The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-06
was filed by Herman Ridder, editor o
the New York Staats-Zeitung

was filed by Herman Ridder, editor o
the New York Staats-Zeitung.
July %, at Cincinnati, Taft delivered
his speech of acceptance. He frankly
accepted the role of ''me too by de I
Tending the Roosevelt policies in theill
entirety and explaining that his work
if elected, would be to carry on thoss
reforms in detail
Aug. II, at Lincoln. Neb., Bryan was
the keynote of his campaign in the
question, shall the people ruler" Ir
subsequent speeches he gave great
prominence to the bank guaranty plan
to the popular election of senator's and
to campaign publicity before election
He made a special bid for the labor
vote on the injunction plank. He
would destroy all trusts controlling
over so per cent of an industry.
Regarding the depression as the be.
ginning of the breakdown of the cap
italist system and claiming the army
of idle workers as their asset, the So
cialists of America went into the cam
before On May 10 the Socialist con-
vention met at Chicago. For the first
time the Socialists of America af-
firmed their position on specific ques-
tons of policy. The convention NOM
mated on the first ballot unanimously
Eugene V. Debs for president and Ben
jamin Hanford for vice president, the
same ticket put up by the Socialists in
1904
The Prohibitionists, conscious of the
great strides their cause had made on
the local option issue in many states,
nominated Eugene w. Chain of Hi
nois and Aaron S. Watkins Of Ohio
July 10 at Columbus, O., on plat
form containing many radical propos-
ais besides that against the sale or
manufacture Of intoXicants.
On July % at Chicago the first ma
tional convention Of the Independence
party, outgrowth Of the league organ
lied by Editor Hearst, named Thomas
L. Hisgen of Massachusetts and John
Temple Graves Of Georgia on plat
form containing most of the radical
ideas Of the Democrats and some more
radical. Opposition to Bryan was its
keynote
The Peoples party April 8 at ST.
Louis again named Thomas e. Watson
of Georgia as it's standard bearer along
with S. w. Williams of Indiana, al
though it did not put ticket up in
all Of the states.
On Sept. Is, at Columbus, O., Hears
stirred up the hitherto calm current o.
the campaign by reading into hi!
speech the first batch of series o.
letters which had been stolen from thu
files of the Standard Oil company an(
which threw a sinister light on the &C
tivities of various public men. notabl.
Foraker, Bailey, MacLaurin, Sibley
certain Pennsylvania judges and ex
Governor Stone, who was urged to ap
point them. Most of the letters wer
written by Vice President Archbold O
the trust and contained divers certif
Gates of deposit for large sums o
money. At the same time Hearst re
peated the story of the alleged attemp
to bride former Attorney General Mon
nett of Ohio wherein Haskell. the Dem
ocratic treasurer, was made to figure
AS governor of Oklahoma Haskell ais
was accused of protecting a lega
branch of the Standard. Foraker a
once withdrew from the campaign, an,
the president issued a hot Statemen
condemning the Ohioan and gave on
an old letter showing how Taft had re
fused to deal with Foraker; then con
.. pared this course to that OF Bryan an,
Haskell. Bryan replied, demanding
hearing for Haskell, and then ensued
bitter verbal duel on personal an
party issues. Haskell resigned, bu
protesting innocence. as did also D
Point, the powder trust head, from tn
Craftsmanship Of the Republican SPEAK
; ers' bureau. Both the president an
Taft took the ground that publishin
names Of contributors before electio
would be to invite unfair and partisa
criticism Of candidates.
Gompers appealed to all unions /
the A. F. Of L. to give moral and finar
cial support to Bryan. Speaker Canno
was the special target Of the Gomper
: battery, and "Cannonism" became
national issue. many candidates fo
!. congress being pledged against Canno
as the next speaker.
On Nov. the voters of the natto
had their say. The extent Of the RI
publican victory can be best remen
: bered by the statement that Taft cal
r1ed every state that Roosevelt did 1
1904 except Nebraska. Colorado an
Nevada. Furthermore, Taft invade
the solid south with small pluralitie
in Maryland and Missouri and lare
gains in other southern states. TIL
popular vote stood: Taft 1887 SIC
Bryan, 6SoS, 1872; Debs, Al. 651; Chafiz
al, 252; Hisgen, 50, 1873; Watson, 1851
Gfhaus Socialist Labor, 1921; tota
1850, 239. The total vote in 1904 wa
1850. 7O6. Several states In the Tai
column elected Democratic governor
Harmon In Ohio, Marshall In II
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