Fairbanks Beveridge to Speak at Indiana Meetings
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks will address crowds at the E and T H depot Friday at 8:30 AM after arriving from Terre Haute. He will speak in Farmersburg at 10 30 and Shelburn at 8:00 AM, with Oliver Pat Smith of the American Federation of Labor following in Farmersburg. Saturday features Senator Albert Beveridge at Court House Park Sullivan at 1 PM. A large delegation from Linton is expected and a special train will take Linton residents home after the meeting. O P Smith will speak in Red Men's Hall Shelburn Saturday night.
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Charles W. Fairbanks
Terre Haute
Farmersburg
Shelburn
Oliver “Pat” Smith
American Eperation of Labor
Fairbanks
Albert J. Beveridge
Court House Park
Sullivan
Linton
O. P. Smith
Red
Chaney Defends Civil War Pension Reforms at Heltonville Rally
John C. Chaney, Republican nominee for Congress in Indiana's Second District, championed pension laws and the Pension Bureau. He cited 1904 figures for Indiana pensions, explained Roosevelt Order No. 78, and argued against Parker's plan to revoke the order, calling it a justice measure for soldiers. He warned that foes seek to legislative change rather than executive action.
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Heltonville
Lawrence County
John C. Chaney
Congress
Pension Bureau
Republican Party
Indiana
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
E. F. Warf
K. A. Hitchcock
Democratic Party
Miers
Parker
Roosevelt
Miers Accused of Pension Pretenses in District
The Pension Office warned a congressman of pension allowances in his district while Judge Miers sent a letter congratulating a guardian on a minor’s $918 Francis Allison claim he had no involvement with. The judge, described as a pretender, had not aided the claim and faces exposure for his actions.
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Miers
Francis Allison
Miers Bill for Government Theater Faces Opposition
The 1901 02 Congress debated a Government Theater in Washington at public expense with costs over a half million for land and at least a million five for construction. Reintroduced in 1903 as bill 4510, it failed to advance. critics call it bad business and oppose government funding for a theater.
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Congress
Miers
Kis
Bryan supporters vow not to vote for Parker in Indiana
Former Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina, heading appointments in Indiana, says Populist voters and sincere Bryan Democrats will shape the November choice. He predicts Roosevelt wins a large share of Populist and Democratic votes, while Bryan's Indiana meetings rally admirers who will stay with Roosevelt or Watson or stay home.
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Marion Butler
North Carolina
Indiana
Butler
Roosevelt
Bryan
Parker
Watson
Hill
Belmont
Democratic Party
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United States
Secretary of the Interior
Cleveland
McKinley
Miers’ Theater
Ney Bryan
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