Taft Calls Payne Tariff Bill Best Ever in Speech
Winona Minn Sept 18 President Taft in a 7000 word address at the opera house declared the Payne tariff bill the best tariff law the Republican party ever passed. He defended Tawney and urged party unity, warning insurgents that opposing the bill risked demoralizing the party and stalling prosperity. He contrasted his support for the bill with insurgent votes and pledged to uphold party solidarity over personal concessions.
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Payne
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James A. Tawney
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Roosevelt
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Tor LaFollette
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Upawney
Northwest Praises State Order Cutting Grain Rates
Spokane reports the Washington railroad commission ordered the Northern Pacific Halfway to reduce grain rates to 87 1/2 percent of the June 30 tariff. Shippers expect large savings, citing state business earnings and a 7 percent return. The decision notes grain comprises about 19 percent of state tonnage and 34.99 percent of total state revenue for 1905–07.
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Spokane
Wash
Jim Spokane
Inland Empire
Thilronda
State Railroad Commission of Washington
Northern Pacific Halfway Company
Northwest
Commindon
Beat
Northern Pacifi Railway Company
State Bunineia
Waobligton
Columbia River
Eacoods
Washington
Outlaws Flee as Posse Arrives in Colorado
Hy Asmpelated Press, Denver, Sept 17. Bandits held up a Taover & Rio Grande passenger train near Malta, Colo, and attempted to dynamite the safe car but were driven off by the arrival of a posse. Supreme officials later reported no safe return, while Rev. Gilbert Thompson of Munkeykee led services at dawn and dusk.
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Denver
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Malta
Toros
Cote Lane
InoNey
Wien Hawknieth
Perry Celebrates Opening of the Cherokee Strip
Perry Oklahoma marked the opening of the Cherokee strip to white settlement with celebrations in Perry Enid Hinckwell Cher we Alva and other towns. Reproductions of the historic run for claims, speeches and athletic events filled the program. A floral parade featured a Sunset Coach with four of Perry s oldest ladies led by Grandma Van Pelt and Anna Jelly, while four elderly gentlemen aged 80 to 87 rode in another carriage, honoring pioneers who helped settle several middle western states.
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Cherokee Strip
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Alva
Atrip
Grandma van Pelt
Guthrie AG declines opinion on the Taylor law
Attorney General Charles Weat in a message to Governor Harkell declines to give an opinion on the Taylor election law. He says the public may soon vote on its merits and avoids commenting while the other question is before the state supreme court, awaiting a decision.
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Oklo
Charles Weat
Harkell
Supreme Court
Oklahoma governor hints at special session on oil pipeline
Governor N Haskell admitted tentative plans for a special session to secure state funding for a pipeline project to the Gulf as relief for independent operators. He would act if feasibility and relief benefits are decisive, amid talk of contracts between Standard Oil and Midland Valley Railroad and the Prairie Oil and Gas retreating from Gulf pipeline plans.
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Okla
Sept. I
N. Haskell
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Standard Oil Company
Midland Valley Mailway
Sandard
Baton Rouge
Prairie OU and Gan Company
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Jackson Attempts to Oust Foreigners
Attorney General Jackson of Kansas today sought to remove more than a thousand foreigners living on the five acre tract known as the patch near Kanand Twe. He declares the large number of foreigners on the tract poses a threat to public health and morals.
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Associated Press
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Kana
Jackson
Kansas
Court Completes Year’s Work for Oklahoma Court
Guthrie Okla Sept 18 Last Saturday the criminal court completed its first year of work. The court has earned high praise from jurists nationwide for its decisions on old cases transferred from the Muskogee federal court and about 150 new appeals have been argued with most dismissed. Judges J G Guker left to lead a major life insurance firm and was replaced by Thomas H Owen of Muskogee. Presiding Judge Henry M Furman and Judge Then H Doyle remained key figures, with Doyle attending every session and Furman supporting the harmless error doctrine.
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Okla
Criminal Court of
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Union
Munkogee
Ince Nt
J. G. Guker
Muskogee
Ife Insurance
Thos. H. Owen
Henry M. Furman
H. Doyle
Judge Doyle
Ite
Furman
Second Strike Ends at Preased Steel Car Plant
Fly Associated Prows McKee's Rocks Pa Sept 17 The second strike of the workmen of the Preased Steel Car company ended abruptly today as about two thousand American workers led by the stars and stripes marched to the plant and went to work They were joined by two thousand Italians and despite threats from a group of Duslane and Poles who tried to block entry they dispersed and entered the plant securing the site with no further trouble.
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Fly Associated Prows
McKee’s Rocks
Steel Car Company
Hampton kills father in law after theatre outing
Ansociated Press report from Durant Oklahoma dated Sept 17 states Jules Hampton killed his father in law F Lamb in Caddo. After leaving a theatre Hampton and his wife exited with Lamb nearby. Lamb tried to restrain Hampton who shot him in the chest and fled as officers fired at the fleeing suspect but missed.
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Durant
Oula
F. Lamb
Hampton
Caddo
Lamb
Ann
Taft to discuss Payne Tariff Bill Tonight
Milwaukee story notes President Taft will address the Payne tariff bill tonight from Wisconsin and Minnesota venues, with public anticipation and a backdrop of Republican platform pledges. The trip highlights inquiries on the bill’s merits and reveals Taft’s forthcoming remarks at a fairground crowd.
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Payne Bill
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