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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1912
Page
4
Fragmentary political note recalls Governor Glasecock and the Oyster Bay Out Took. The text mentions a political district’s Democratic gang, a death in a political context, and the phrase Hogty G Davis voting, reflecting a tense local election atmosphere.
The piece outlines a fractured West Virginia delegation at the Baltimore convention with Republicans urging Taft and Democrats backing Parker. It notes Roosevelt's doubt about deserters, staff tensions, and predictably mixed loyalties among Hadley Brown Borah McGraw NeGraw Clark and Wilson supporters.
Theodore Roosevelt’s bid collapses as his maneuvers and vacillation at the Chicago convention reveal a doomed effort. He tried to court a show of strength, shifted supports, and urged a bolt as delegates drifted from his leadership, ending in defeat and retreat.
In Chicago Roosevelt abandons a third-party bid after failed bolt attempts at the Republican convention. Colonel Roosevelt ends his push, delegates return to regular proceedings, and the party consolidates under Taft allies. The setback is framed as a wrecked Roosevelt move and a reaffirmed Republican strength ahead of November.
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