The Height of a Boom in the Presidential Race
Analyzes Taft and Roosevelt campaigns as a hype driven by party machines. Notes Southern wagon sentiments for Marie Taft, while Midwestern anti Roosevelt factions push Taft aside. Warns that Boom may collapse and voters seek independence beyond committees.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Marie Taft
Republican Party
Middle West
Mr. Roosevelt
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
North Dakota
South Dakota
Prairie States
Naval dispute over surgeon in command sparks Washington conflict
The incident follows the Relief hospital ship command placed under a naval surgeon per Surgeon General Rixey, prompting Admiral Brownson to resign his line command. The fight pits line officers against staff officers with Senator Hale backing Brownson, warning of subversion of command.
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Evans
Pacific
Washington
Rixey
Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Senator Hale
Maine
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Nevada Governor to convene Legislature over Goldfield crisis
Governor Sparks calls the Nevada Legislature into special session to address the miners versus mine owners dispute and consider requesting Federal troops for Goldfield. The Carson City Appeal warns of a bitter fight between union and anti union factions, with troop deployment uncertain.
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Nevada
Sparks
Goldfield
Carson City
Western Federation
United States
Naval reform bill targets staff officers' ship command
Senator Hale plans legislation to bar staff officers such as surgeons paymasters chaplains and engineers from commanding ships. The move follows a controversy over Surgeon General Rixey and a shift that resembles a civilian to high military appointment. The issue may be debated in the Senate this winter.
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Hale
Admiral Brownson
Navy Department
Rixey
White House
Wood
Senate
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Naval War At Home
Cream of
Snake River Valley
Idaho
Mountain Home
J. A. Siffert
Mountain Home Commercial Club
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