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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
4
The notice warns Republicans to vote the straight Republican ticket to ensure county control. It cautions against over confidence and against complimentary votes in the campaign’s final hours, urging Republicans to defeat opposition and elect Republican candidates.
Richard Ramph McMahon of Harpers Ferry, Deputy Controller in the first Cleveland administration, recalled a 1900 visit at Jefferson Place where William Jennings Bryan’s demands for radical changes were denounced. McMahon quoted Cleveland defending democracy and condemning Bryan’s aims as dangerous, likening him to Aaron Burr.
Sheriff I B G Gregory declares Warren County will hold a general election with officers to be voted for and designated polling places. The notice lists eligible voters and confirms ineligible positions, naming a slate including Reese Albert Phillips Theodore Leonard Newell John Isett Mathias Adam Hain Miller and others.
Voters choose officers in twenty districts on November 3 between 7 a m and 7 p m. Officers include Presidential Electors, Superior Court judge, U S Representative, General Assembly member, Court of Common Pleas judge, Register and Recorder, County Commissioners, County Auditor, and Jury Commissioners. Voting rules describe straight party votes and write‑in options.
A compilation of notable Philadelphia figures is presented, including Benjamin Franklin Jones Jr, Morris Lewis Clothier, John Burt, Howard Atlee Davis, and Frederick Taylor Chandler among others. The list also names Ellis A. Gimbel, George Jay Elliott, Edward Wagner Patton, George Christian Hetzel, Joseph deBonneville Abbott, and John Watts Baer Bausman.
The Democratic presidential electors for the Bryan and Kern ticket are named. The slate includes Joseph P. McCullen, Albert J. Barr, Daniel F. Carlin, Edward B. Seiberlich, Aaron G. Krause, Clarence Loeb, James T. Nulty, Michael J. Howard, John C. Ferron, John Howard Danenhower, Louis N. Spencer, Alexander W. Dickson, John T. Flannery, Oliver Perry Bechtel, Harry D. Schaeffer, Charles A. McCarty, John Franklin Stone, John I. Welsh, Cyrus C. Gelwicks, George Derr Krause, Samuel M. Hoyer, Henry Walters, J. Hawley Baird, John K. Holland, John F. Pauley, Howard S. Marshall, Robert X. Brown, Howard Mutchler, William Lewis Neal, Fred A. Shaw, Henry Meyer, Wesley S. Guffey, Dennis J. Boyle, Casper P. Mayer.
A long list of individuals including Elisha Kent Kane John Duff Gill John B Heston Lewis L Eavenson Samuel K Felton Irving Woods Huckins Roland M Eavenson Jonas K Schultz Daniel G Hendricks Howard Leopold Daniel S Von Neida Wm H Richmond W B Bertels William H Malerry John Peter Schneller Justus F Warner James Mansel Franklin P Johnson Jeremiah S Yankey Silas C Swallow John L Edwards Cyrus S Griest A McAlpin Lewis Cass Wick John O Stoner Milton S Marquis Isaac Monderau George F Kline W G Freeman Edwin J Fithian James P Knox Knox C Hill Robert S Glass Thomas P Herschberger
A roster of presidential electors supporting Debs and Hanford is published, naming Edward J. Cook Edward J. Higgins George Fitch Robert M. Green R. Barclay Spicer George Nau John Zellhorn August Mahieu Martin J. Flyzik William C. Price Charles Herweigh George Lodge Charles O. Alter Henry Peter Emil Guwang Joseph M. Achhammier Percy Vize Fred W. Whiteside Martin J. Brennen George Davies Jerome F. Buck Jesse W. Green Andrew Hunter Cornelius F. Foley George W. Guthrie Angus McRae Arthur J. Dennis Frederick G. Rother E Howard Deal Daniel K. Young Julius Weber Thomas Thatcher.
The article reads a roster of individuals titled HISGEN AND GRAVES followed by a long line of names including James P. Gaffney Jessie Willis Galbreath William J. Griffith John L. Harding Samuel M. Heiligman George F. Hildebrand Edmund W. Kirby John W. Lafferty William La Fontaine Owen E. Lally George W. McDonald Edward J. Maher James Frederick Martin Newell H. Motsinger Joseph F. ONeill Stanley J. Oram Wheeler H. Phelps John A. Phillips Robert Miles Robinson Silas Edgar Trout Samuel F. Wheeler William H. White.
The Socialist Labor slate for presidential electors is listed with names including Gilhaus and Munro along with Herman Spittal J G Gardner L M Laepple John Drugmand W H Thomas Thos Wielding Amido Mori August Clever George Pearse Grant Hughes George Snyder Otto Morowsky Chas Rupp L M Barhydt J A McConnell Jas A Gray P H Grunagle Arthur Losey W S Marshall Wm Peak Fred Uhl Wm Cowan Wm Crum P Rowan Wm Staley Peter Auiler Ernest Hildebrandt James Clark Wim Hughes Chas A New George Staley John Handlers Geo Ohls Chas Durner.
Williams D Porter reports results with Webster Gri leading by 0.207.0 over Daniel Sturgeon for party ballots while Thomas H Kennedy and Luther S Kauffman run under Prohibition and Socialist lines respectively with Independence noted.
The report covers Nelson P Wheeler and mentions J M Brown in a political contest between Republican Democratic and Prohibition factions. Details on candidates and party positions are provided within the historical page segment.
Arthur W. Dennison is noted as a Socialist candidate for the General Assembly in a brief political listing. The item identifies Dennison as a representative contender and marks his party affiliation.
Ed R Allen holds the office of Register and Recorder and Clerk of the Orphans Court, continuing duties in the probate administration and guardianship oversight within the county.
Voters are to choose two of the candidates A. C. Mook E. E. Thompson W. H. Houghtling E. H. Weiler O. E. Dunham Solomon Hohnberg with party labels Republican and Democrat indicated. This short notice outlines the contest for county leadership.
A fragment shows candidates including W. J. Farnsworth Frank McClellan Clyde C. Cooper and Democratic J. O. Messerly with additional marks and initials suggesting ballot notation or party designation.
Polling stations listed by district for Warren County election. County residents are reminded of Pennsylvania constitutional voting requirements and the 1908 election timetable. Sheriff B G Gregory signs the notice dated October 20, 1908.
The Times claims next Tuesday elections in 43 States and two territories. The writer notes there are 46 states in the Union with a role in electing a president, and argues territories have no electoral votes.
The article notes Taft has carried his campaigning tour south of the Mason Dixon line and suggests the South’s realignment into the Union is settled by his reach.
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