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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1912
Page
4
Former Senator Beveridge speaks as temporary chair at the Bull Moose convention urging adherence to constitutional foundations. The remark underscores party unity and trust in the institutions, while supporters praise the Republican nominee as the party’s standard bearer.
The piece argues colored voters will resist Roosevelt’s handling of negro soldiers in the Brownville affair and notes a third term candidate being amused by the president’s acceptance speech remarks. Analysts warn socialists claim Taft destroys humanity’s mainspring and accuse progressivism of steering the nation astray.
The Pennsylvania progressives led by Flynn declare a Washington Party name in opposition to the third term precedent set by a revered patriot, railing against the change as a gross indignity to his memory.
The argument favors Taft by noting that both Bryan and Roosevelt disapprove of his speech. It argues that Republican policy should aim for definite, practical changes and that shifting just for change is not acceptable. It criticizes Colonel Taft's stance on race as alienating white Southern voters and northern white voters outside the Black community.
Mr. Bryan’s contribution of one thousand dollars to the Democratic National Campaign Fund is highlighted as substantial evidence of selfless devotion. The note suggests this should gain him favorable attention from the presidential candidate, who has shown a tendency to distance himself from the Nebraskan.
Wage workers and farmers would bear most from any policy closing mills and factories, the Democratic platform being blamed for such aims. Chicago Socialists trouble police as promoters inflame distrust, while Roosevelt's followers influence policy. A House committee cites steel trust power aided by Roosevelt, with harvester trust supporters backing him.
A Democratic state platform plank urges broad state and public action to publicize Nebraska’s undeveloped natural resources. It argues for liberal legislative funding to educate the nation about the state’s wealth, climate, and opportunities for home seekers and farmers, urging persistent state and private effort to avoid being surpassed by western peers.
President Taft’s acceptance speech outlines a candid, dignified defense of the Republican cause. He argues for constitutional amendments as needed, condemns demagoguery promising impossible millenniums, and urges tariff revision only after careful investigation by a competent board to avoid harming industry and business.
A historical critique of the new Roosevelt party, alleging socialistic and populist aims. The piece argues the confession of faith lacks concrete remedies, questions how plans would be implemented, and contrasts the Roosevelt movement with the Republican and Democratic parties highlighting concerns about leadership from Oyster Bay and the election’s implications for wage workers and national progress.
The Colonel says Mr Taft's acceptance speech fails to catch the spirit of the times yet is short on nostrums and long on common sense and sound doctrine.
Omaha reports show widespread rain across Nebraska and neighboring states from one quarter to an inch. Farmers in the central region complain moisture is excessive, aiding corn but hindering threshing and haying as the wet spell disrupts small grain harvest and storage.
In Chicago August 8 the Progressive national convention suspended all rules and nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president and Governor Hiram W. Johnson of California for vice president by acclamation. Roosevelt embraced the honor, praising Johnson, while Johnson pledged loyalty to the new cause, saying he would rather lose with Roosevelt than win with any other candidate. The session closed with the doxology as delegates outlined the party platform, insisting on direct primaries, federal oversight, equal suffrage, campaign finance reform, judicial reform, labor protections, and national regulation of interstate commerce.
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