Taft Nomination and Prohibition Victory Reflected in 1900 News
Taft was nominated on the first ballot at the Chicago convention as the Republican candidate for president. The piece reviews his career from Cincinnati birth on September 15 1857 through law, service as solicitor general, governor of the Philippines, and secretary of war under Roosevelt. It also notes James Schoolcraft Sherman as Tafts running mate prospect and cites North Carolina Governor Glenn announcing May 26 prohibition results with 183 028 votes cast 113 612 against liquor and 69 416 for. celebration ceremonies featured Anti Saloon League leaders and a banner awarded to Buncombe and Yancey counties.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
William Howard Taft
Ohio
United States
William H. Taft
Cincinnatti
Yale
Internal Revenue
Washington
Harrison
Supreme Court of Ohio
Foraker
Spain
Philppine Islands
McKinley
Philppine
Robert Alphonso
Helen Herron
Charley
Vermont
Alphonso Taft
Grant
Austria
Russia
Sherman
Cannon
Nomner
Raleigh
Charlotte
State Anti-Saloon League
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Livingston Johnson
John A. Oates
Anti-Saloon League
Glenn
Josephus Daniels
Buncombe
R. L. Davis
Yancy County
Prohibition
Wall Street
Henry Clews
Manchester Economic Club
Taft movement and plutocracy warned in political plea
The piece argues large railway and banking interests have allied with the Taft movement and that Democratic victory is essential to stop plutocracy. It warns defeat could cement wealth power and enable greater plundering by Republicans and their trusts in future elections.
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Democratic Party
Scarce timber prompts lean party platforms and local ads
A fragmented page notes timber shortages pushing parties toward fewer planks while local merchants advertise East Boone dry goods and school supplies. It also records land entries in Watauga County, a notice of sales and barter, and several small local notices and prices.
Democrats fear loss of Philippines and nation
Richard Pearson Hobson voices alarm that the Philippines may be lost and that other Democrats nationwide share the fear of a worsening national decline.
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Richard Pearson Hobson
Philppines
Indictments Hit Oil Trust as Steel Prices Persist
The article notes new indictments against the Standard Oil trust risking a 6 million dollar fine. It accuses Republicans of boosting Rockefeller’s wealth and cites Harriman as a wealthy ally. It also reports the Steel Trust lowering product prices to spur demand while steel rails stay at current levels, except for foreign buyers.
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Tery
Standard Oil ‘Trust
Rockefeller
Steel Trust
Hoke Smith declines Senate bid to remain Georgia governor
Hoke Smith declines to run for the United States Senate from Georgia, stating his duty is to serve another term as governor. The remark is framed as a light jab at his decision.
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Hoke Smith
United States Senate
Georgia
Hoke
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Watauga Democrat
R. C. Rivers
Tauasa Bay
The
Charlotte Observer
James 8. Sherman
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Utica
New York State
National Republican Congressional Committee
Cannon, Payne and
Daizell
East Boone
State of North Carolina
Watauga’ County
Said
F. G. Harper
Watauga County
Blue Ridge Township
Yadkin River
Richard Martin
Parker
Denver
Alex
Green
Bryan
Blue Ridge
Wilkes County
N. E
Ben Green
Green Park Improvement Co
Edmiston
Said Improvement Co
Locust Ridge
Martin Grant
Isaac Story
Lucy
Joseph Elrod
H. J. Hardin
Peeters
Sam
L. L. Critcher
Welcs
wyEtt
Knoxville
Tenn
Morristown
Young Orchard
Russellville
H.C. Miller
Blowing Rock, N
Robert Wood
Morristown Tenn
Harriman
Republican National Committee
Scott
Tennessee
East Tennessee Real Estate Co
Tonn
Valley of
East Tennessee
East Tenn
Reat Ate Company
Wood & Johnson Proprietors
G. P. Hacaman
Cash
Watauga County Bank
Boone, N. C
J. M. Hodges
M. D
Blackburn Hotel
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