Bryan to Be Main Target for Attacks at Democratic Convention
Baltimore June 24 1912 The Democratic national convention opens with a plan to curb William Jennings Bryan who remains the party's dominant force. A group of silent supporters aims to sideline him by opposing Judge Alton B Parker as temporary chairman. The strategy mirrors Chicago 1908 when Roosevelt fought Root before organizing the convention.
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Samuel G. Blythe
Sam‘ G. Blythe
Baltimore
William Jennings Bryan
National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Democratic Party
Alton B. Parker
Chicago
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Root
Taft
Judge Parker
National News Association
Tom Taggart
Indiana
Roger Sullivan
Ilinois
Parker
Wilson
Illinois
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Porto Rico
Texas
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Philippines
Alaska
William J. Bryan
Friends of
Cof Bryan
One of Thousands by Carl Bernhardt
The piece recalls a late night credentials committee clash as Col Roosevelt exits and a veteran Republican joins the Roosevelt crowd in a rebuke. A Grand Army veteran declares he will form a league to preserve the Republican cause, while Roosevelt moves away, unseen, a figure among many others.
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Carl Bernhardt
Credentials Committee
Col. Rooseevlt
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Buchanan
Grand Army
Third Party Movement Forming in Wayne County
A call for a new third party movement in Wayne County appeals to all parties to unite against perceived fraud at the Chicago convention. Residents are invited to the Pythian Temple tomorrow at eight to form a committee for arranging a mass meeting of county residents.
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Wayne County
Chicago
Pythian Temple
Sprinting Cal Causes Commotion on Main Street
A calf under three feet high, separated from its mother, ran amok through a crowded Main Street area. A young boy chased it, prompting laughter and a brief chase through Seventh and Main to Marin Street. The calf dodged a horse and wagon, was wrestled under a buggy, then redirected toward Bayer Bakery before being restrained with a rope by the local boy amid cheering onlookers.
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Main Street
South Sixth Street
Marin
Sidewalk riding arrests spark north end complaints
Blaine Clark admitted in police court he rode about twenty feet on the North Third street sidewalk near the C. and O. freight depot while hurrying home for dinner. Officer Westenberg said he rode about seventy feet. Chrisman, also charged, was not arraigned and the case continued. The arrests follow numerous complaints of sidewalk speed use by bicyclists in the north end.
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Blaine Clark
North Third Street
Westenberg
Clark
Chrisman
North End
Young Virginian Prosecution in Police Court Rumbles On
Grover Quissenberry, twenty, bearing heavy facial wounds, testified against Herbert Wickett and Clayton Williams charged with assault and battery. He was fined $1 and costs for drunkenness after his own alleged robbery claim failed to convince the court. Witnesses supported Wickett and Williams, who said Quissenberry was first intoxicated in a North F Street saloon and attacked Wickett with knuckles before drawing a gun. Quissenberry claimed robbery of $1.45, but the tale lacked substantiation. He admitted leaving the saloon after an altercation and returning, allegedly calling Wickett vile names, prompting a gun draw and further violence. All three men were jailed by Officer Tandy. Wickett threatened death during detention. The Quissenberry statement included racist remarks about Virginia and his brothers, recalling prior trouble in Boston, Indiana. Police Court cases, including this one, were heard by special Judge Perry I. Freeman as the mayor was ill.
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Grover Quissenberry
Herbert Wickett
Clayton Williams
Quissenberry
Salo
Wickett
Wicket
Williams
Guissenberry
Tandy
Virginia
Quissenberry Brothers
Boston
Ind
Palladium
Taft
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
Baltimore
Chicago
Progressive Party
Sherman
E. Smith
Roosevelt Committee
Smith
Longworth
Steen to Attend Sheriffs Meeting at St Paul
Sheriff Albert Steen plans to attend the national convention of county sheriffs in St Paul on July 16 and 17. The meeting will cover topics about sheriff duties and work.
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Albert Steen
St Paul
Protests Roil Richmond as Taft Split Shocks County
In Richmond and Wayne County a loud protest erupts over Taft and Sherman. Campaign nerves rise as word spreads of a party split and calls grow for a Progressive realignment. Bandanna flags and Roosevelt support crowd the Palladium scene amid anxious Republican candidates.
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Richmond
Wayne County
Taft
Sherman
Clarence McMahan Accepts Los Angeles Telephone Post
Clarence McMahan of this city, formerly connected with the local automatic telephone company, left this morning for Los Angeles where he has accepted a position as repairman and expert operator for the exchange there. Los Angeles has the largest automatic telephone exchange in the country with a system of 45,000 phones.
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Clarence McMahan
Local Automatic Telephone Company
Los Angeles
Exchange
Third Party Formed In Chicago For Roosevelt Plan
Nationwide Roosevelt third party moves forward with ticket drafting in several states. Roosevelt urges a genuine progressive movement not a factional vehicle while Johnson leads the effort with governors Deneen, Hadley, and others backing the effort and pledging fielding independent nominees in California and Kansas.
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Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
Congress Hotel
Deneen
Hadley
Roosevelt Progressive Party
California
Kansas
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Works Board Adopts Alley and Street Closures
The Works Board approved a cement alley from North Eighth to Ninth and from B to C streets. The church project on South Fifth and C streets will have half the street vacated for access. A petition to close an alley from F street to an adjacent alley between North Seventeenth and North G was heard. the west half of North Seventeenth between the alley and North G will be dedicated to the public, with a personal investigation planned.
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Board of Works
North Eighth
Ninth
South Fifth
North Seventeenth Street
Weather Forecast Notes Fair Warm Continues
The state and local area will experience continued warm, fair conditions with mild days and little to no precipitation. Daytime temperatures remain steady and nights stay comfortable across regions, offering pleasant outdoor weather.
Indiana Leaders Rally Behind Parker In Democratic Fight
Baltimore dispatch details Indiana officials backing Judge Alton B. Parker for temporary chairman amid Bryan Parker clash. Delegates gathered at the Marshall hotel as Indiana leans to Parker, while Bryan contemplates a candidate run, and a 10,000 strong Champ Clark demonstration plans a march to the convention hall.
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Sy Carl Mote
Baltimore
Governor Marshall
Belverdere
Indiana
Indianapolis
Senator Kern
Senator Shively
Taggart
Champ Clark
Missouri
Delegate Explains Gillette Vote at Republican Convention
R R McCormick of the Hitness delegation said he cast the lone ballot for Howard Gillette a Chicago banker for vice president to honor a friend He explained he voted for Gillette out of friendship noting Gillette is his friend and was nominated for the VP slot.
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National News Association
Chicago
R. R. McCormick
Howard Gillette
Lyote
Tragedy at Niagara River Dock Kills Sixteen
Sixteen bodies recovered from the Niagara River below Eagle Park after a dock collapsed during a crowd outing. Rescuers dragged the river overnight. four women and a nine year old girl among the dead. Authorities fear many bodies were swept over Niagara Falls.
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National News Association
Niagara Falls
Repact Amherst
Order of Foresters
Thestes
Henry Koerber
Captain Fox
Chicago hosts record three million spent by delegates
Chicago estimations indicate three million dollars flowed from convention delegates and visitors during a ten day period. Hotel managers say the gathering was the highest spending throng since the world’s fair.
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National News Association
Chicago
G O P Platform in a Nutshell
The platform renews Republican allegiance with limits on women and child labor hours and protection for workers in dangerous jobs. It upholds courts, backs antitrust action, supports tariff protection with possible reductions, endorses scientific inquiry into living costs, and seeks banking reform and agricultural credit. It calls for Civil Service extension, anti corruption measures, international treaties against discrimination, parcels post, resource conservation, a strong navy, Mississippi River management, flood control, arid land reclamation, and stricter immigration laws while urging ship cargo equipment and condemning lynching.
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Republican Party
Civil Service
Russia
Mississippi
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