Senator Owen for Vice President in 1912 Outlook
Oklahoma Times reports Oklahoma Democrats discuss Senator Robert L. Owen as a potential running mate for Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Owen’s national attention, Lorimer stance, and critique of Harmon fuel speculation he aims for vice president while eyeing a future senate challenge to Haskell.
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Woodrow Wilson
New York
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Wilson
Haskell
Senate
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Cruce
Harmon
Times
Collins mysteriously disappears during Muskogee trial
Frank Collins, charged with robbing the Nowata post office of 2000 dollars a year ago, vanished from the Muskogee federal trial as government witnesses had testified. He was to speak in his own defense, but disappeared after court was convened and has not been found. bondsmen face forfeiture if he does not appear by today.
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Muskogee
Okla
Frank
Collins
Nowata
Free State Advocate James McGrew Dies at 54 in Kansas City
James McGrew, 54, a Wyandotte County citizen and staunch free state man, died at his Kansas City home. He actively helped shape Kansas Territory affairs, serving in the territorial legislature in 1858 and 1860 and in the first Kansas Senate after statehood.
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Rhy Associated Press
Kansas City
James McGrew
Wyandotte County
Territory of
Kansas
Oklahoma Federation seeks creation of state department of manufactures and commerce
Oklahoma City January 19 The Oklahoma Federation of Commercial Clubs met and voted to urge the legislature to create a state department of manufactures and commerce with a secretary in charge. They also seek a law exempting mortgages from taxation on double taxation grounds. Clarence Douglas was elected federation president and Kirkpatrick of Chickasha Commercial Club named first vice president.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Federation of Commercial Clubs
State Department of Manufactures and Commerce
Clarence Douglas
Muskogee
Warning on Bryan's nomination at Jackson Day banquet
In Washington on January 19 Democratic senators and representatives debated the significance of a closing note from Theodore Bell of California, who claimed to represent William Jennings Bryan. Bell said Bryan should not be nominated again but urged keeping him in party councils to maintain harmony, praising Champ Clark as a trusted leader for the middle and far west.
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Baltimore
Theodore Bell
California
William Jennings Bryan
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Bryan
United States
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Mr. Bryan
Champ Clark
Middle
Far West
Avia Ely Flies to Cruiser Pennsylvania Deck
Avia Ely from Selfridge Field landed on the deck of the cruiser Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay after a morning flight. In Albany the senatorial vote remained unchanged from yesterday with Shee than retaining his twenty five votes.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Ely
Selfridge Field
Here
Pennsylvania
San Francisco Bay
Albany
Senate
Sheethan
Woodrow Wilson Urges Broad Corporate and Tax Reform
The message calls for tightening corporate control through stricter regulation and updated laws on employer relations, worker protection, and compensation. It urges overhauling the taxation system and extending primary laws to all elective offices and party bodies, while pushing for stricter inspection laws on food storage in Hudson County to safeguard prices and health.
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Oklahoma legislators invite Harmon and others to address
Oklahoma City January 19 A move of political significance in the coming fight over United States Senator Owen's reelection led the house to adopt a resolution inviting Governor Harmon of Ohio and Governors Wilson of New Jersey and Baldwin of Connecticut to address the Oklahoma legislature. The senate laid the measure over for one day. The assembly also backed inviting James A. Reed to speak to the body and passed a substitute for the Webb Anthony Thompson prohibition enforcement measure empowering the governor to direct the attorney general to file accusations against local officers for lax enforcement, with a swift trial and possible removal. The banking and capital bills moved forward, with debates on salaries and board composition, while other measures on county reorganization and tipping penalties advanced in various committees.
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House
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Ohio
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Connecticut
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Haskell
United States Senate
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Kansas City
Missouri
Maxey and
Anthony
Senate Public Buildings Committee
Kendrick
School Board of
Theenate
Hatchett
Guthrie
Cruce
Oklahoma City Citizens’ Committee
Appeals in Injunction to Supreme Court
Oklahoma City, Jan. 19. The case of G. C. Simmons and W. P. Miles vs. the State of Oklahoma was filed with the state supreme court. It appeals from a Tulsa county district court order restraining the plaintiffs in error and James L. Kennedy from selling liquor at 120 South Main Street, Tulsa. The Tulsa court issued December 21, 1910 and the criminal court of appeals recently affirmed the conviction under the Tulsa city prohibition ordinance, holding that a city can legislate on the liquor traffic.
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G. C. Simmons
W. P. Miles
State of Oklahoma
F. S. Caldwell
State Supreme Court
Tulsa County District Court
James L. Kennedy
South Main Street
Tulsa
Criminal Court of Appeals
Simmons and
Miles
Young Proposes Primary for Iowa Senator
Des Moines January 19 Senator Lafayette Young issued a statement proposing a special Republican primary for the United States Senate election. He asks all other Republican candidates before the Iowa legislature to sign and agree to submit to the primary result.
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Des Moines
Lafayette Young
United States
Iowa
Senator Seeks Concurrence on 1908 Campaign Report
Madison Wis Jan 15 Associated Press reports a senator hosting today introduced a resolution asking both houses to concur with the senate committee report. The panel investigated the 1908 primary election campaign and urged the US senate to investigate Senator Stephenson.
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Senate
Associated Press
Madison
Wis
United States Senate
Stephenson
South Dakota Democrats Protest Against Sheehan
Democratic members of both houses in South Dakota and state party chairman Lyons telegraphed Governor Dix of New York stating the New York senatorial race is national and that electing Sheehan will cost the party about a million votes in the West, while Shepard or another representative candidate could gain that many.
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Associated Press
Pierre
Lyons
State Democratic Committee
Dix
New York
Sheehan
West
Shepard
Nurse Testimony in Schenk Trial Reveals Personal Details
Alma Evans testified in Wheeling that Mrs. Schenk showed a basket of flowers from a male friend and spoke of crying fits. She also discussed improper stories about herself and other men, but she refused to repeat them to the jury.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Alma Evans
Schenk
Jotin
Stove Factory to Locate in Vinita
The Commercial Club approved a contract to bring the Ideal Stove and Range factory to Vinita. If the plant moves, a $1,500 boxing building with oak floor and gravel roof would be built, leased for five years, with castings sourced locally after a Kannasty trip. National Board of Trade endorses Aldrich monetary reform plan.
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Ideal Stove & Range
W. G. Williams
Illinois
The
Stove Company
Belleville
Williams
Vinita
Nosier
Ideal Company
Woodcock
Woodcock Manufacturing Company
Kannasty
Decision Expected Monday in Too Late Baby Case
The Supreme Court decision on the Too Late Indian baby case was postponed from Tuesday to next Monday due to arguments in the Standard Oil and corporation tax cases. If not handed down then, a February announcement is possible as the court will recess Monday.
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Standard Oil and Corporation
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