Bitter Strife Stirring New York Parties in 1900
New York politics roiled as Republicans and Democrats clash over state conventions in Saratoga and Buffalo on Sept 25. The Independence League forms from the Municipal Ownership movement led by Hearst who narrowly lost in NYC last year. Jerome, Odell, and Jer ome figure in shifting endorsements as senior party leaders debate nominees and strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hearst
M. Jerome
J. N. Adam
Buffalo
Jno
M. Carlisle
Watertown
P. Stanchfield
Elmira
D. Cady Herrick
William J. Gaynor
Brooklyn
Edward S. Shepard
Justice Gaynor
Political Factional Strife and Insurance Letter Dominate Local Notices
The piece notes bitter factional fights within the Republican and Democratic camps over control of the Saratoga convention. It includes a long letter from Margaret E. Farmer praising Union Central Life Insurance for posthumous dividends and support for her family. Local items cover a false fire alarm, track conditions for races, Stella Swanson’s trotting colt Cruikshank, and a lawsuit filed by J J. Boyd against J S. Tucker for notes and accounts.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hearst
Rome
Repub
New York
Poli
Dent Roosevelt
Itical Party
The
Independence League
Municipal Ownership League
New York City
Wil
Liam Randolph Hearst
Congress
Supreme Court
Tion
Lar
Republican State Convention
Saratoga
Tinue
Democratic State Convention
B. D. Odell, Jr
Cord Mey
Er, of
Democratic State Committee
Ing
Parker and Herrick
Democrats
Odell
State Committee
Democratic Party
Crats and Republicans
Plete
Independence
Gue
Ment
Messrs
Mack
Conners
New
York County
William Travers Jer
Jerome
Cratic Convention
Mr. Jerome
Democratic
Republican
Munici
Pal
George B. McClellan
Del
Egates
Tammany Hall
Zation
Sions
Charles P. Murphy
Tammany
Murphy
Kuppenheimer
Ees
Roswell, M. M
the House of Kuppenheimer
Mr. Murphy
Ence League
Republi
Gover
Frank W. Higgins
Gle
Vention
Republican Party
Union Central Life Insurance
Cincinnati
Union
Cen
Tral Life Insurance Co., of
Ohio
James H
Phelps
Raton, N. M
Cies
Union Central
Neces
Ness
Margaret E. Farmer
H. P. Hobson
Roswell
N. M. W. E. Neal
New Mexico, Arizona
Western
Texas
Woolverton Practical Business
Lege
H. T. Drury
N. Richardson Ave
Nue
J. J. Boyd
J. S. Tucker
Scott & Dunn
Boyd
B. F. Smith
Studebaker Mountain Hacks
Maxwell Automobiles
Ketwell Autowave
Southwest Limited
Kansas City
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul Railway
Bne
Union Station
Grand Avenue
Nion Station
G. L. Cobb
Southwestern
Main ST
Pecos Valley
Valley of New Mexico
Southern Kansas Railway Company of
Panhandle
D. L. Meyers
Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas and
Amarillo
Texas Farmers
the Panhandle
Denver Road
A. A. Glisson
Renl. Pass
Agt
Fort Worth, Texas
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