Thousands Hear Bryan in Rain as Campaign Ends
In grim rain, 10 000 people in Paterson, New Jersey, stood for an hour as William J. Bryan urged voting for the Democratic congressional candidate, attacked Republican campaign finance secrecy, and defended the Democratic platform's principles. Bryan later rode through mud to keep a Patterson speech vow as rain-soaked crowds listened in New York and New Jersey.
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New York
Bryan
Astor
Congress
Roosevelt backs Taft in labor letter to railroad men
President Roosevelt published a letter dated October 19 to P H Grace a Parlor City lodge official of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen of Binghamton New York explaining why laboring men should back Taft in the upcoming election Grace had written seeking guidance amid claims Taft is anti labor and that he supports workers rights Roosevelt argues for Taft highlighting his stance on labor issues and arbitration policies
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Taft
Chicago
Bryan
Roosevelt
Dear Grace
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
W. €. Brown
William H. Taft
Mr. Taft
William C. Brown
Washington
P. H. Grace
Parlor City Lodge No
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Binghampton
Itbor
Banker’s Guilt Is Fixed by a Jury
Pittsburg Oct 26 William Montgomery former cashier of the Allegheny National Bank now defunct was found guilty on two indictments for embezzlement and abstraction of 469000 and was tried on a third indict ment charging misapplication of 144000 in bonds. Taft in New York City Oct 26 left for New Haven to speak then will return to New York for five addresses this evening.
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Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Montgomery
Taft
New York City
New York
New Haven
Hearst Read Oil Letters at Brooklyn and Carnegie Hall
William Randolph Hearst outlined Standard Oil letters at two mass meetings in Brooklyn and Carnegie Hall. He cited pressure to stop reading letters and discussed Archbold’s efforts to influence Pennsylvania judiciary appointments, including Judge Morrison and Judge Henderson, with deposits mentioned to Elkin, now a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice.
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New York
William Randolph Hearst
Standard Oil
Brooklyn
Carnegie Hall
Manhattan
Hearst
Stone
Pennsylvania
John D. Archbold
Morrison
Supreme Court
John Henderson
Meadville
Archbold
Elkin
Kern Returns to Stump Amid Son's Illness Tour
John W. Kern resumed his speaking tour starting in southern Indiana this morning after canceling engagements last week due to his son's illness. The journey includes Indianapolis as the tour's next stop.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
Canadian Elections Open With Large Polls
Elections underway across the Dominion of Canada as voters go to the polls to choose members of parliament in Ottawa and nationwide. Intense interest is reported and polling appears large today.
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Dominion
Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
Plea Insanity Collapse in Bayside Yacht Club Killing
In New York on October 26 the supreme court at Flushing overruled a demurrer in the case of Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. charged with killing William E. Annis at Bayside Yacht Club landing last August. Jenkins Hains, his brother, faced indictment as principal and accessory before the fact and pleaded not guilty. The defense had argued insanity at the time of the killing.
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New York
Peter C. Hains Jr
U.S. A
William E. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Supreme Court
Flushing
Garretson
Jenkins Hains
Taft Champion of All Wage Cutters
Chicago October 26 Judge Taft denied saying a dollar a day is enough yet records show a decision ordering a ten percent wage cut for railway workers earning over 35 dollars a month or 1 10 a day and reducing a man earning 1 11 a day toward one dollar a day The ruling in Thomas vs Cincinnati New Orleans Texas Pacific railway 1894 held only thirty days notice was needed and allowed retirement if workers refused The decision prioritized preserving the property and administration for owners over workers and refused to modify the wage reduction despite petitions
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Chicago
Taft
Democratic National Committee
Thomas
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway
Circuit Court
Southern District of Ohio
JW. D
Fed. Rep
Taft's Labor Rulings Highlight a Precedent Clash
The article contrasts Judge Taft's stance on wage reductions with other federal judges who favored protecting labor rights. It cites Ames v Union Pacific from 1894 where Taft allowed wage cuts to pay bonds, while Turgeon Caldwell and Sanborn urged fair wages and conference with employers. The piece frames Taft as avoiding workers' protections in favor of bondholder interests.
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Ames Et al
Union Pacific Et al. Circuit Court
District of Colorado
Riner and Hallett
Fea. Rep
Circuit Turges
Caldwell and Sanborn
Court of Equity
Fed. Rep
P. S
Woolson
Taft
Gor So Gor Declares President of AFL in Reply to Letter
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, replies to Theodore Roosevelt’s letter on injunctions in labor disputes. He criticizes Roosevelt for a supposed shift toward antagonism and defends labor rights, citing past exchanges and urging justice and liberty for workers.
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Npers
A.f.of
Washington
Roosevelt
Knox
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
American Federationist
George A. Alger
White House
Mr. Gompers
Justices Day
McKenna
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Taft
Republican Party
United States
Bryan Kent Fined After G A R Drum Corps Incident
Lincoln October 26 John T. Kent a local democratic politician and former Bry an s papers employee was fined 25 dollars and costs. Six members of a G A R drum corps testified that his persistent cheering for Bryan Kent grievously disturbed their open air concert.
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Lincoln, Neb
John T. Kent
Bryan
Bryan Kent
Battleships Leave Yokohama in World Cruise Sendoff
The Atlantic fleet sailed from Yokohama harbor at 8 am to begin a voyage around the world. Crowded excursion boats lined the harbor as the ships steered to deep water amid an unprecedented Japanese celebration welcoming the Americans.
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Yokohama
Japan
Yokohama Harbor
Manila Safe for Sailors After Cholera Review
After a special medical board examination in Manila on the cholera situation Rear Admiral Harber commander of the sea squadron granted liberty to sailors aboard the warships for the first time in weeks.
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Manila
Harber
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