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Ohio political rift slows Taft Foraker bid in 1908
Washington dispatch outlines Ohio discord over Taft and Foraker as key Republican factions struggle for state delegation unity. It notes Indiana backing Fairbanks, Illinois backing Cannon, and Pennsylvania backing Knox. Tama Jim Wilson urges a Roosevelt biography by a cabinet member, likely himself, as President Roosevelt plans an October Mississippi River trip to inspect inland waterways.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio
Buckeye
Washington
Senator Foraker
Taft
Foraker
Indiana
Fairbanks
Illinois
Speaker Cannon
Pennsylvania
Knox
Orward
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Gulf
Great Lakes
Alleghenies
Rockies
Inland Waterways Commission
Memphis
St. Louis
New Orleans
Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisiana
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
United States
J. F. Ellison
Cincinnati, O
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