Democratic Laborer Address Calls for Rights and Reform
A Labor Day speech by Omer Bryant discusses worker ambition, education, and social harmony. He argues for fair wages, shorter hours, arbitration, and opposition to injunctions and oriental migration limits, urging workers to vote for policies that empower labor and curb corporate power.
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Board of Arbitration
Court of Arbitration
Sealth
Chicago
Senate
United States
Greere
Peppermint Oil Crop Falls Behind Beet Sugar Boom
In Central New York, the peppermint oil crop once led local farming, delivering more income than apples. Now the mint industry wanes as sugar beets expand, driving mint production westward and leaving only a few acres and active stills.
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New York
Hebrews Stream Westward Through Vienna To Canada
A steady flow of Roumanian Hebrews travels through Vienna in groups of 60 to 100 en route to Canada. The exodus is described as a forced flight from persecution that left many unable to earn a livelihood.
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Vienna
Canada
Huntington Becomes Sole Controller Of Vast Pacific System
Collis P. Huntington secures sole ownership and management of a sprawling transportation network. The system spans 7000 miles of railroad ferries terminals and river and ocean lines from Portland Oregon to New Orleans and California with securities totaling 350 million and annual gross earnings near 60 million.
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Southern Pacific
Collis B. Huntington
Portland
Ore
California
New Orleans
Horse Flees Frightful Flies Striking Man’s Tooth Out
William J. Smith of Babylon New York was driving a horse when a swarm of flies agitated the animal. While he smoked a pipe to soothe it, the horse whipped its tail sharply, pulling the pipe from his mouth and knocking out a tooth as cleanly as a dentist’s work.
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William J. Smith
Babylon
Smith
Pirates plague Chinese waterways amid official complicity
Chinese pirates roam major rivers and coasts plundering merchant ships while authorities allegedly wink at the crime for local profit. The gangs operate across the empire, striking coastal towns and inland trade routes before retreating to mountain fastnesses.
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China
McKinley and Silver in a Gilded Speech Clash
The Indianapolis speech quotes a Republican stance on silver coinage, praising McKinley for backing the Bland bill and gold standard rhetoric. The speaker denounces party conformity, recalls Hayes veto, and argues for Bryan and Republican liberty against imperial tyranny.
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Richardson
Indianapolis
Dick Bland
William J. Bryan
William McKinley
United States
American Congress
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Rutherford B. Hayes
Willam McKinley
Hayes
Webster Davis praised for South Africa stand in Peoria Journal
The Peoria Journal extends condolence to Webster Davis and hails his stand with the Boers. It argues he abandoned old party to champion liberty in South Africa, claims Americans still support De Wet and Botha, and asserts Davis has earned lasting honor among liberty loving men.
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The
Peoria Journal
Webster Davis
South Africa
Davis
Webster Davie
Egypt
United States
de Wet
Botha
Bryan
Mr. Davis
Old-Time Republican Letter Opposes McKinley Imperialism
Captain Patrick O Farrell of Washington writes to Senator Hoar after a Senate speech condemning the administration toward the Philippines. He declares loyalty to liberty, cites Washington and Lincoln, faults McKinley, and urges Republicans to back William Jennings Bryan to defeat imperialism in the next campaign.
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Patrick O'Farrell
Washington
Senator Hoar
Senate
Jefferson
Lincoln
Wm. McKinley
Rome
McKinsey
Republican Party
William J. Bryan
Politicians Need Reforming Say Florida Agriculturist
The Florida Agriculturist argues that professional office holders misuse public trust. It says politicians shift positions to please voters, lack consistency, and wield excessive influence, urging curtailment or radical reform to preserve democracy.
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Florida Agriculturist
The Traveling Man and Trusts Debate in Omaha
The Omaha Bee and the World-Herald clash over traveling men counts and trust power. The Bee rebuts claims of mass discharge while citing city census figures to prove a larger traveling population.
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the World-Herald
Omaha
Omaha Bee
The
Bee
Philadelphia
Big and Little
Republicans Fear Maine Result Echoes of 1896
The Bryanites claim Republicans fear a shrinking Maine majority rather than Bryanite gains. In 1896 the Republican plurality was 45,777 and now they worry the margin may be cut in half. They dread Bryanist celebrations while regretting their former greed for all votes in the state.
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Jahor
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles R. Flint
Boston
Emtoye
Europe
United States
Macauley
John Milton
Lidcolon
Maine
North Carolina
Omaha
Bryanites
Congress Votes Extra Month Pay for Capitol Staff
An editor’s critique argues Congress granted Capitol employees thirteen months pay while taxed workers receive little. The piece claims after approving $80,000, a Republican committeeman urged diverting half to the party for campaign uses, accusing voters of complicity in corrupt government.
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Congress
Capitol
Republican
Heath touted as Republican asset for New York campaign
The text praises Perry S. Heath as a strong campaigner likely to carry New York. It warns, however, that Heath and allies have a history of “carrying” things, citing Cuban appointments by Heath’s appointees Rathbone and Neely as evidence of his reputed plundering influence.
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Perry S. Heath
New York
Perry
Cuba
Heath
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Fee
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Voltaire
Encyclopaedists
Power of
Pr. Huntington
Mkinley
M'Kinley
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