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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
1
An advertisement extols Chickering pianos as the result of skill and 85 years of experience with refined tone touch and staying power. The copy touts the grace of drawing room display and the single grade with price variations from casing styles, inviting readers to visit and view new style K and quarter grands at the home showroom.
As interest in Rep Sherman of Utica grows for vice president, New York delegates face a delicate caucus decision. The state appears to demand both ticket spots, yet the caucus was uncertain about considering the issue today.
June 14 in Chicago, delegates from Alabama, Missouri, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Texas gather at the Grand Pacific hotel nicknamed Dixieland by Massachusetts for the influx of Southern delegates. Florida’s Negro contigent presses credentials while others avoid the vice presidential question, some hinting at a New York candidate.
Chicago Illinois reports that Temporary Chairman Burrows prepared a 12000 word keynote draft largely omitting President Roosevelt. Senator Purrows arrived and will be asked by Taft supporters to modify the address to include an early complimentary reference to Roosevelt.
Chicago June 14. The anti injunction and tariff planks push a platform in Washington urging limits on court injunctions and preserving court powers while supporting swift tariff revision. The tariff plank calls for a one session Congress to adjust duties, with minimal and maximal rates and protections for American industry. Representative Dalzell expects minor verbal changes to satisfy Pennsylvania representatives.
Chicago June 15 delegates held cages after vote to nominate Rooseveit despite Taft instruction. Stampede in the convention did not become as strong as hoped, forecast diminishing support for Roosevelt amid factional maneuvers.
Washington reports the administration backs Dolliver or Cummins of Iowa for vice president. Debates center on primary rules including German voters and anti prohibition pledges. The SalIway amendment secures representation changes and strengthens party control within the committee.
The list from Chicago Illinois on June 14 details temporary officers for the national convention. They include Senator J Burrows as temporary chairman and John Bray Matthews as general secretary with Lafayetta Gleason as chief assistant secretary. Other roles name William F. Stone as sergeant at arms and Asher C. Hinda as parliamentarian.
Proceedings open with 11 members present as Bass forms a committee to draft primary rules. Antonio Serrera resigns. James W. Duff appointed in his stead amid protest over Mexican representation. Minority report and pledge amendments spark debate. efforts to limit wording on ballots clash with those opposing prohibition.
James Stillman, president of National City Bank, returns from Europe to oversee a rumored merger of all Rockefeller and Morgan banks. The move would create the largest banking institution in the United States. Stillman, a Texas native with holdings along Brownguilie coast, has long influenced the region’s growth and banking interests.
Local market notes from New Dyas La and New Orleans show mixed activity with wheat and corn prices listed in fractional quotes. The report cites futures figures and commodity descriptions for No 2 red and No 7 hard wheat, along with unavailable quotes for some corn and oats listings in Kansas City and related markets.
A Scottish lecture tour features a traveler and correspondent who is introduced as a man who broadens earth sciences, and the chairman prays that the speaker may tell the truth with grace. The note hints at a playful, dialect flavored preface and promises a free plane coupon offer at Myg Ardlw’s.
Birth notices list several individuals with ages and causes of death or illness. Leandra Dims age five months bronchitis at 112 Bus Street. Juanita Mata age 18 years consumption at 2100 West Commerce Street. Robert A. Gibbons age unspecified near heart failure on South Laredo Street. Alfred Chavex age ten typhoid at 209 Vargasatteet. Nangy Crocker age 81 apoplexy at 287 Nacogdoches Street.
A fragmented OCR fragment mentions Free Plane Coupons at McArdle's and a line about a funeral game late. It references Ditly Martin, aged 4, reacting with excitement about a dead cat and a planned funeral. The passage is garbled and includes stray phrases about Mercardin’s and a dead cat.
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