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Newspaper
The Richmond Palladium And Sun Telegram
Location
Richmond, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
9
A stirring convention speech extols Theodore Roosevelt while praising Taft as reformer and leader. It outlines anti monopoly zeal, calls for honest business, equal opportunity, and strong national and international leadership guiding America to peace and progress.
In a ceremony before over ten thousand people and citing millions within the nation, a speaker nominates William H. Taft of Ohio as the perfect American manhood and the peerless representative of national ideals for the presidency.
Mrs. Mary Stubbs Moore state statistician injured in Indianapolis when her horse bolted at Meridian and Twenty fourth streets. The buggy overturned and she was bruised about the shoulders but escaped serious harm.
On June 18 the barn of B. A. Clark near Economy burned down. Lee Rath, a local carpenter, lost tools valued at $200 stored in the barn while working on improvements for the Clark farm. The blaze left Rath’s belongings as among the heaviest losses.
Chicago June 18 Congressman James E Watson told the Republican national convention that Indiana Republicans must elect him governor and that Lodge’s promise binds the state. Watson earned a floor seat among Indiana delegates and spoke from the speakers’ stand when the rules committee minority report was discussed, receiving a proxy unclear to others.
Chicago June 18 news reports that Vice President Fairbanks reiterates he will not be a candidate for re nomination. The long letter to J B Kealing dated Indianapolis June 16 asserts irrevocable determination against seeking renomination. He thanks supporters, notes honor of vice presidency, and cites no party or public pressure to change his stance.
The crowd at the Auditorium Annex noted Charles W. Fairbanks would decline if offered the nomination, sealing the Fairbanks VP boom. Iowa Governor Cummins rises as the favored alternative with Dolliver fading, while Sherman of New York gains momentum despite New York state opposition.
Carrie Nation the Kansas hatchet swinger spoke in Connersville Ind and urged church groups to back her anti Roosevelt campaign. She called President Roosevelt a beer guzzling Dutchman and was hissed by the audience after admitting she had been released from Pittsburg jail three weeks earlier on a fine. Wrurzep: Geld MedsiFlour is best for pastry Beaten.
A ship reached Boston harbor carrying a ton of hair imported from China. The hair was reported to have been used for making decorative rats for women, raising questions about the origins and purpose of the cargo.
Mr and Mrs C C Allen return from Richmond Ind where he secured a lease for three rooms to open a new Allen Furniture Co store around July 16. The family will relocate and the firm will operate eight stores including Lima Mansfield Mt Vernon Zanesville Ashtabula and Dunkirk Ind with Richmond and Hartford City also on the roster.
More than 600 steerage passengers for European ports remained aboard the steamer Potadam after it sailed, leaving about 2,000 aboard in crowded quarters. Thousands who could not find space on the slip were told they would be taken on the next outgoing steamer. Police faced difficulty in managing the crowd of newcomers.
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