Senator Foraker “beats the President” to announcing new information on the Brownsville affair and proposes an amendment to a bill that will give soldiers a greater chance of reenlistment.
After being named the next President of the United States, William H. Taft delivers a speech to the North Carolina Society of New York at Hotel Astor. The Planet says it is “one of the most remarkable that he has as yet delivered, and all things…
President Roosevelt delivers his last official “message” to Congress in Washington, which focuses on “corporations and other subjects of prime importance.”
Colonel H. L. Scott, superintendent of the United States Military Academy, voices his support for the black soldiers that were discredited in the Brownsville Affair, and has only “words of praise and appreciation for the colored cavalry.”
Representative-elect Captain Ira McJunkin of Butler, Pennsylvania, announces the “thoroughly organized” movement to replace Bois Penrose with State Treasurer John O. Sheatz in the upcoming Senate election.
After losing the presidential election, William J. Bryan speaks in San Antonio on behalf of the Democratic Party and discusses whether or not he will run for office again.
The Planet is “woefully disappointed” with the government and claims that it is becoming an oligarchy of men who fail to terminate disfranchisement in the South.
A court case from 1902 involving John Brickhouse, a black man who was refused the right to vote, is reevaluated and Judge Nathan Goff declares that “the validity of the present constitution of Virginia was attacked.”
The Democratic Party is bitter about their loss in the presidential election, causing The Planet to give reason for William H. Taft’s win and why blacks should be “rejoicing.”
In a landslide Republican election, William H. Taft is elected President and James. S. Sherman Vice President; The Planet reports the voting results for each state.