Political Forecast and State Ties in 1904 Election
The piece analyzes campaigns in New York Indiana and Illinois with Democratic optimism for New York and Indiana, noting past voting patterns since 1860, Dem leadership strategy, and that Hoosier and Empire State Democrats are prepared for a vigorous campaign. It contrasts Chicago’s Democratic control with broader state dynamics and party intraparty tensions.
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Indiana
New York
Samuel T .Lilden
Tames
Garfield
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Honosiel
Roosevelt
Republican Standard Bearers and Western Votes
The article surveys New Jersey and Connecticut as Democratic targets, noting New Jersey's historical shift from Democratic to Republican alignment and the influence of New York. It discusses Western states turning Republican due to mining, irrigation, and development, and mentions Hitchcock's campaign kickoff in Colorado. It warns third party movements, led by Hearst, may reshape the outcome, with Populists and Garibaldians fading but labor and reform factions rising.
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New Jersey
Giant
Cleveland
New Jerse
Sirecke
Denver
New York
Connecticut
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Colorado
West
Idaho
Kansas
Garittst Smd Labor
James Schoolcraft Sherman and Independence League Influence
James Schoolcraft Sherman, nearly 53, native of Utica, former Utica mayor and longtime Republican figure, helped found the Independence League and uses his papers to push its growth. Observers predict impact in New York Illinois and possibly California with a Chicago convention set for July 27 and Hearst as a likely presidential nominee. Eugene W Chafin of Illinois was nominated by the Prohibition party at Columbus Ohio.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Chicago
Congress
New York City
Independence League
United States
New York
Jin Illinois
California
League
Mr Hearst
Anti-Saloon League
South
Prohibition Party
Columbus
Ohio
Eugene W Chafin
Fllinois
Platform of Republicans in the next presidential era
The platform calls for a special congressional session after inauguration to set schedules for a protective tariff system, sugar quotas, and Philippines trade limits, plus an authorized currency with emergency measures. It supports postal savings, Sherman Act supervision of interstate corporations, and public disclosure of corporate accounts. It pledges court integrity, swift injunctions with notice, and employer compensation. It envisions public domain distribution, forest protection, river and lake plans, and mercantile act support for national defense. It favors Arizona and New Mexico statehood and Porto Rican naturalization.
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Lic
Congress
Philippines
Allanetary Commission of
System Moe Clistu
Agricultursts
Political Experts Agree A Good Contest Is at Hand
The article notes a lively convention with Aaron Watkins of Ohio for Vice President and hints at a contest with uncertainty. It discusses campaign plans, party headquarters in New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati, and possible key figures for Bryan’s campaign while stressing public funding publicity and the risk of Prohibition vote split.
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Aaron Watkins
Ohio
Prohibition Party
National Prohibition
Mtainy
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Taffit
Taft
Bryan
D J Campau
Michigan
Ollia James
Kentucky
John Lamy
Indiana
Lincoln
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Republican National Congressional Committee
Steiffaire
Empire State
William Howard Taft
Lale
Cincmnnati Law
Manicd Helen Louise Herron
Daugh
Samuel J Tilden
Grover Cleveland
West Virginia
Grant
The
Independent League
Willliam Randolph Kearst
Boston
Los Angeles
James S Sherray
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Utica, N
Hamilton College
Utica
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Willem H ‘Tarr
Davidson
Provo
Platform OF Republicans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Patty
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Vree
Hatlors
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Merchant Marine
Marne
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Scardal
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