Temperance Alliance urged to part from Republican party
The State temperance Alliance urges members to sever ties with the Republican Party after the state convention omitted prohibition from its platform. The Times argues the party has other principles and laments instrumental use of prohibition as a political weapon while criticizing biased Homestead reporting.
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State Temperance Alliance
Republican Party
Prohibition
Temperance Alliance
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Iowa
B. F. Wright
Tres
Suffragists Rise in West and Party Tensions Grow
The piece notes suffragists advancing in the western states while national conventions wrap up and legislators return to duties. It touches on campaign rhetoric, party friction, and a remark about gold circulation losses amid editorials and political debate.
Prohibition nominee Bidwell once ran a grape farm
General Bidwell, the prohibition presidential nominee, was a California millionaire. He once cultivated grapes but uprooted them because grape juice intoxicates. He then planted cherry trees and had not previously heard of cherry bounce, a dangerous brand of tanglefoot.
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General Bidwell
California
Democratic plan to win presidency via fusion in key states
The piece describes Missouri manager Lehman and Jim Wea ver's allies pursuing a fusion strategy across doubtful states including Iowa. Democrats would capture state offices while the Peoples Party nominates presidential electors. If successful in enough states to shift the election to the House, Cleveland becomes the likely outcome.
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Freep Lehman
Missouri
Jim Weaver
Iowa
Peoples Party
Fred
Des Moines
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland urged to declare Democratic loyalty
The Cincinnati Enquirer mocks Grover Cleveland and mugwump sympathizers urging him to declare himself a Democrat. The piece argues a firm stance is needed to defeat opponents, warns against complacency, and cites the motto I am a Democrat as a rallying cry.
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Democratic Cincinnatti Enquirer
Joshes
Grover
Grover Cleveland
Riots at Homestead mines spark nationwide opinion debate
The Homestead mine riots provoke broad commentary on strike ethics and government response. The Times condemns Pinkerton thugs yet urges militiary action if needed and criticizes Weaver as an ambitious office seeker harming the People's Party prospects.
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Pennsylvania
the Times
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TiptEs
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People's Party
Times
Jim Weaver
Judge Gresham
Weaver
Congress
Republican Party
Iowa
Dr. Lacey
Oskaloosa
People’s Party
Campaign chatter and tariff talk from Ames 1892
A letter from Ames dated July 12 1892 discusses political maneuvers in the 1892 campaign. It mentions Tamany and Cleveland in New York, Quay backing Harrison, Campers resigning as National Republican chair, and looming Republican trouble. It contrasts protective tariff debates with Homestead unrest and cites wage figures from Iron Age and Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Borror
Homestead
Pennsylvania
Pattison
Chicago
Pinkerton
Pinkertons
Hom
Cedar Rapids
Carnegie
Tennessee
Calvin
Brice
National Democratic Committee
Suffragists Mock Chinaman Marriage Sayings
A columnist notes that some women suffragists would object to marrying a Chinese man as husbands rarely mention their wives directly. The piece cites terms they allegedly use for wives and worries about social friction if such unions occurred.
The Language of Apes and Human Knowledge
A scientific tone questions the value of studying ape language. It argues research must yield useful knowledge and laments that learning baboon vocalizations or social terms may not broadly interest the world.
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Africa
Blythe Named Chairman of State Central Committee
Mason City’s J. E B Blythe chosen as chairman of the Republican state central committee. The party’s young leaders pledge a vigorous campaign to win. Washington Star quotes Senator Hill saying tariff planks in Chicago platforms energize every workshop and factory as Republican campaign headquarters.
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Chicago
National Republican Committee
Republican Party
J. E B. Blythe
Mason City
Republican State Central Committee
Tuk Washington Star
David Manners Hill
United States
Political straw winds hint at shifting public mood
A contemporary note says political straw polls show emerging hints of public mood while no solid results have appeared yet, keeping the overall direction uncertain.
Political Apathy Denounced As Cause for Hellish Fate
A controversial quote condemns the unregistered voter for this fall stating he should die and go to heaven rather than endure a world with unsuitable candidates. The speaker cites Ti as being too good for Earth.
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