Democratic fundraising drives boost Bryan Kern in West
Robert Ewing reports a seven thousand dollar fund raised in three to four weeks with a target of twenty thousand. West coast and Midwest officials, including Miller and Murphy, predict strong Oregon Wisconsin and Ohio support for Bryan Kern, while Wetmore and Brady push nationwide papers to join.
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Chicago
Bobt Ewing
New Orleans
Moses C. Wetmore
Finance Committee
Ewing
Democratic National Committee
Bryan and Kern
Republican Party
Bryan
Vern
Louisiana
Democratic National Campaign Fund
Pacific
Mack
California
Oregon
Washington
West
Miller
Kern
United States
Jonathan Bourne
Bourne
Taft
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Denver
James W. Murphy
Wisconsin
Murphy
Milwaukee
Thos. F. Brady
New York
Tammany Organization
Democratic
Grady
Battle over Cannon vaults a party rift in Congress
Last week J Adam Bede a top Republican from Minnesota lost renomination for backing Joe Cannon as speaker. Collier's Weekly attacks Cannon and Roosevelt recalls his 1891 critique. The piece frames Cannon as a central figure in a clash between decent patriotism and corrupt influence in the campaign.
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Congress
J. Adam Bede
Minnesota
Joe Cannon
Collier's Weekly
Cannon
Taft
Sherman
House
Capitol
Senate
Roosevelt
Illinois
Uncle Joe
Taft Campaign Secrets and Labor Bribery Claims Unfold
The piece reports Democratic charges that employers may bribe workers to vote for Taft, with Judge Wade urging enforcement and noting a 5000 dollar fund. It outlines Nagel’s role with Standard Oil, Taft’s North Dakota golf tour defense, and Corey’s pro Taft stance aboard a luxury train.
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Democratic National Committee
Taft
Wade
Open Publication of Campaign Contributions Urged
A Cincinnati Enquirer letter argues for daily or weekly public disclosure of all campaign receipts and expenditures by both parties. It urges immediate action before elections to reveal money sources and spending, condemns secrecy as aiding wrongdoing, and cites the Republican plan of regulation with historical trust growth as a critique.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Hitchcock and Mack
United States
Drummer Substitutes for Orator at Monroeville Rally
In Monroeville a crowd of about a thousand voters gathered for a monster Bryan ratification meeting. Tom Harkins Ware Tate drummer delivered unorthodox political talks attacking Taft and the Republican machine, urging voters to back Bryan as the true voice of the people.
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Monroeville
Boston
Squires
Zed Rumford
Tom Harkins
Ware & Tate
Tom
Brown
Mabel
Joe
Dilrich
Teddy
Taft
Wall Street
Cannon
Aldrich
Rockefeller
Harriman
Sherman
House
Senate
Amart
Republic
Repubican
America
Bryan
People rally for democracy amid political turmoil
The crowd honored Lawyer Squires after Drummer Harkins spoke on the need for peoples rule as the nation searches for hope amid years of Republican control. The crowd prepared to thank Squires for missing his train.
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Harkins
Squires
Bryan Republicans in Minnesota organize for Bryan
University of Minnesota students form the Bryan Republican Club pledging to back William Jennings Bryan and progressive Republican principles, accusing the Chicago convention of betraying the people. The group may influence statewide support as Taft and Roosevelt face charges over misstatements and fund rumors.
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West
Bryan
Grady
Taft
New York
John A. Hartigan
Minnesota
Johnson
Bryan and
Ohio
Kern
Ed. Mahon
Columbus
Democratic
Mr. Mahon
McKinley
Roosevelt
Chicago
Ill
University of Minnesota
Lst
Bryan Republican Club of
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Bryan Reepublican Club
Mack
Hearst
Democratic National Committees
Democratic National Committee
Cleveland
Oklahoma depositors' guaranty law boosts bank deposits
The Commoner reprints figures from Guthrie Oklahoma on the depositors' guaranty law passed December 1907 and operative February 1908. Data show secured banks rising and unsecured banks losing deposits from December to May, with state funds also shifting. Authorities Roy C. Oakes and George W. Bellamy of the State Banking Board certify the totals.
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Taft
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Roy C. Oakes
State Banking Board
George W. Bellamy
State Banking’ Board
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North Dakota
Ratino
Ss. S. Eveland
Iowa
Mr. Bryan
Charles Nagel
Republican National Committee
Hitchcock
Standard Oil Company
Missouri
Hayward
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Interior
Hadley
William Ellis Corey
Pub
Ode
Mr. Taft
Northwest
Fargo
N. D
Johnd. Rockefeller
John D
Scotland
Tobacco Trust
Biw
Bryan Republicans
Morgan
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