Still Swinging Around Boeake at the Coliseum Rally
Still swinging around Boeake at the Coliseum drew a large crowd of Republicans and some opposition, featuring heated exchanges over McKinley and the silver question. Speech excerpts recalled 1890 positions on silver and currency, with critics urging a return to money quantity and opposing a balloon dollar and gold standard.
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Bright Outlook on Bryan Victory in South and West
In Aramanta on October 9 Senator Jones, chair of the Democratic national committee, expressed strong confidence for Bryan in the coming election. He said Georgia Democrats united with the administration and other factions would still yield a 70,000 minus gain majority, predicting Bryan carries the South and West and a large electoral college edge.
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Sewall Accepts Democratic Nomination for Vice President
Arthur Sewall, the Democratic candidate for vice president, publicly accepts the nomination in writing. He praises the party platform's focus on monetary reform, especially opposition to the gold standard, and argues for restoring wealth to laborers, farmers, and producers. Sewall calls for free silver, clashes with wealth power, and urges unity to restore liberty and prosperity for all citizens.
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Blackburn Carlisle duel rumor swirls in Washington
A Washington dispatch to the Republic says rumors hint Senator Blackburn may challenge Logan Carlisle to a duel over Carlisle s recent card favoring a joint debate on the financial question with a negro rather than Blackburn No challenge yet issued Blackburn departed town Saturday and officials await updates as plans form in secrecy
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Georgia Democrats claim big victory in state races
The Commercial Appeal reports Georgia answers Maine with a Democratic triumph. Atkinson leads for governor by about 35 000 to 40 000 votes as Populists and Prohibitionists unite against the state ticket. The legislature remains Democratic with Populists possibly winning about 22 of 116 House seats and Republicans one Senate seat.
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Florida governor race narrows as early returns favor Bloxham
In incomplete returns from eighteen counties Bloxham Democratic leads Gunby Republican by about 10,000 votes for governor. The 1890s era figures show Bloxham near a 25,000 vote lead overall. The constitutional amendment ending October elections is reported ratified. Francfort Kentucky reports Evan Settle nominated for Congress by the Seventh District silver Democrats. Wil support noted for the New York state ticket as Elliott Danforth says Hill may back the national and state tickets, pending Chicago platform.
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Populist Elector Miller Resigns in Tennessee
James T. Miller, elector for the Populist Party at large, resigns and in a letter to Democratic State Chairman Coleman withdraws from stumping for Bryan and Seawall, ending his role in the campaign.
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Reception for Bryan draws vast crowds in Indianapolis
William Jennings Bryan arrives in Indianapolis to a thunderous reception. He delivers five speeches, addresses massive crowds at the state house and Tomlinson hall, and draws enthusiastic cheers from diverse groups including laborers and club members amid parades and packed venues.
Bryan Draws Largest Dakota Reception Yet
Sioux Falls greeted Mr. Bryan with an enthusiastic three state crowd despite rain. A lengthy depot procession and a mud crowd at the bicycle track favored his remarks exonerating Senator Pattigrew. In Huron and Aberdeen he spoke to sizable audiences before ending the night en route to Fargo, North Dakota.
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Silver Democrats at Ogden Standard Demonstration
Silver Democrats occupied the streets and formed a torch light parade through Michigan avenue with Bryan supporters in the crowd. A mass meeting at Tattersall's featured speakers Congressman Towne of Minnesota Colonel H H Eddy of Colorado and Robert Lindblom of Chicago among others.
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