Lilley inquiry hears Hobson testimony on influence offer
Law maker Hobson testified under oath that Lawrence Speer of New York offered influence with Speaker Gannon to secure him a Naval Affairs Committee seat. Lilley previously detailed improper submarine boat lobbying by the Electric Boat Company and named attorneys and manufacturers involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Speer
New York
Capitol
Gregg
Electric Boat Company
Hig
Hobson
Altabama
Lilley
the Heat Company
Gannon
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Representative Boutell
Ains
Litley
Boat Company
Holland
Mr. Hobson
Naval Affairs Committee
Med
Congress
Mr. Littey
Martin W. Littleton
Harry ‘Thaw'e
Ola
Isley
Cotmreuy
Williams
Speer
Willams
Mr. Olered
Moheo
Lacy
Mr. Olmsted
Speerts Ata
Boutell
Butler
McNeir
Basia
Hia
Rules Committee
Olmsted
Estley
Connecticut
Franklin H. Taylor
Waterbury
A.M. Ferris
Bridgeport Brass Company
John T. Kellogg
Olmated
Lake Boat Company
The
Lake Company
Secretary of the Navy
Iilley
W. D. Gordon
Loud
dAdeggy
Doud
Tam
Lisley
Capitol Gossip on a Fifty Thousand Dollar Flying Machine Bid
Senator Bankhead introduced a Senate bill seeking fifty thousand dollars for an experimental dirigible model. He praised inventor Jones and promised a demonstration before the Military Affairs Committee. The Handley case delay and Judge Hundley confirmation stir Alabama politics as postal savings banks prompt debate. Col Gresham recalls a Texas railroad right of way tale involving old Simpkins.
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Bankhead
Alabama
Senate
Jones
Committee On Military Affairs
Washington
Kittredge
Senate Juriciary
Hundley
United States
House
Johnson
Walter Gresham
Texas
House of Representatives
Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe
Hosea Simpkins
Bell County
Gresham
Simpkins
Col. Gresham
Old Simpkins
Roosevelt Pledges Big Conference to Conserve Resources
President Roosevelt invites Grover Cleveland William Jennings Bryan Andrew Carnegie James J. Hill and John Mitchell to attend a forthcoming conference on natural resource conservation. The meeting aims to craft a national plan merging inland waterways forest and mineral protection with practical measures leading to broader use and preservation.
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Carnegie
Bryan
Ann
Mitchell
Mr. Roosevelt
John Callan O*laughlin
Roosevelt
United States
Washington
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Congress
Inland Waterway
Grover Cleveland
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Andrew Carnegie
Philanthropiat
James J. Hill
Northwestern
John Mitchell
Cleveland
Hut
Eiac
Republic
Inland Waterways Commission
Coravminsion
Senate
House
Inland Waterways Couwission
National Forest Reserve
Timber Trust
Coal and Oil Truste
Col Gresham Wins Land After Calf Skinnin Skirmish
Col Gresham admits he had no butcher apprenticeship yet seeks land. He entices Simpkins to kill a calf, offering half the year for his construction force. Calf slain, land still elusive until the colonel reveals his motive and Simpkins relents, granting the land.
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Col. Gresham
Old Simpkins
Senate Claims Bill Exposed Cash For Dead Causing Revisions
A Senate committee report disclosed an omnibus claims bill with inflated figures, then the next day the ports were destroyed. The bill carried 3.3 million, later multiplied tenfold, and included payments for deceased sineas. The bill will be amended to pay administrators or heirs, reflecting concerns over rushed money bills.
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Senate Committee On
House
Senate
Sineas
Blames Bureau Chiefs Over Naval Defenses
Commander Key, a principal witness before the Senate Naval Committee, issues a supplementary statement denying criticism of the general board yet faulting the bureau chiefs and the board of construction for failing to carry out Walker Board armor belt distribution recommendations. He urges an over-arching technical supervisor above the bureaus and the construction ward to coordinate projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key
Senate ‘Naval Committee
General Board
Board of Construction
Walker Woard
Kellogg Considers Testimony On Lilley Submarine Ties
Waterbury Conn March 12 Attorney Kellogg said he may be called as a witness in Washington regarding Congressman Lilleys statements about his connections with Electric Boat. Kellogg indicated willingness to repeat conversations and outlined his role in naval committee amendments connected to open legislation and competitive submarine tests.
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Waterfury
Conn
Mar
Onn P. Kellogg
Associated Press
Congressman Lilley
Electric Boat Company
Heald
Washington
Ald
Lilley
Naval Committee
Kellogg
EO Ae
Overstreet Proposes Panic Cure via Money Order Fees
Representative Jesse Overstreet of Indiana introduces a bill to let the President suspend money order fees for orders of ten dollars to three thousand six hundred. The measure also allows postmasters to temporarily deposit government funds in national banks where no subtreasury exists, with no interest to be paid to banks or postmasters. The aim is to curb hoarding and steady currency during panics by guiding savers toward government-held orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee
Jesse Overstreet
Indiana
United States
Overstreet
ITS NUMEROUS ATTRACTIONS THE ST REGIS PALACE OF DELIGHTS
The St Regis is described as the most elegant and convenient New York hotel with fireproof construction, electrical transit, automatic heat, vacuum cleaning, and filtered air. It highlights artistic decorations, statuary, and fine dining, noting affordable prices for large outside rooms and baths.
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St.Regis
New York
St. Regia
Hariot
DEEMS GRAYS CHANCES GOOD
Josiah Marvel reports encouraging talks with Democratic leaders in Congress boosting Federal Judge George Gray’s presidential bid. Marvel cites 50uninstructed delegates at the Denver convention as potential Gray support, mainly from the South and mining regions, with Bryan seen as possible on the first ballot. Democratic leaders in Dover plan a state convention date and six delegates to the national convention.
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Josiah Marvel
Woshington
Whirdington
George Gray
Washington
Houston
Marvel
Congress
Denver
Gray
Bryan
Dover
Real fight in Denver over Bryan nomination barriers
New York and Pennsylvania bankers and business leaders planned to press for a conservative platform at the Denver national convention to prevent William J Bryan's renomination. The strategy hinges on two thirds rule, with Southern states needed to balance Bryan. Delegates from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, Delaware and others could shift outcome.
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Denver
Virginia
Texas
New York
Mar
Democratia National Convention
Colo
Wiliam J. Bryan
W. J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Judson. Harmon
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Delaware
George Gray
Maryland
Dela
Bryan
South
Menars
Conners
Turn Your Face Into Dollars Product Ad Copy
An extended advertisement urges readers to radiate sunshine for success, promoting Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for stomach issues and a path to happiness and financial gain. It touts the tablet's digestive power, promises improved appetite and mood, and asks readers to mail for a free sample from F. S. Stuart Co.
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Wrld
Ganius
Stuart
Joe Oe
Stuart Co
Maraball
Sherman "Mending Fences" in Political Slang Origins
A compact, period tone explainer traces how political phrases such as mending fences and pipelaying arose in 19th century American politics. It links Sherman’s farmyard joke to the metaphor of staying on the fence, notes the Croton era pipe-laying scandal, and explains other witty phrases like acknowledge the corn and gerrymander with concise, era-appropriate context.
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Los Angeles
Benjamin Frantlin
Charles Miner
Pennsylvania
Anax
Valla
Alaye
Sherman
John Sherman
Senate
Ohio
Providence
New York
Philadelphia
Croton
Political Nicknames and Boundaries in a Gerrymander Age
A historical note traces political tactics and terms from gerrymander maps to eerie warlike imagery. It explains slogans like wag the blondy shirt and the origin of phrases such as slate log-rolling mossbacks and jayhawks, linking them to Democratic power, regional feud histories, and Civil War era passions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Kansas
Herrick Declines Candidacy for U S Senate Seat
Columbus March 12 Gov Byron Herrick of Cleveland says he will not run to succeed United States Senator Foraker. He told a joint Ohio legislature session his stance after William Jennings Bryan spoke urging deposit guarantees. Herrick criticizes deposit guarantees, cites bank safety fund failures in New York.
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Columbus
Oho
Byron T. Herrick
Cleveland
United
Foraker
Herrick
Ohio
William J. Bryan
Bryan
New York State
Invy
Bryan Resolution Fails at Democratic State Committee
The Democratic State committee in Boston on March 12 again refused to pass resolutions endorsing Bryan for the Presidency. They favored Bryan but rejected a Williams backed resolution, ruling Williams had no right to dictate. The proposal was laid on the table by a vote of 7 to 4, and the state convention was set for May 7.
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Washington
Boston
Mass
Democratic State Committee
Bryan
George Fred Willams
George Fred Williams
Wilson County Republicans split by race at separate conventions
Negro and white Republicans in Wilson County held parallel conventions after white delegates refused Negro representation. Postmaster Vick led 25 Black delegates out when denied, forming a second convention and endorsing Booker. The white convention endorsed Taft with 17 delegates present.
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Specter
Washington Post
Raleigh
N.C
Wilson Courty
Vick
O. L. Smith
Liberia
Oraker
Taft
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Trass
Ces
Liney
Loera
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Broussard
Rege
Coward
Cowart
Dallas
Grege
Mr. Gregg
Greze
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Hood
Way
Eepennee
Capitol Gossip
Senate Claims Committee
Key Saya
Mr. Overstreet
ST. Fegis
Murphy and Conners
Aaa
Jeanette Wallace
Sun Street
New York City, U
Franklin
Ark
Andrew Stewart
Lerige
Kentucky
Wickliffe
Stewart
Eagetern
Speaker
Eames
Orn
Elbruet Gerry
Massachusetts
Denice
Danderine
Everdy
Knowlton Danderine CO
Chicago
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Gilbert Stuart
Noah
Nash
Corsica
Bay State Democratic Committee
North Carolina
Fulton
Bright
Realc
Fred
John J. ‘Fulton CO
Oakland
Cal
Henry Evans
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