Practical Promises The Republican Labor Position in Ohio
The Ohio Republican platform proclaims labor as a friend against oppression and foreign competition. It calls for a national department of labor, practical enforcers of worker safety, and equal rights before the law. Gen. Edward F. Noyes lauds the party for its platform and its stance against cheap labor and free trade.
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Reed
Pender
Republican Party of
Ohio
Republican Party
Congress
Department of Labor
Edward F. Noyes
England
United States
France
Woolgrowers and Laborers Split by Party Platform
The Ohio Democratic platform rejects wool protection and advocates a revenue only tariff, opposing woolgrowers' interests. The 1907 wool tariff is urged by Republicans, who denounce Morrison bill moves toward free wool. A clear party choice emerges for woolgrowers and workers.
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Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic
Cobden Club
Ohio
National
House of Representatives
Ohio Republicans Defend Foraker Administration Platform
A lengthy Republican platform from Ohio defends Governor Foraker and preserves the party’s stance on pensions for veterans, tariff protection for wool, home rule for Ireland, and opposition to Cleveland’s administration. It condemns Democratic vetoes on private pension bills and criticizes recent state reforms as partisan, while praising institutional reorganizations only where needed.
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Ohio
Otso
Cleveland
Congress
Republic
Canada
Mexico
Senate of the
United States
Congress of American Nations
General Assembly
National
House of Representatives
General Revenue Fund
Republican Party
Department of Labor
United States Senate
Henry B. Payne
Bose
Minth
Ireland
Gladstone
Parnell
Foraker
Ulysses Grant
The Change of the Penitentiary in Foraker Era
Taxpayers backed penitentiary deficits under Hoadly but benefited under Governor Foraker. The August 1844 figures show improved self funding due to personnel changes aimed at cost efficiency.
Temperance Movement Must Stand Free of Politics
Friends of temperance urge calm study of the best path forward arguing for a complete divorce of the temperance movement from politics. They contend only a united, nonpartisan effort across parties and creeds will advance temperance, keeping measures as the people s own affair free from political bias or party agendas.
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Ohio
Francis Murphy
Friends of the Cause
Ohio voters warned against Cleveland administration
The editorial denounces Grover Cleveland's national and Ohio governance. It cites treasury deficits, insufficient appropriations, and projected surpluses wasted. It condemns vetoes on veterans bills, seizure of fishing vessels, and civil service reshuffles. It urges a vote against Democratic ticket in Ohio.
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Hoadly
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Ohio
Noyes
House
Senate
Fitz John Porter
Democratic Civil Service
Grover Cleveland
McBride Adultery Suit Hit in Democratic Push
The item condemns the Democratic press for highlighting John McBride in the Niswander adultery suit with Mrs. Niswander of Columbus. It argues to keep the case out of campaigns, preferring court handling, and questions McBride’s legislative impact vs Gen James G Robinson’s labor record, noting McBride’s salary from miners.
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John McBride
Niswander
McBride
Columbus
An Enemy to His Country and Civil War Hero Gen Robinson
A civic warning urges citizens to engage in elections and protect ballot purity. The piece highlights Gen James S Robinson, a Civil War hero from Ohio who rose from captain to brigadier general and fought at Rich Mountain Chancellorsville Dallas New Hope Church Bentonville Second Bull Run and Gettysburg where he was wounded. Ohio voters will recall him in November.
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Hobinson
Jamess. Robinson
Fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Eighty-second
Ohio Volunteers
Rich Mountain
Chancellorsville
Dallas
New Hope Church
Bentonville
Second Bull Run
Gettysburg
Ohio
Gen. Robinson
Democrats Back Follett Re Election For Ohio Supreme Court
Democrats press a campaign push to re elect Judge Follett of the Ohio Supreme Court. Follett previously ruled that fraud and forgery cannot be eliminated from election returns, implying a single forger could disfranchise thousands of voters even if detected. This view fuels calls to reduce such judges to improve the state’s judiciary reputation.
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Judge Follett
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Ohie
Farmers defend protection and warn against free trade
The piece argues that a protective tariff benefits American farmers by boosting the home market and safeguarding wages, condemns a revenue-only system and free trade promoted by the Ohio Democrats, and cites Thomas H. Dudley’s address on tariffs. It warns that England's system would ruin domestic manufacturers and depress prices, urging support for the American tariff. It also notes Democratic criticism of John McBride for secretary of state.
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Ohio
Free Trade Party
Democratic Free Trade
Thomas H. Dudley
New Jersey
Dudley
England
Lord Derby
America
United States
McBride and Prohibition Debate Split Ohio Labor Vote
The piece argues John McBride lacks labor support as secretary of state, cites a Trades Unionist critique of his legislative record, and contrasts this with Gen Robinson. It also criticizes Democratic platform promises on liquor laws, lauds the Dow law, and covers Ellen Foster on temperance and Follett’s alleged election-fraud focus.
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Jebha MsBride
Bobinera
Toledo
John McBride
Miners Union
Ohio
McBride
Gen. Robinson
Ohio Trades and Labor Assemblies
Allen O. Myers
Robinson
Westbore Company
Meyers Bros
Ellen Foster
Prohibition
Lakeside
Dr. Leonard
Prohibition Party
Kansas
Iowa
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Lebor
Republican Senate
Ubon Ieell
Euter
Democratic
Foster
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Boys’ Industrial Home
Girls’ Industrial Home
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans’ Home
the Cause of Temperance
Mansfield Shield
Steubenville
Democratic Party of
Stark County
Bill West
Melride
Republican
Leumerato Party
Ite Lnbew
Sow
Georgia
Joh F. Follett
Batavia
Hamilton County
Follett
John F. Follet
John F. Follett
Cincinnati
Mike Ryan
John Follett
Martin
Brother John
Follett Brothers
Allen A. Myers
Cumberlant
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