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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
6
A historical compilation cites Herman Ridder and Henry Watterson among others criticizing William Jennings Bryan. The sources depict Bryan as erratic, opportunistic, and focused on gate receipts, with quotes from Roger C. Sullivan Col Mose Wetmore and William R. Hearst denouncing his shifting principles.
Secretary Elihu Root urges voters to judge the Republican record by honesty, capability, efficiency, and patriotic public service. He asks if administrations have raised public duty standards and if it is wise to keep the party in power based on these tests.
John Mitchell former United Mine Workers president said in Indianapolis he sent no posters showing his image advising union members how to vote. He denied a Buffalo dispatch alleging his endorsement of a presidential candidate and urged citizens to study candidates and vote according to conscience.
A compilation of quotes from Mr. Bryan and references to his 1906 New York speech arguing railroads may become public property and be managed by public officials. It contrasts regulation with the Taft stance and notes labor uses of injunctions to protect union labels, asserting courts enjoin unlawful interference by both capital and labor.
Judge Taft critiques Mr. Bryan as an orator chasing shortcuts to virtue and undeserved gains. He argues no law or justice yields something for nothing except parental love, noting parenthood requires paying forward that love to one’s children. The address emphasizes duty, sacrifice, and intergenerational obligation.
General Gallifet during the Second Empire spies a carp in the emperor's pond from his St Cloud quarters. Entranced by the prize he lands the fish through the window, causing chaos as the globe and vase topple. The carp hides in the bed, and the emperor discovers the scene with a patient, amused smile.
Tommy Bardell explains he is quarterback of the William Henry Harrison grammar school's Tornadoes. The team loses 26 to 0 to Oliver Wendell Holmes, prompting talk of renaming the squad to something less boastful.
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