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WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
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VOL. 8, NO. 24
Lincoln, Nebraska, June 26, 1908
Whole Number 388
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KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE
HOW THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CON
VENTION VOTED WHEN REQUIRED TO
" TOE THE MARK''' ON REFORM PROPO
SITIONS SUBMITTED BY REFORMERS:
ELECTION OF SENATORS BY THE PEOPLE
The plank providing for election of United States senators by the people was de
feated by a vote of 866 NAYS to 11 4 YEAS. , ,
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r : PUBLICITY OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS
The plank providing that campaign managers publish from time to time "during
the campaign" the names of all contributors and the amounts contributed or promised,
and the amount and purpose of all disbursements, and to whom paid, was defeated by
a vote of 880 NAYS to 94 YEAS.
PHYSICAL VALUATION OF RAILROADS
The plank providing for LaFollette's plan for the physical valuation of all rail
roads as a basis for the fixing of "railroad rates was defeated by a vote of
917 NAYS td 63 YEAS.
LA FOLLETTE'S PL A TFORM GENERALLY
The entire minority report offered by Representative Cooper of Wisconsin, and
embodying Senator LaFollette's ideas generally, was defeated by a Vote of 950
NAYS to 28 YEAS.
HOW OHIO, TAFT'S HOME DELEGATION, VOTED
On all these propositions election of senators by the people, valuation of railroad
property, publication of campaign funds, and the adoption of LaFollette's ideas Ohio,
Vlr. Taf t's home delegation voted in the negative, and unanimously in each instance,
with the exception of the proposition for the election of senators by the people, in
which case TWO VOTES FROM OHIO were cast in the affirmative.
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