The Real Bryan of 1908 and His Follies Revisited
A critical op ed argues that Bryan has not changed his positions since 1896 and 1900. It accuses him of silence on debased dollars, railroad government ownership, court packing, and other issues, suggesting no authentic shift in policy.
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Bryan
Parker
Olney
Denver
St. Louis
New York
Supreme Court
Gen. Weaver
Senate
United States
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Old fashioned canvass urged to boost Taft Sherman
Col Wesley R Andrews, Pennsylvania Republican chairman, calls for an old fashioned 1860 style campaign to rally Republicans with glee clubs and Old Glory. He urges singing Pennsylvania anthem and marching First Voters to meetings to support Taft and Sherman.
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Philadelphia
Wesley R. Andrews
Republican State Committee
Pennsylvania
Andrews
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Lincoln
Pittsburg
Commonwealth
Taft
Sherman
Penrose
National Committee
Dangers of Bryanism and the Question of Who Rules
The Keystone Gazette questions which class Bryanism targets when claiming the people do not rule. It contrasts poorer classes and socialistic ideas with farmers merchants manufacturers and railroads, arguing Bryanism's policies would trigger chaos and push toward socialism or anarchism.
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Bryan
Keystone Gazette
Tariff Issue Prominent in Pennsylvanian Campaign
Special correspondent notes Pennsylvania's rising role in the national Republican drive with Senator Penrose joining Chairman Hitchcock at the national committee, assuming oversight of several state and national campaign matters from headquarters in Washington.
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New York
Pennsylvania
National Committee
Penrose
Hitchcock
Critique of Bryan and government policy in 1900 era remarks
The Allentown Chronicle questions Bryan's free coinage and government ownership ideas. It argues the gold standard proves Bryan wrong and warns against electing a leader who backed two radical government schemes, claiming repeated errors undermine fitness for the presidency.
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Bryan
Hughes
Mr. Bryan
Allentown Chronicle and News
Drift From Bryan Shifts Southern Democrats Toward Taft
The drift of Democrats toward Taft in southern states signals a national trend. While not overturning old Democratic strongholds, it may influence northern and western states where the Negro issue does not bind voters to Bryan’s platform. Hundreds of thousands who voted for Bryan previously may oppose him this year.
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Taft
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
Indiana
Sherman
National Committee
Bryan
White House
Congress
Republican National Committee
Coatesville
Fall trade improves but water and fires hinder mills
The article notes rising retail volume and extended plant operations yet faces low water delaying mill work and river transport while forest fires destroy timber. It cites larger steel and cotton mill contracts, unsettled raw cotton, coal gains, and a weak stock market with heavy bank reserves and mixed export data. It includes a personal anecdote on ventilation and family life.
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Lancashire
New York
United States
Canada
Dan
Sleeping Outdoors with Family and Open Doors
A physician father, mother, and two young boys sleep in a 16 by 17 foot room with three beds and multiple doors and windows left open at night. They dry the space by day, air it with windows wide, and host a nightly routine that even a thunderstorm failed to spoil.
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Earth
Baby
Taft On Democratic Free Trade Cites Gorman Wilson Bill
The quote recalls Congress under Cleveland with a Ways and Means member shaping the Gorman Wilson tariff. After five months of debate it passed both Houses and Cleveland denounced it as perfidy. It allegedly collapsed industries, caused mass unemployment, and drove farm prices down, prompting Coxey’s march to protest.
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Congress
Cleveland
Ways and Means
Coxey
Washington
Bryan
Taft
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Jamess. Sherman
Superior Court
William D. Porter
Nelson P. Wheeler
Har W. Dennison
William E. Rice
A. C. Mook
KK. E. Thompson
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A. H. Bailey
Clyde C. Cooper
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