natural resources citing Roosevelt Jamestown speech and White House principles. Sherman urged nonpartisan national scope in resource policy and urged action to preserve forests waters and land for future prosperity.
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Syracuse
Jamess. Sherman
Sherman
Lewis S. Chanler
Roosevelt
Jamestown
White House
Gompers Won't Reply In AFL Contempt Case
Washington September 18 The District Supreme Court will rule on the relevance of questions about editorials in The Federationist. Pending decision, contempt proceedings against AFL officers were suspended. Gompers declined to answer, saying statements originated after the petition and defining that money funds the case. He denied responsibility for labor organ articles, noting differences in political use.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
District Supreme Court
Daniel Davenport
Bridgeport
Bucks Store and Range Company
St. Louis
Gempers
Bucks Company
Mr. Davenport
Davenport
Gould
Bucks
Cannon Visits Leavenworth And Kansas City Stopovers
Speaker Cannon arrived from Topeka and met Rep D R Anthony editor of The Leavenworth Times and Justice Brewer in Leavenworth. They toured the National Soldiers Home penitentiary and Fort Leavenworth with a 17 gun salute from Fort Leavenworth and greeted by Brigadier General Frederick Funston and Warden R W McClaughrey. He spent an hour in Kansas City before returning to Danville Illinois.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Cannon
Topeka
D. R. Anthony
Federal
R. W. McClaughrey
Kansas City
Speaker Cannon
Danville
Nomination Papers Rejected By Judge In New Orleans
In New Orleans on September 18, Judge W B Somerville denied a writ of mandamus from fifty three Independent Democratic League candidates seeking city and parish offices. The court ruled each applicant must file separately and dismissed the collective action. The registrar refused to accept nominations citing omissions and irregularities. Feira of aloes onan Thebault for Mayor.
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New Orleans
Independent Democratic League
Registrar of Voters
W. B. Somerville
District Court
Ister
Feira
Aloes Onan Thebault
North Carolina to break Solid South for Taft predicts Cox
J Elwood Cox Republican gubernatorial candidate and High Point hardwood lumber supplier says North Carolina will abandon the Solid South and vote Republican this year. He notes anti railroad laws and a split Democratic convention may drive 20 000 railroad workers toward Republicans, while praising Governor Hughes as an ideal executive.
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South
Taft
J. Elwood Cox
New York
New England
Cox
High Point
N. C
Tribune
Bryan
R. 5
Glenn
Hughes
Cummins predicts 20 000 to 50 000 Taft plurality in Iowa
Iowa Governor Albert B. Cummins told national headquarters that Iowa will give Taft and Sherman a 20 000 to 50 000 plurality. He pledged strong Republican unity, announced plans to campaign nationwide, and praised Bryan as a speaker rather than a president. Also noted were Taft supporters at The Bee and Beveridge campaign tours, with a Carnegie Hall committee named for event arrangement.
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Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Hitchcock
Taft
Sherman
Cummins
Bryan
United States
Indiana
Illinois
Calvin Chase
Washington
the Bee
Judge Taft
National Committee
Charles P. Taft
Borah
Idaho
Chicago
New York
Peter Shipman
le Scur Center
Minn
George von L. Meyer
Mr. Bryan
Senator Beveridge
Carnegie Hall
Terre Haute
Ind
Beveridge
Minneapolis
Dakotas
Montana
Oregon
San Francisco
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio
Parsons
B. W. B. Brown
Ogden M. Reid
James D. Williams
Edward R. Finch
McDou
Indiana Special Session Opens on Four Bills
Indianapolis September 18 a special session of Indiana's sixty-fifth General Assembly opened by Governor Hanly to take up four measures including a county local option bill and authority to curb property destruction by night riders in Southern Indiana. Debates centered on party lines with Republicans backing the local option and Democrats opposing it. concerns also touched on state funds and a university grant.
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Indianapolis
Sixty-Fifth
General Assembly of
Indiana
J. Frank Hanly
Vincennes University
Hanry
Anti-Saloon League
Senate
House
Barnes to Introduce Governor at Albany Serenade
Albany Sept 18 a serenade planned for Governor Hughes in front of the Capitol has been postponed to Monday night Mayor Charles H Gaus Republican candidate for State Controller will be serenaded that evening William Barnes Jr will introduce the Governor Luther Warner Albany County Republican president acts as grand marshal of the parade Hughes returned from the state fair at Syracuse and will likely travel to New York tomorrow
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Albany
Hughes
Capitol
Charles H Gaus
William Barnes, Jr
Luther Warner
Albany County Republican Organization
Syracuse
New York
Stewart congratulates Hughes on renomination
Amsterdam headlines report former Congressman John K. Stewart sending a letter to Governor Hughes in Albany praising his renomination. Stewart pledges full support for Hughes and the Republican ticket and offers assistance in the election.
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Stewart
Hughes
Amsterdam
John K. Stewart
Charles E. Hughes
Albany
N. Y
Mr. Hughes
Treat denounces bank deposit guarantees as visionary and demoralizing
Baltimore September 18 United States Treasurer Charles H Treat attacked William J Bryan's bank deposit guarantee plan as visionary impractical and demoralizing He argued public money should not be tied to bank deposits and stressed the duties and risks of public fund custodianship and taxation funded revenues.
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Baltimore
Charles H. Treat
United States
Maryland Bankers’ Association
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Bryn
Currency elasticity urged by Shaw for banking needs
Former Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw argued for greater elasticity in currency to meet the needs of the banking system. He questioned why protection should favor one investor type while ignoring others and emphasized the impact on overall financial stability.
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Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Golden Rule Party Forms in New York City
Albany Sept 18 The Society of Applied Philosophy with principal offices in New York filed a certificate of incorporation to create the Progressive Conservatives party. It aims to limit suffrage to property owners and to promote reform based on the golden rule and Christian principles, banning corporal punishment. Directors include Marie Louise Burge of Hammondport and Emily Bange and Josephine Bance of Brooklyn.
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Albany
Society of Applied Philosophy
New York
Progressive Conservatives
Wommly
Marie Louise Burge
Hammondsport
Emily Bange
Josephine & Bance
Brooklyn
Hains Cases Set for Regular Grand Jury Session
Queens District Attorney Ira J. Darrin reports a special grand jury will meet in Flushing on Monday to hear cases including Captain Peter C. Hains and Thornton J. Hains over the shooting of William Gen nis. He noted the Hains case may not be first and could await regular order.
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Ira J. Darrin
Queens County
Flushing
Peter C. Hains
Thorntom J. Hains
William G
Ennis
Hains
Darrin
Jerome
Globe Trotter's Boat Returns From World Cruise
The Mineola, chartered from Hogan Line, arrived from Vancouver in ballast after a round the world voyage with Colonel Robert M. Thompson and 200 guests. The steamer bore barnacles above the waterline and had been in the Galveston Rotterdam run. Thompson spent over $1500 refitting the vessel and the total trip cost around $0.00.
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Coloonel
Robert M. Thompson
Vancouver
Colonel Thompson
Mineola
B. C
Hogan Line
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Legand
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New York American
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Standard Oil Coment
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Séth Congress
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Kentucky Experience
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Democratic Campaign Fund
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