Trust Ridden Part Promising Court Action Over Anti-Trust Violations
Republican leaders urged courts to act against anti-trust violations as Ollie James and other Democrats accused the party of forgery and influence peddling. James cited funding from Harriman and Standard Oil ties, warning of monopoly power shaping November elections.
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Republican Party
Bryan
Mr. James
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Harriman
Standard Ol
Senator Foraker
Roosevelt
Standard Oil
Republicanampaign Fund
Wall Street
Nelson Cromwell
Republican Campaign Fund
Roosevelt Party
DuPont
New York Times
Taft
Taft Campaign Under Fire In 1908 Chicago Rally Debate
The Record analyzes Taft’s Chicago visit and campaign strategy, noting weak receptions and a split GOP machine in Will Dupage Kane McHenry counties. It cites labor opposition, accusations against Snapp, and a push by Taft backers to organize a cordial welcome while critics claim poor enthusiasm and trials of a front porch approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Howard M. Snapp
Col. McNaughton
Snapp-Hopkins
Will
Dupage
Kane
McHenry
Snapp
McNaughton
Joliet
Will County
Standard Oil Company
Snapp, Hesse & Dibell
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Mr. Taft
Mahomet
Hot Springs
Brother Charlie
Cincinnati
Taft
Chicago
Fred W. Upham
Republican National Committee
Wm. H. Taft
Republican Party
la Balle Street
Fred. W. Upham
Roosevelt
Public Campaign Fund Drive For Bryan Kern People Power
A 1908 appeal urges readers to donate to the Bryan Kern campaign and democracy driven by the people. It denounces trusts and special interests, calls for residents to fund the campaign, and asks local papers to publish the appeal and collect contributions with donor details.
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Bryan
Kern
Bryan, Kern
People's Run
Democratic National Committee
Great Organization
Free America
Trusts and Political Financing Linked to Sheldon
The Republican National Committee treasurer George R. Sheldon faces scrutiny as a network of trust and monopoly ties, including connections to J. Pierpont Morgan, Rockefeller, and Standard Oil. A 1906 report lists 21 corporate directorships and a $333,923.60 fundraising tally, highlighting major financiers who shaped Taft Bryan era politics.
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Senator Crane
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Hitchbcock
Taft
Crane
West
Wall Street
United States Senate
Nelson W. Aldrich
Island
Bens Crane
Hitchcock
Trusts
Chicago
Bryan
Democratic National. Committee
Republican Committee
George R. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
Sheldon
Cromwell
W. C. Sheldon & Co
American Locomotive Company
American Locomotive Automobile Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company
Detroit Edison Company
Electrical Securities Corporation
Laclede Gaslight Company
Locomotive and Machine Company of Montreal
Lmited
Locomotive Security
Metropolitan Trust Com
Milwaukee Electric Balions & Light
Milwaukee, Light, Heat and Traction Co
National Copper Bank
New Jersey Terminal Dock and Improvement Co
North American Co
Republic Steel & Iron Co
New Jersey
Rogers Locomotive Works
St. Louis Transit Co
Union Bay .& Paper Co
Union Electric Lights& Power Co
Union Electric Light & Power Co
St. Louis
Locomotive Trust
J. Pierpont Morgan
Shipbuilding Trust
North American
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Union League Club
Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie
New York State Republican Committee
National Committee
Mr. Sheldon
Levi P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Standard
Vicvie
Andrew Carnegie
Chauncey M. Depew
Railroad
Standard Oil
H.R. Hollins
Jacob H. Schiff
Harvey Fisk & Sons
Riverer Ghia
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
W. Seligman Ot Bank
Senvane Vie’ Trust
R. Mackey
Postal Telegraph
Cornelius Vanderbilt
W. K
Don
Crowell
Fred W. Upham
Repub
County Board of Review of
Upham
of Review
Republican Fund
Charlies F. Brooker
Connectic
N. Y. Chaper
Commerce
New York, New Haven Railroad
Brass Trust
Frank 0.Lowden
Pullman Palace Car
BE. C. Duncan
Atlantic North Carolina Railway
Seaboard Air Lin
North Carolina
T. Coleman DuPont
Lator
Powder Trust
Oo Boise Penrose
Pennsylvania
Philadelphi
Roy
Republican State Committee
Fred A. Sims
Diana
DuPont
Executive Committee
Tut Brooker
Protecting Deposits in Bank Debates and Reactions
A discussion of guaranteed bank deposits amid Denver platform planks. Bryan supports deposits protection with state and federal parallels while Taft opposes. Dispatches report Ohio and Oklahoma views, noting depositors facing losses and efforts to pay in full under new banking laws.
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Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Taft
Oklahoma Way
Guthrie
Okla
H. H. Smock
Olahoma Banking Commission
Internation Bank of Colgate
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Ieago
Ollie James
Kentucky
Denver
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kansas
Nebraska
Democratic
Judge Taft
M Naughton
Record-Herald
Capita i
Times
Josephus Daniels
New York
New York Herald
New York World
Jiryat
Press Association
Press
Publc
George Ade
Wii
Norman
Mack
M. C
National Finance Committee
Joliet Daily News
Democrat Rides Committee
Dolars
Democratic National Campaign Fund
John «Jacob Astor
Ohio Way
Itoérs
Henry W. Sell
Gazell
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