The 1908 Campaign in America and Abroad
A concise retrospective of the 1908 presidential campaign and global events. Taft and Bryan shaped the race while Gompers urged labor support for Bryan. Roosevelt policies and the Roosevelts’ influence, Taft’s nomination, and Debs and other parties’ roles are outlined along with international developments from Britain to Japan and the Balkans.
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William Howard ‘Taft
Congress
Chicago
Lodge
Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Samuel Gompers
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Organized
Gompers
van Cleave
Cannon
Crane
William J. Taft
Ohio
James §. Sherman
New York
Denver
Democratic Party
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Gore
Bryan
Johnson
Gray
John W. Kern
Indiana
George R. Sheldon
Norman BE. Mack
Buffalo
Haskell
Herman Ridder
New York Staats-Zeitung
Cincinnati
Ime
Lincoln, Neb
Socialists of America
Socialist Convention
Eugene V. Debs
Benjamin Hanford
Eugene W. Chafin
Ilinois
Aarons
Watkins
Columbus
Georgia
W. Williams
Hearst
Standard Oil Company
Foraker
Bailey
MacLaurin
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Stone
Archbold
Trust
Monnett
Standard
Ohioan
du Pont
Powder Trust
Republican Speakers’ Bureau
Colorado
Nevada
Solid
South
Maryland
Missouri
Debs
Chatin
Hisgen
Watson
Gilhaus
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Harmon
Marshall
Minnesota
Tai
New York City
Senate
Aldrich
la Follette
Secret Service
Treasury Department
House
Magdalena Bay
the Horn
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San Francisco
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Japan
China
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War Department
Luke E. Wright
Great Britain
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Asquith
Bannerman
India
Canada
Laurier
Quebec
Prince of Wales
Germany
Reichstag
London Telegraph
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England
von Bulow
William
Turkey
Young Turk
Constantinople
Balkans
Europe
Berlin
Bulgaria
Prince Ferdinand
Austria
Herzegovina
Bosnia
Crete
Greece
Russia
Servia
Montenegro
Balkan
Portugal
Carlos
Luiz
Lisbon
Manuel
Franco
Morocco
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Mulai Hafid
Hafid
Algeciras
France
Spain
Persia
Teheran
Tabriz
Kwang Sen
Pu Yi
Prince Chun
Central America
Central American Court of Justice
Cartago
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Holland
Alix
Sleeper
Castro
Washington
Cuba
Jose Miguel Gomez
Haiti
Juneau
Firmin
Antoine Simon
Port Au Prince
Nord Alexis
Simon
Alexis
Landis
Oil Trust
Alton
Grosseup
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Harriman Railroad Trust
Elkins
North Carolina
Alabama
Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Virginia Railroad Commission
Circuit Court of Appeals
Tobacco Trust
Danbury Hatters
California Supreme Court
Schmitz
Boss Ruef
Haas
Heney
Ruef
Charles W. Morse
Stern
Curtis
Bank of North America
Pittsburg
Henry Retber
Teller
John Young
Farmers’ Deposit National
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Mill Devil Hill
Wrights
le Mans
Orville
Fort Myer
Selfridge
Wright
Farman and
Delagrange
Bell and Baldwin
Hammondsport
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Count Zeppelin
Mayence
Lambeth
London
Methodist General Conference
Baltimore
Episcopal Diocese
American Catholic Society
United States
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Methodist Protestant Conference
Congregational
United Brethren
Presbyterian General Conference
Kansas City
Reformed Church
Great Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
John Hayes
Dorando
Madison Square Garden
Longboat
Chicago Cubs
Detroits
Charles Emory Smith
Edmund Co. Stedman
Edward A. McDonald
August Wilhelms
Louise de Ramee
Ouida
Redfield Proctor
Senntor
Vermont
William Pinckney Whyte
William B. Allison
Iowa
Francois Coppee
Henry C. Potter
Murat Halsted
Joel Chandler Harris
Bronson Howard
Ira D. Sankey
Daniel Coit Gilman
Charles Eliot Norton
Donald G. Mitchell
Grover Cleveland
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Victorlen Sardou
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Wilson
Hoboken
Market Street
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Alleghany National Bank
Kentucky
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Reelfoot Lake
Tennessee
Rankin
Taylor
Trenton
Springfield
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
Harry Orchard
Steunenburg
Caleb Powers
Goebel
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