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During his speech at the Republican National Convention, Senator Lodge makes a humorous remark about President Roosevelt that causes a “remarkable demonstration of applause” and enthusiastic response from the crowd.

An appeal in Petersburg, Virginia, deems that President Roosevelt’s tactics in the Taft campaign are “harsh and brutal,” and that Taft will have a “remarkable handicap” in his candidacy for the Presidency.

Results from the race for seats in the Republican National Convention prove that “under present political methods the country is suffering an era of political corruption, jobbery, thuggery, and thievery.”

An appeal to southern delegates calls for less representation, a stronger Republican Party, and the creation of a political trust, but it also “kills the Democratic Party” and lessens black voters.

The Republican National Committee nominates most of their new delegates, who appear to come from all sectors of the country.

As the presidential race continues and the fate of Secretary Taft becomes unclear, The Planet describes the current political situation as “anomalous and surprising.”

During his Memorial Day speech at Grant’s Tomb, Secretary Taft inappropriately mentions “his tendency to indulge in the liquor habit.”

President Roosevelt’s opposing views from that of Congress diminish Brownsville soldiers’ faith, and his actions against their reenlistment make it apparent that he “has thrown courtesy to the winds.”

Following the Republican Convention in Lynchburg, in which “colored men were not only denied voice and vote, but membership therein,” a mass meeting is held in Chicago to protest and make amends.

Government officials “conspired to obtain possession of love letters” written by Senator Thomas Platt to a married woman, who was in the process of getting a divorce.