McKinley and Roosevelt Named Amid Cheers at Nominating Rally
Senator Depew honors McKinley and Roosevelt in a rousing speech praising Republican unity and American strength. He recounts Roosevelt’s rise from New York to San Juan Hill, extols McKinley’s tariff leadership, and envisions a strong nation with expansion and industrial might under four more years of Republican rule.
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Nominating Views Endorse McKinley Roosevelt Ticket
National figures praise the McKinley Roosevelt ticket as strong and nationwide in appeal. Secret ary Charles Dick notes enthusiasm at the convention and predicts victory in November. Senators Depew Heath Scott Kepman Lowry Manley laud the unity, leadership, and hospitality of Philadelphia.
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National Republican Committee
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Roosevelt
Republican Party
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Wolcott
Yerkes
United States
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Perry Heath
Shotp
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West Virginia
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New Jersey
R. C. Keprens
Missouri
Thos, Lowry
Minnesota
Joseph H. Manley
Maine
Philadelphia
Young Republicans Ratify the McKinley Roosevelt Ticket
The Young Republican Club first in the Geld to ratify the McKinley Roosevelt ticket. At a meeting last night resolutions were presented and unanimously adopted praising the McKinley administration and Roosevelt’s military record. They authorize a campaign committee to be announced by Gaw in a few days.
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McKinley
Roosevelt
Gaw
Time Limit Ticket Time Limit Tale in Roosevelts Speech
Senator Depew mocks William Jennings Bryan with a Florida travel tale about a time limited ticket. He recalls 1896 political events and a monument in the Sierra Nevada. The punchline ties to Bryan carrying the murdered GOP body, claiming a time limit expires in November.
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Depew
William Jennings Bryan
Florida
John
Sierra Nevada
William McKinley
Bryan
Pick-Pockets Meet With Little Success at Convention
Philadelphia police and 37 visiting detectives arrested professional pick-pockets during the convention. Notables taken to City Hall included Charles Dade of Reese Street and Henry Smith of New York, with bail set and commitments to court or county prison. Many others were rounded up and held until after the event.
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Henry Smith
New York
Poe
Henry Marsh
James EB
North Twelfth Street
James
N Street
Convention Hall Opens For Visitors And Band Concert
Mayor Ashbridge announced the convention hall grounds would be opened to visitors today and that the Municipal Band would perform there from 2 to 5 PM. He added the band would be assigned there one day next week for the benefit of the school children.
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McKinley and Roosevelt Biographed at Keith's Theater
Biographies of President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt appear in daily screenings at Keith's Theater. The biograph film presents a profile of the president and his era, drawing audiences with repeated showings and period interest.
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McKinley
Roosevelt
Keith's
Final Scenes at the Convention
Julius Chambers reports on the Republican national convention in Philadelphia where McKinley and Roosevelt received enthusiastic nominations. Depew’s speech electrified the hall as Delpew praised Roosevelt and a strong crowd urged Roosevelt’s nomination while McKinley’s name was unanimously supported.
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Dolliver
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la Guisemas
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California
McKinley Named as Republican Candidate at Philadelphia
Senator Foraker delivers a full-throated defense of William McKinley at the Republican convention in Philadelphia. He portrays McKinley as a president of peace and war, citing economic revival, expanded trade, and triumphs in Cuba and overseas. Foraker insists McKinley’s leadership merits a national mandate and nominates him for the presidency.
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Ohio
President McKinley
Foraker
Alabama
Colorado
Massachusetts
Indiana
St. Louis
William McKinley
Re elected Secretary Representative Charles Dick of Akron
Charles Dick of Akron Ohio long a quiet force in the Garfield district and re elected secretary of the new national committee after the convention. He has a record of handling vast correspondence with 187540 letters since two months before the convention and worked around the clock to manage rolls and details.
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Akron
Ohio
Garfield
New
National Committee
Henderson Foresees Soldier Vote For McKinley Roosevelt
Special Telegram to The Times from Dubuque Iowa dated June 21 reports Speaker Henderson praising McKinley and Roosevelt as patriots. He says they will sweep the nation and be enthusiastically followed by soldiers, highlighting integrity and devotion to country.
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Roosevelt
Boy Runs Away To See Rough Rider
Edward Wolf an 11 year old from Reading wandered Lancaster avenue near Fifty second street and asked a policeman how to see Teddy Roosevelt. He rode a freight train to this city to visit the Rough Rider and was taken to Haddington station with Reading authorities to be notified.
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Reading
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Fifty-second Street
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Ron
Haddington
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