Political Party Struggles Stir Georgia Politics
A partisan clash in Georgia shows Democrats aiding third party efforts while populists denounce corruption and call for loyalty to party principles. The piece notes lawyers dominating the third party, mentions officials in the Kansas penitentiary, and records a failed nomination at Hawkinsville as party unity efforts unfold across districts.
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Tom Watson
Hines
Peck
Ndt
Judge Hines
Mr. Watson
Rome
Reuben Turnipseed
Possum Branch
Atkinson
Ben Russell Emerges As Second District Favorite
A cascade of editorials from Thomasville to Augusta praise Ben E. Russell for Congress. Local speakers defend his loyalty to Democratic principles while noting rival candidates, club efforts, and primary dynamics across Miller Worth Quitman Randolph and Boston support coalescing for Russell’s renomination in the 2nd district.
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Witsday
Melstosn
Horns
Georgia
Ben E. Russell
Thomasville Times
Ben Russell
Thomasville
Guerry
Albany
Congress
Bluffton News
Second Congressional District
Albany Herald
Carter Tate
Cabiniss
Silver
Augusta Chronicle
Congressional Democratic Committee
Randolph
Quitman
Russell
Miller
Worth
Atlanta Journal
Jim Guerry
Ben” Russell
Russell and Guerry campaigns split over duty and records
Georgia political leaves swirl around Ben Russell and Jim Guerry with press attacks and defense. Reports say Russell avoided home campaigning while Congress debated tariff. editors argue he stayed on duty and would debate Guerry when feasible.
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Senate
Bluffton News
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Congress
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Albany Herald
National Democratic Platform Denounces Sherman Act and Debates Coinage
The 1892 Chicago platform condemns the Sherman act as dangerous and endorses bimetallic policy with parity between gold and silver. Colorado’s Thomas M. Patterson urged inserting free coinage, but the motion failed on yeas and nays, and the platform remained without free coinage.
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Thomas M. Patterson
Colorado
Patterson
Democratic tariff critique and endorsements from 1892 platform
The document denounces Republican protection as fraud, advocating limited federal tariffs to revenue and tax reductions under Democratic leadership. It condemns the McKinley tariff as class legislation and pledges repeal, citing wage cuts and strikes as signs of prosperity failure. It also contains endorsements for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with multiple testimonials.
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Democratic Party
Fifty-first Congress
Congress
Cage
Kenneth Bazemore
Chamberlain
Geo. W. Baker
Lewiston
N. C
St. L. Bruce
Wm. Mach
J. P
Primroy, Campbell Co. Tenn
R. L. Bruce
Edward Shumpik
Minneapolis
Minn
KR. L. Bruce
Democrats Split in Terre County Over Guerry for Congress
The Albany Herald notes disunity among Terre County Democrats toward Judge Guerry and Ben Kassel, with local politicians backing Guerry but not loudly campaigning, while Kassel’s effort is questioned as timing and support remain uncertain.
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Terre
Judge Guerry
Congress
Ben Kassel
Washington
Guerry
Albany Herald
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