Hanna Analyzes Bryans Acceptance in Chicago
Senator Hanna speaks to about three thousand at the McKinley Club in Chicago on Bryans acceptance and imperialism. He defends labor, attacks Bryans trust and Philippine policy, and urges voters to back McKinley with a broad warning about economic dangers if Bryan were elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Commercial Club
Chicago
Senator Hanna
Bryan
Kansas City
Lincoln
Neb
Spain
Philippine Islands
Washington
Ice Trust
Jones
Hanna
Ohio
Cleveland
John Seaney
John James
United States
United States of America
Hama
United States Senate
Republican Party
Democratic Party
A Justice Recalls a Tragic Barber of Law and Gospel
In a town, a former justice recounts trouble with tramps who slept in schools and profaned churches. A clever defense hinged on scripture being used to justify their “religion,” but the judge ultimately freed sense of justice by reversing a prior decision and sending the defendants to jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
United States
Jonathan
Mr. Bryan
Washington
Lincoln
Big Johannes
Smith
Schmart
Bryan
Johannes
Calaboose
Supreme Court
Congress
Bryan would recall troops and issue silver pay claim
An Oakdale letter from New Castle, Pa., Sept 1 1900 questions whether William Jennings Bryan would pay U S soldiers in silver if elected. The writer asks Bryan to state his policy on recalling the army and bringing home the Stars and Stripes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
United States
Congress
Phlippine Islands
Bank Deposits Rise Sharply Under McKinley Prosperity
A 1899 national survey shows total bank deposits at 4.61 billion dollars, up from 2.87 billion in 1894, with deposits and depositors rising across national, state and private, loan and trust, and savings banks. Average deposit per account climbs from 520 to 602 dollars. The piece argues Republican governance boosted prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McKinley
Bryan
Capita
Savings Bank
Life Insurance Company
Comptroller of the Currency
United States
National
Loan and Trust Cos
Bank
National A
Eos
Eae E Ee
Democratic Party Platform 1900 Demands Free Coinage
The document outlines the Democratic stance on monetary policy favoring bimetallism with gold and silver at 16 to 1, opposition to gold monometallism, and calls for Treasury issued notes. It also covers tariffs, immigration, public debt, civil service reform, anti injunctions, territorial admissions, pensions, Cuba, and railroad regulation, concluding with a pledge to support free homes and statehood provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
London
Federal Treasury
Congress
Jackson
Treasury Department
New Mexico
Arizona
Union of States
District of Columbia
Alaska
Democratic Party
Mississippi River
Republic
Tidewater
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Philippines
Aguinaldo
Cuba
Bry
Veys
Asiatic
Western Hemisphere
Dingrey
William MccKinney
Illinois
W. J. Bryan
McWinley
Galveston
Hugo Denkenspract
Justice of the Peace
William E. Anderson
Singhish
TOTAL
William J. Bryan
Zanesville
Nebraska
Adlai H. Stevenson
Jefferson
Senate
House
Pacific Funding
Fifty-third Congress
Pacific Railroad
Pensiona
Commissioner of Pensions
Civil Service
Interstate Commerce Commission
Webster Davison McHinley
Porto Rico
Chad
Webster Davis
Tr Mo
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