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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
7
A historical-focused overview praises Republican wage policy under Taft, contrasting with Cleveland era pay scales. The piece argues the GOP supports labor, cites a wage table for miners, carpenters, and others, and defends injunctions as applied evenly, ending with a partisan nudge toward Bryan.
A fragment questions the reliability of a political figure who shifts positions on free silver government ownership of railroads and imperial policy, ending with a taunting note on whether the public can have confidence in such a man.
The piece argues that Bryan cannot achieve his pledges if elected president due to a Republican Senate, noting his promises would be ignored and his past record suggests he would wield broad executive power to push policies anyway. It questions what reforms could pass without Senate cooperation and warns of potential overreach.
The San Francisco Argonaut critiques Mr. Bryan as an agitator and candidate who rejects past principles. It contrasts Tom Marshall and Tom Taggart on initiative, referendum, and partisan governance, suggesting Marshall would sign constitutional acts aligned with party leaders.
The speaker in Buffalo notes he is up against seven or eight million Republicans who doubt his claims to Roosevelt policies. He warns that Bryan’s ambitions could harm national progress and prosperity, following Roosevelt’s letter to Illinois congressman Kinley and exposing criticisms in the campaign.
A Rushville signed statement from ministers and local leaders defends Hon. James E. Watson against rumors of vice. They praise his sobriety morality and temperance while condemning slander spread by Marshall supporters and commercial travelers. The piece ends with a political aside about Rockefeller and J D Rockefeller Jr.
After a prior loss Kern boasted of carrying only white votes and condemning black voters. Now Kern and Bryan are focusing on courting the African American electorate, amid charged racial rhetoric and public controversy.
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