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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1908
Page
14
Fragmentary account shows Taft supporters in New Hampshire and Massachusetts debating instructions and resolutions. The piece notes tensions with anti Taft factions, possible conventions, and strategic moves as delegates are chosen and statements issued.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions political committees, dates, and openings. It names various figures and discussions about elections, open meetings, and votes, but the text is incomplete and difficult to parse for precise details.
District politics sharpen as several GOP delegates withdraw amid reactor concerns over primaries rules. Hopewell Darneidle backs a rival for national committeeman while two ticket factions form to back Flathers Horner or Burt Patterson as the district central committee is proposed to mirror Democratic boss structure.
The tally shows Taft with 110 votes and a gain of 32 19 from state committees declaring for him. Delegates from numerous states and party conventions split or instructed for Taft amid ongoing contests and forthcoming state conventions scheduled through March and into April.
Special to The Washington from Boston reports former Massachusetts governor and Secretary of the Navy John D Long opposes instructing delegates at the Republican national convention. He backs Taft for now but says Hughes is also a safe choice. Long declined to be a delegate at large, stirring friction with Col Sidney Bigney and other Crane slate supporters who accuse Long of backing away.
Adolph Meyer, a Louisiana congressman from the First District for eighteen years, died at his New Orleans home after a six month illness from a complication of diseases. Heart failure was the immediate cause. Meyer served since the Fifty-second Congress and planned to resume duties this week. He had shown improvement recently but condition worsened, with efforts in the final hours focusing on immigration station and Chalmette monument measures. He had military service in the Confederate Army, was a brigadier general in the Louisiana National Guard, and was connected with plantation culture. The delegation announced condolences and prepared for funeral arrangements in New Orleans.
Charles D Alvandres a Yonkers lawyer was shot in the back of the head by Rebecca Cummings his mother in law at Mrs Cummings home in Paterson New Jersey. Alvandros grappled and took the revolver but it fired. he fled through a window with sash and all. He is at General Hospital. James Cummings the father in law was arrested as a witness.
The Rev G A Smith pastor of Peck Memorial Chapel died after acute indigestion while dining with the widow of a former associate and intimate friend Dr Tennie Hanlin. He was about 46, survived by his wife Agnes Kirkpatrick and three children. A Philadelphia native educated at Princeton and Lion Theological Seminary, Smith expanded Peck Chapel into a prominent Covenant Church mission in Washington with a modern edifice, institutional facilities, and extensive social programs. He served as moderator, stated clerk, and presiding officer of regional bodies, and his death ends a long era of energetic religious leadership and community work.
The Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports varied conditions across the nation with above normal temperatures in the western states and mild Atlantic region. Dry spells and a drop in precipitation are noted along the New England coast and mid Atlantic while wetter trends prevail in parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes. Local figures show fluctuating temperatures from early morning to late evening with intermittent sunshine and partial cloud cover.
A Washington Alexandra and Mount Vernon Railroad train bound for Alexandra derailed after leaving the track at Twelfth and C streets northwest. A car jumped the track, snapping a lamp post and injuring several passengers, with one man bruised and several women and children trapped. Police and residents crowded the scene as the rear coach left rails and the train paused near Albany Pharmacy.
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