Senator Foraker discusses how President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft handle the Brownsville affair, and the belief that is challenged only to “‘embarrass’ the government administration.”
Secretary William H. Taft speaks at the Horse Show in Richmond and makes a “most favorable impression” on The Planet with his focus on black rights and equality.
The Planet answers questions they receive as to whether or not they support the Democratic or Republican Party, and which they believe is less discriminatory.
William J. Bryan sends a letter to President Roosevelt denying his affiliation with trusts, declaring that “we are making a fight for the whole people and not for those who have been enjoying privileges and favors at the hands of the government.”
At his last day of campaigning in New Jersey, William J. Bryan delivers an enthusiastic speech for the Democratic party and “expressed his sorrow” for people who were “compelled to live” under the Republican party’s rule.
Thirty-two white soldiers are charged with assaulting a woman in Denver, and President Roosevelt declares there must be a trial before “dismissing them without honor” like he did in the Brownsville affair.
At the parade of the Grand Army of the Republic in Ohio, Senator Foraker and Judge Taft reconcile false accusations of resentment and feuding over the presidential campaign.
When 220 saloons shut down in Atlantic City, the residents experience “a real blue Sunday,” as it was the fourth time in over forty years that there was a drinkless day.
When James. R. Sherman is given the Republican nomination for vice president, the people of Utica, N.Y. host elaborate ceremonies and parades, exclaiming that “the affair is a grand holiday in honor of Mr. Sherman.”