65-523: The Arizona Republic is an American daily newspaper published in Phoenix . Circulated throughout Arizona , it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. The newspaper was founded May 19, 1890, under the name The Arizona Republican . Dwight B. Heard , a Phoenix land and cattle baron, ran the newspaper from 1912 until his death in 1929. The paper
130-402: A landslide victory in the electoral college with just 41.8% of the popular vote, the lowest vote share for a victorious presidential candidate since 1860 . Wilson was the first Democrat to win a presidential election since 1892 as well as the first presidential candidate to receive over 400 electoral votes in a presidential election. Roosevelt finished second with 88 electoral votes and 27% of
195-455: A January letter to newspaper editor William Allen White , he wrote, "I do not think there is one chance in a thousand that it will ever be wise to have me nominated." However, speculation continued, further harming Roosevelt and Taft's relationship. After months of continually increasing support, Roosevelt changed his position, writing to journalist Henry Beach Needham in January 1912 that if
260-543: A fourth attempt to earn the party's nomination, and would likely not have difficulty in earning it. However, Bryan announced several months before the convention that he was not interested in another run for the White House. Though still seen by many as the Democrats' ideological leader, power shifts within the party in the wake of their success at the 1910 mid-term elections meant that Bryan could no longer be guaranteed
325-541: A lower tariff bill, but protectionism had been a major policy of the Republican Party since its founding. Taft also fought against Roosevelt's antitrust policy. Roosevelt distinguished "good trusts" from "bad trusts", for which he had been lambasted. Taft argued that all monopolies must be broken up. Taft also fired popular conservationist Gifford Pinchot as head of the Bureau of Forestry in 1910. By 1910,
390-617: A million votes. The number of Socialists in the state legislatures increased from twenty to twenty-one. Roosevelt conducted a vigorous national campaign for the Progressive Party, denouncing the way the Republican nomination had been "stolen". He bundled together his reforms under the rubric of "The New Nationalism " and stumped the country for a strong federal role in regulating the economy and chastising bad corporations. Roosevelt rallied progressives with speeches denouncing
455-418: A rift developed between Roosevelt and Taft, and they became the leaders of the Republican Party's two wings: progressives led by Roosevelt and conservatives led by Taft. Progressives favored labor restrictions protecting women and children, promoted ecological conservation , and were more sympathetic toward labor unions . They also favored the popular election of federal and state judges over appointment by
520-431: A saloonkeeper from New York, shot Roosevelt in the chest. The bullet penetrated his steel eyeglass case and a 50-page single-folded copy of his speech Progressive Cause Greater Than Any Individual and became lodged in his chest. Schrank was immediately disarmed and captured. Schrank had been stalking Roosevelt. He was suffering from delusion and said the ghost of President McKinley ordered him to kill Roosevelt to prevent
585-486: A third term. Roosevelt shouted for Schrank to remain unharmed and assured the crowd he was all right, then ordered police to take charge of Schrank and ensure no violence was done to him. Roosevelt, an experienced hunter and anatomist, correctly concluded that since he was not coughing blood, the bullet had not reached his lung. He declined suggestions to go to the hospital and instead delivered his scheduled speech with blood seeping into his shirt. His opening comments to
650-631: A true trust-buster. The delegates to the convention sang the hymn " Onward, Christian Soldiers " as their anthem. In his acceptance speech, Roosevelt compared the coming presidential campaign to the Battle of Armageddon and stated that the Progressives were going to "battle for the Lord." Socialist candidates: Members of the Socialist Party of America had won in multiple elections between
715-421: Is growing fast. The name of this little giant is socialism. Debs claimed that there was no hope under the present decaying capitalist system, and that the worker who votes the Republican or Democratic ticket does worse than throw away his vote, as he is a deserter of his class and becomes his own worst enemy. Debs insisted that Democrats, Progressives, and Republicans alike were financed by different factions within
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#1732776848894780-574: The 1910 midterm elections , the Republicans lost 57 seats in the House of Representatives as the Democrats gained a majority for the first time since 1894 . These results were a large defeat for the conservative wing of the party. James E. Campbell writes that one cause may have been a large number of progressive voters choosing third-party candidates over conservative Republicans. Roosevelt continued to reject calls to run for president into 1911. In
845-598: The 1968 presidential election , the paper declined to endorse either Richard Nixon or Hubert Humphrey , asserting that "all candidates are good candidates." In the paper's 2016 editorial decision to take the further step of actually endorsing a Democratic candidate for the first time, the paper argued that despite Clinton's flaws, it could not support Republican nominee Donald Trump , denouncing him as "not conservative" and "not qualified." The board also argued that Trump had "deep character flaws.... (and) ... stunning lack of human decency, empathy and respect," suggesting that it
910-408: The 2000 and 2004 presidential elections . On October 25, 2008, the paper endorsed Senator John McCain for president. In local elections, it endorsed in recent years Democratic candidates such as former Arizona governor, former Secretary of Homeland Security, and former University of California president Janet Napolitano ; and former Arizona Congressman Harry Mitchell . On September 27, 2016,
975-615: The Chicago Orchestra Hall and nominated him as an independent candidate for president which Roosevelt accepted although he requested a formal convention. Roosevelt initially considered not running as a third-party candidate until George Walbridge Perkins and Frank Munsey offered their financial support. Roosevelt and his supporters formed the Progressive Party at a convention, temporarily chaired by Senator Albert J. Beveridge , on August 5, and Hiram Johnson
1040-493: The Democratic Party , came out in favor of an amendment to allow the recall of judges and, possibly, judicial decisions. This outraged Taft (a former judge and future Supreme Court Chief Justice) and other constitutional conservatives, like Elihu Root and Alton B. Parker . Taft considered Roosevelt a danger to constitutional government and resolved to resist his eventual challenge for the Republican nomination. In
1105-609: The Supreme Court. As early as 1910, Roosevelt had begun criticizing certain court decisions, such as Lochner v. New York (1905), and those jurists whom he dubbed "fossilized judges." He believed that the Supreme Court was interpreting the due process clause of the 14th Amendment and the doctrine of "freedom of contract" to forestall necessary reform legislation, such as the limiting of work hours. He, as well as more populist progressives like William Jennings Bryan in
1170-566: The United States on November 5, 1912. Democratic governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican president William Howard Taft while defeating former president Theodore Roosevelt (who ran under the banner of the new Progressive/"Bull Moose" Party ) and Socialist Party nominee Eugene V. Debs . Roosevelt served as president from 1901 to 1909 as a Republican, and Taft succeeded him with his support. Taft's conservatism angered Roosevelt, so he challenged Taft for
1235-412: The "formal" Republican party nominee for that election cycle. This was shortly after Theodore Roosevelt had lost the Republican convention nomination to William Howard Taft in the controversial, and allegedly rigged, party convention of that year. After Roosevelt's convention loss, and also after the hasty formation of the "made to order" Bull Moose Party , the paper continued to endorse Roosevelt via
1300-502: The 1908 and 1912 presidential elections with Emil Seidel being elected as the mayor of Milwaukee , Wisconsin, and Victor L. Berger was elected to the United States House of Representatives. The party claimed that it had 435 members elected to office by 1911, and over one thousand by 1912. Dan Hogan put Debs name up for the presidential nomination. Debs won the presidential nomination, although he had supported giving
1365-696: The 1908 election, also managed the campaign in 1912. The Socialists predicted that they would receive over two million votes and have twelve members elected to Congress, but Debs only received 897,011 votes and Berger lost reelection. Debs received his largest number of votes from Ohio while his best percentage was in Nevada . The largest percentage gain since the 1908 presidential election was in West Virginia where their vote total increased by over 300%. George Brinton McClellan Harvey stated that had Roosevelt not run then Debs would have gained an additional half
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#17327768488941430-525: The Democratic ticket has consisted of sitting governors. Republican president Theodore Roosevelt had declined to run for re-election in 1908 in fulfillment of a pledge to the American people not to seek a third term. Roosevelt had tapped Secretary of War William Howard Taft to become his successor, and Taft defeated William Jennings Bryan in the 1908 general election. During Taft's administration,
1495-525: The Republic/Gazette family of papers upon the elder Pulliam's death. The Phoenix Gazette was closed in 1997 and its staff merged with that of the Republic . The Arizona Business Gazette is still published to this day. In 1998, a weekly section geared towards college students, " The Rep ", went into circulation. Specialized content is also available in the local sections produced for many of
1560-629: The Spanish-language publication La Voz was founded. On September 25, 2015, Mi-Ai Parrish was named publisher and president of both the paper and its azcentral.com website, effective October 12. In 2013, The Arizona Republic dropped from the sixteenth largest daily newspaper in the United States to the twenty-first largest, by circulation. In 2020 it had a circulation of about 116,000 for its daily edition, and 337,000 for its Sunday edition. In 1976, an investigative reporter for
1625-488: The break-up of large corporations in order to create a level economic playing field. Though Wilson's rhetoric paid homage to the traditional Democratic Party skepticisms of government and "collectivism", after his election win Wilson would embrace some of the progressive reforms which Roosevelt had campaigned on. Taft campaigned quietly and spoke of the need for judges to be more powerful than elected officials. The departure of
1690-670: The bulk of the Southern Republican organizations. Delegates from the former Confederate states supported Taft by a 5 to 1 margin. These states had voted solidly Democratic in every presidential election since 1880 , and Roosevelt objected that they were given one-quarter of the delegates when they would contribute nothing to a Republican victory. For the Republican National Convention, held June 18-22 in Chicago , 388 delegates were selected through
1755-415: The bullet with him for the rest of his life. Taft was not campaigning and focused on his presidential duties. Wilson briefly suspended his campaigning. By October 17, Wilson was back on the campaign trail but avoided any criticism of Roosevelt or his party. Roosevelt spent two weeks recuperating before returning to the campaign trail with a major speech on October 30, designed to reassure his supporters he
1820-526: The capitalist trusts, and that only the Socialists represented labor. Debs condemned "Injunction Bill Taft" and condemned Roosevelt for stealing his socialist clothes with the intent to make socialist policies "safer" for the establishment. At a campaign speech in Philadelphia on September 28, 1912, Debs said of Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt now alludes to me as "Brother Debs". I do not acknowledge
1885-565: The convention call, but his motion was ruled out of order. Elihu Root , a supporter of Taft, was selected to chair the convention after winning 558 votes against McGovern 's 501 votes. Root was accused of having won through the rotten boroughs of the southern delegations as every northern state, except for four, voted for McGovern. In his closing speech, Root reiterated the party's support of "constitutional checks and limitations" by quoting figures like Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall, and Abraham Lincoln, effectively rebuking Roosevelt's support of
1950-483: The delegate cases while 6 were in favor of Roosevelt. The committee reinvestigated the 92 of the contested delegates and ruled in favor of Taft for all of them. Roosevelt supporters criticized the large amount of delegates coming from areas the Republicans would not win, with over 200 delegates coming from areas that had not been won by a Republican since the Compromise of 1877 , or the four delegates that came from
2015-538: The different cities and suburbs that make up the Phoenix metropolitan area. Central Newspapers was purchased by Gannett in 2000, bringing it into common ownership with USA Today and the local Phoenix NBC television affiliate, KPNX . The Republic and KPNX combine their forces to produce their common local news subscription website, www.azcentral.com; The Republic and KPNX separated in 2015 when Gannett split into separate print and broadcast companies. Also in 2000,
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2080-429: The election. Wilson captured the presidency handily by carrying a record 40 states. As of 2024, this is the only presidential election since 1860 in which 4 candidates received more than 5% of the popular vote and a third-party candidate outperformed a major party candidate in the general election. This election saw the lowest turnout among eligible voters since the 1836 presidential election , falling 20 points short of
2145-553: The first four primaries (North Dakota and his home state of Wisconsin), but Taft won a major victory in Roosevelt's home state of New York and continued to rack up delegates in more conservative, traditional state conventions. Beginning with a runaway victory in Illinois on April 9, Roosevelt won nine of the last ten presidential primaries (including Taft's home state of Ohio), losing only Massachusetts. Taft also had support from
2210-511: The gathered crowd were, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a bull moose." He spoke for 90 minutes before completing his speech and accepting medical attention. Afterward, probes and an x-ray showed that the bullet had lodged in Roosevelt's chest muscle, but did not penetrate the pleura . Doctors concluded that it would be less dangerous to leave it in place than to attempt to remove it, and Roosevelt carried
2275-583: The judicial recall and identifying the GOP with constitutional conservatism. Roosevelt broke with tradition and attended the convention, where he was welcomed with great support from voters. Despite Roosevelt's presence in Chicago and his attempts to disqualify Taft supporters, the incumbent ticket of Taft and James S. Sherman was renominated on the first ballot. Sherman was the first sitting vice president re-nominated since John C. Calhoun in 1828 . After losing
2340-478: The new relation. I still wish to be the undesirable citizen in his eyes. If he knew me then, I know him now. I know what he stands for and what his methods are. I know he is the enemy of the workers. I know he is now trying to deceive that class to further his own selfish ambition — to get back into the White House and if possible remain there for life. At a campaign stop in Milwaukee on October 14, John Schrank ,
2405-446: The newly formed party. As a result of Roosevelt's insistence on an independent presidential bid that year, the Republican Party of 1912 was in disarray, yielding that year's presidential election to the Democrats, with the GOP only able to carry a total of eight electoral votes that year. Two of the main planks of Roosevelt's progressive Bull Moose platform had been campaign finance reform and improved governmental accountability . In
2470-540: The newspaper, Don Bolles , was the victim of a car bombing. He had been lured to a meeting in Phoenix in the course of work on a story about corruption in local politics and business and the bomb detonated as he started his car to leave. He died eleven days later. Retaliation against his pursuit of organized crime in Arizona is thought to be a motive in the murder. Historically, The Republic has tilted conservative editorially. It endorsed President George W. Bush in both
2535-417: The nomination "comes to me as a genuine public movement of course I will accept." For the first time, many convention delegates were elected in presidential preference primaries . Progressive Republicans advocated primary elections as a way of breaking the control of political parties by bosses . Altogether, twelve states held Republican primaries. Senator Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette won two of
2600-489: The nomination to the Appeal to Reason 's editor Fred Warren, with 165 votes while Seidel received 56 votes and Charles Edward Russell received 54 votes. Seidel was given the vice-presidential nomination against Russell and Hogan. After the presidential ballot Seidel and Russell proposed a motion to make Debs' nomination unanimous and it was accepted. Hogan and Slayton proposed to make the nomination of Seidel unanimous after
2665-452: The nomination. Taft won the nomination while 344 of Roosevelt's delegates abstained from the vote. Henry Justin Allen read a speech from Roosevelt in which he criticized the process and stated that delegates had been stolen from his in order to secure Taft's nomination. In early 1912, it was widely believed that three-time Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan would make
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2730-426: The paper endorsed Hillary Clinton for the 2016 presidential election , marking the first time in the paper's 126-year history that it had endorsed a Democratic candidate for president. Previously, the paper had only withheld its endorsement from a Republican nominee/candidate twice in its history. During the unusual sequence of events that led up to the 1912 presidential election the paper had opted not to endorse
2795-696: The party nomination at the 1912 Republican National Convention . When Taft and his conservative allies narrowly prevailed, Roosevelt rallied his progressive supporters and launched a third-party bid. At the Democratic Convention , Wilson won the presidential nomination on the 46th ballot, defeating Speaker of the House Champ Clark and several other candidates with the support of William Jennings Bryan and other progressive Democrats. The Socialist Party renominated its perennial standard-bearer, Eugene V. Debs . The general election
2860-598: The party. However, Bryan still had enough followers in the party that he was in a strong position to be the kingmaker at the convention. The Democratic National Convention was held in Baltimore from June 25 to July 2. Initially, the front-runner was Speaker of the House Champ Clark of Missouri . Though Clark received the most votes on early ballots, he was unable to get the two-thirds majority required to win. Clark's chances were hurt when Tammany Hall ,
2925-454: The political establishment. He promised "an expert tariff commission, wholly removed from the possibility of political pressure or of improper business influence." Wilson supported a policy called " The New Freedom ". This policy was based mostly on individualism instead of a strong government. Wilson opposed Roosevelt's proposal to establish a powerful state bureaucracy charged with regulating large corporations, with Wilson instead favoring
2990-402: The popular vote. Taft carried 23% of the national vote and won two states, Vermont and Utah . Debs, the fourth-place finisher, won no electoral votes but received 6% of the popular vote, which remains the highest percentage of the vote ever won by a socialist candidate in the history of US presidential elections. This is the most recent presidential election, and the first since 1876 , in which
3055-499: The powerful New York City Democratic political machine , threw its support behind him. The Tammany endorsement caused Bryan to turn against Clark, whom he decried as the candidate of Wall Street , and shift his support to Woodrow Wilson, the reformist Governor of New Jersey. Wilson had consistently finished second in balloting, and nearly gave up hope and almost freed his delegates to vote for another candidate. Instead, Bryan's defection from Clark to Wilson led many other delegates to do
3120-615: The president or governors. Conservatives supported high tariffs to encourage domestic production , but favored business leaders over labor unions and were generally opposed to the popular election of judges. Cracks in the party began to show when Taft supported the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act in 1909. The Act favored the industrial Northeast and angered the Northwest and South, where demand was strong for tariff reductions. Early in his term, President Taft had promised to stand for
3185-549: The primaries and Roosevelt won 281 delegates, Taft received 71 delegates, and La Follette received 36 delegates. However, Taft had a 566–466 margin, placing him over the 540 needed for nomination, with the delegations selected at state conventions. Roosevelt accused the Taft faction of having over 200 fraudulently selected delegates. However, the Republican National Committee ruled in favor of Taft for 233 of
3250-580: The progressives left the Republican Party firmly controlled by the conservative wing. Much of the Republican effort was designed to discredit Roosevelt as a dangerous radical, but this had little effect. Many of the nation's pro-Republican newspapers depicted Roosevelt as an egotist running only to spoil Taft's chances and feed his vanity. The Socialists had little funding compared to the Republican, Democratic and Progressive campaigns. Debs' campaign spent only $ 66,000, mostly on 3.5 million leaflets and travel to locally organized rallies. Debs' biggest event
3315-408: The same. Wilson gradually gained strength while Clark's support dwindled, and Wilson finally received the nomination on the 46th ballot. Thomas R. Marshall , the governor of Indiana who had swung Indiana's votes to Wilson, was named Wilson's running mate. Taft had won the Republican nomination while 344 of Roosevelt's delegates abstained from the vote. Later that day supporters of Roosevelt met in
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#17327768488943380-546: The split within the party was deep, and Roosevelt and Taft turned against one another despite their personal friendship. In that summer Roosevelt began a national speaking tour, during which he outlined his progressive philosophy and the New Nationalist platform, which he introduced in a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas , on August 31. Another source of tension involved the authority of the nation's courts, especially
3445-409: The territories which didn't vote in the general election. However, Roosevelt had rejected an attempt to abolish delegations from the south at the 1908 Republican National Convention due to him needing them for Taft's nomination. Herbert S. Hadley served as Roosevelt's floor manager at the convention. Hadley made a motion for 74 of Taft's delegates to be replaced by 72 delegates after the reading of
3510-515: The turnout in the 1896 election . The implementation of Jim Crow laws after the Reconstruction Era significantly reduced Black voter turnout. Wilson won the presidency with a lower percentage of the popular vote than any candidate since Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Taft's result remains the worst performance for any incumbent president, both in terms of electoral votes (8) and share of popular votes (23.17%). His 8 electoral votes remain
3575-494: The two Gazettes as well as the Republic , ran all three newspapers until his death in 1975 at the age of 86. A strong period of growth came under Pulliam, who imprinted the newspaper with his conservative brand of politics and his drive for civic leadership. Pulliam was considered one of the influential business leaders who created the modern Phoenix area as it is known today. Pulliam's holding company, Central Newspapers, Inc., as led by Pulliam's widow and son, assumed operation of
3640-417: The two-thirds majority needed to earn the nomination. Bryan privately conceded that his three presidential runs having all ended in decisive losses, firstly to William McKinley , and then to Taft, would seriously handicap his credibility as a candidate, even if the 1904 election, the only one of the previous four in which Bryan was not the Democratic candidate, had resulted in an even more lop-sided defeat for
3705-469: The vice-presidential selection and it was accepted. Otto Branstetter , Berger, and Carl D. Thompson , who were serving as delegates, voted for Seidel during the presidential balloting. Morris Hillquit , Meyer London , and John Spargo , who were serving as delegates, supported Russell during the presidential balloting. Hogan, a delegate from Arkansas, had supported Debs during the presidential balloting. J. Mahlon Barnes , who had managed Debs' campaign in
3770-443: The vote, Roosevelt announced the formation of a new party dedicated "to the service of all the people." This would later come to be known as the Progressive Party . Roosevelt announced that his party would hold its convention in Chicago and that he would accept their nomination if offered. Meanwhile, Taft decided not to campaign before the election beyond his acceptance speech on August 1. Warren G. Harding presented Taft's name for
3835-487: Was a speech to 15,000 supporters in New York City. The crowd sang " La Marseillaise " and " The Internationale ." Debs's running mate Emil Seidel boasted: Only a year ago workingmen were throwing decayed vegetables and rotten eggs at us but now all is changed... Eggs are too high. There is a great giant growing up in this country that will someday take over the affairs of this nation. He is a little giant now but he
3900-409: Was attempting to gain widespread support for his socialist policies, claimed that Wilson, Roosevelt and Taft were all financed by different factions within the capitalist trusts, and that Roosevelt in particular was a demagogue using socialistic language in order to divert socialist policies up safe channels for the capitalist establishment. The Republican split enabled Wilson to win 40 states and
3965-444: Was bitterly contested by Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs. Roosevelt's " New Nationalism " platform called for social insurance programs, reduction to an eight-hour workday , and robust federal regulation of the economy. Wilson's " New Freedom " platform called for tariff reduction, banking reform, and new antitrust regulation . Incumbent Taft conducted a subdued campaign based on his platform of "progressive conservatism". Debs, who
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#17327768488944030-672: Was evidence he "doesn't grasp our national ideals." The paper also noted its concern regarding whether or not Trump would possess the necessary restraint needed for someone with access to nuclear weapons, stating, "The president commands our nuclear arsenal. Trump can't command his own rhetoric." On February 26, 2020, The Arizona Republic announced that it would no longer endorse candidates for public office. Lists of newspapers Below are lists of newspapers organized by continent. 1912 United States presidential election William Howard Taft Republican Woodrow Wilson Democratic Presidential elections were held in
4095-420: Was selected as his vice-presidential running mate. Ben B. Lindsey and John M. Parker had been considered for the presidential nomination, but Parker and Lindsey instead both nominated Johnson for the position. The Progressives promised to increase federal regulation and protect the welfare of ordinary people. At the convention, Perkins blocked an antitrust plank, shocking reformers who thought of Roosevelt as
4160-399: Was strong enough for the presidency. On October 30, 1912, Vice President James S. Sherman died of nephritis , leaving Taft without a running mate less than a week before the election. Nicholas Murray Butler , president of Columbia University , was quickly chosen to replace Sherman on the Republican ticket. 27.9% of the voting age population and 59% of eligible voters participated in
4225-525: Was then run by two of its top executives, Charles Stauffer and W. Wesley Knorpp, until it was bought by Midwestern newspaper magnate Eugene C. Pulliam in 1946. Stauffer and Knorpp had changed the newspaper's name to The Arizona Republic in 1930, and also had bought the rival Phoenix Evening Gazette and Phoenix Weekly Gazette , later known, respectively, as The Phoenix Gazette and the Arizona Business Gazette . Pulliam, who bought
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