McKinley supporters and critics in a multi-state list
A compilation of Democratic, Populist, and Silver advocates and opponents led by McKinley, with remarks from figures like Bryan critics and former officials across Nevada Indiana Ohio New York Montana North Carolina and Nebraska. The statements touch on imperialism free silver expansion sound money and the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Butler
North Carolina
U.S
W.E. English
Indianapolis
Joseph H. Outhwaite
Columbus
James E. Boyd
Nebraska
Dennis A. Hayes
Green Glass International Association
McKinley
John C. Black
Ilinois
Philippines
Paul van der Voort
G. A. R. Sound Money
Bryan critics rally as Bryan’s unsafe path alarms Nebraskans
A crowd of Nebraskans and notable figures debate William Jennings Bryan's stance on currency and the Philippines. Supporters and opponents across Omaha and rural counties voice concerns about his forecasts and the potential economic impact if Bryan returns to power.
Demands for expansion and sound money across a wide politician list
A long roster of Democrats and supporters from multiple states endorses expansion and sound money while opposing free silver and 16 to 1. Figures include former lawmakers, district attorneys, and business leaders from Illinois to California voicing loyalty to McKinley and caution toward Bryan.
Kansans Rally for McKinley Amid Political Letters
A parade of Kansas residents from Marion to Topeka air staunch support for McKinley in 1896. Speakers and citizens including M. B. Nicholson and J. M. Dunsmore criticize Bryan and Bryanism, praising Republican prosperity and imperial policy.
Editors and politicians urge sound money opposition to free silver
J West Goodwin Sedalia Missouri says free silver fears imperialism is rubbish. R H Henry Charleston West Virginia blasts McKinley rhetoric. Major A Barlow Charleston WV calls for sound money. Judge Jamest Hoblet Illinois remains a leading Democrat in favor of sound money. W S Robinson Marceline Missouri deserts Bryanism. Col George W Wardner Kansas City supports Democracy stumping. Conditions have changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Bynum
Indiana
Oliver C. Sabin
The
Silver Knights of America
John T. Pottoc
Illinois
George W. Jones
Lawrenceville
Crawford County
W. C. Duncan
Columbus
Ohio
N. B. Hyatt
Webster City
Iowa
Jas. B. Miller
Mt. Carroll
Wm. T. Baker
Chicago
McKinley
Baker
James S. Evans
Democratic
Philippines
South
Adolph Hirsch
Heller Hirsch & Co
New York
L. ©. Mead
Fresno
Cal
Kansas City
Carlyle
Ill
United States
James Rice
Denver
Colo
E. E B. Andersen
New York City
Bryan
William C. Webster
Nokomis
Til
Lloyd Jackson
Baltimore
W. F. Ritter
Jersey City
Lyman Henry
Ouray
J. M. Dill
Belleville
Jacob Stern
Erie
N. Y
Erie County
Fred Dahler
Pana
Altgeld Club
H. Hopkins
Renville
Minn
Jack” Hale
Tilford
8. D
Henry Kellar
Sault Center
G. D. Perkins
Minneapolis
St. Anthony
Timothy Coakley
Boston
Mass
W.S. Robinson
Marceline
A. S. Wilderman
St. Clair County
H. &. Foote
San Francisco
Cleveland
J. West Goodwin
Sedalia
Henry
Charleston
W. Va
A. Barlow
Jamest
Hoblet
W. S. Robinson
George W. Wardner
Paul Krauss
Indianapolis
Ind
Albert Lieber
Brewer
William H. Hilligass
Muncie
Delaware County
Democratic County Committee
Otto Frenzel
W. W. Keen
Dunkirk
George W. McDonald
Gold Democratic Committee of
Albert Traber
G. C. Conn
Elkhart
George A. Tanner
Col
Leroy Templeton
Fowler
Maurice Thompson
Crawfordsville
Charles N. Pollard
Howard County
Otis Pollard
Pollard
Ben
Bedford
Indiana Democrats Endorse McKinley Critics Dismiss Bryan
A survey of Indiana Democrats shows many supporting McKinley’s administration and opposing Bryan. Notables include John Buzzard of Huntington and Captain L C Baird of Jeffersonville, voicing expansion and sound money, while others condemn Bryan as dangerous and unreliable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Buzzard
Huntington
Ind
L. C. Baird
Jeffersonville
John T. Strange
Marion
Grant County
McKinley
Joseph Newberger
Matthews
George T. Whittaker
Dunkirk
Bryan
Philippines
Herman Hulman
Terre Haute
A. H. Urban
Indiana Shovel Co
New Castle
D. F. Kennedy
Indiana
American Federation of Labor
Republicans Rally Backers Across States in 1896 Campaign
A cascade of names from West Virginia to Illinois, Missouri and beyond pledge support for McKinley. Businessmen, former Democrats and public officials renounce Bryanism citing expansion policy and prosperity. Notable backers include John Ruby Charles ton W V, H D McCormick Missouri, Col John P Irish California, Ferdinand Stedenger Rockford, and many local leaders in Indiana Illinois Ohio and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ruby
Charleston
W. Va
H. D. McCormick
Missouri
Kentucky
Richard Dalton
William Stone
John P. Irish
California
Cleveland
San Francisco
Charles Tracy
New York
L. C. Krauthoff
Illinois
M. Martin
Iowa
W. R. Shelby
Michigan
Clinton K. Tharp
Washington
Ind
State Senate
John PP. Frenzel
Indianapolis
Talford P. Linn
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas F. Corrington
Georgia
Cordor
McKinley
W. G. Ferguson
Odin
Ill
Marion County
John Sager
Helm
McKinley Club
Bryan
Ferdinand Stedenger
Rockford
Samuel Belcher
Gilman
Thomas H. Stokes
Lincoln
Inl
Bailey Rossette
DeKalb
Fred Bross
Cairo
A. R. Haines
Canton
Philippines
W. R. Curran
Pekin
Tazewell County
J. M. Kiefer
Q. C. Ward
Macomb
S. Hamill
Jacksonville
C. W. Mathews
Richmond
Ili
R. H. Henry
Peotone
John Cann
Will County
Robert Norman
Democratic Central Committee
Burnett
Raleigh
Saline County
Daniel Crabtree
Weber
Jefferson County
J. W. Stone
Springerton
Roderick von, Manstein
Chicago
Society of Veterans of the German Army
Ilingis
John T. Pollock
Ilinois
John M. Palmer
William Goalby
Percy
Louis Schliervach
Christian County
Farmer
Frank Maucker
Moline
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.M. Stewart
Nevada
U. S
Lee Mantle
Butte
Montana
George Hoadly
James H. Eckels
W. A. Peffer
Kansas
Charles Denby
Evansville
China
Spain
J. Sterling Morton
Agriculture
George L. Miller
Omaha Herald
Eleazer Wakeley
Omaha
William A. Paxton
Congress
Silver
Thomas B. McPherson
Omaha Cattle Loan Co
Union Stock Yards National Bank
Euclid Martin
Democratic Party
Democratic State Committee
Edward Riley
F. B. Lawrence
Lawrence Shot and Lead Co
E. Wyman
Shelton
Neb
George E. Pritchett
B. T. Farnsworth
South Omaha
Lecause Bryan
W. K. McHugh
Logan
Warren Snitzler
Gaid Democrats
Charles W. Lyman
Commercial National Bank
William F. Wappich
Douglass County
Democratic Council
W. L. May
Palmer and
Buckner
Lee W. Spratten
E. L. Stone
Dewey & Stone
William M. Bushman
George Tilden
Henry W. Yates
Nebraska National Bank
Dr. H. Chambers
Fremont
Ned
N. J. Pascoe
Dodge County
Julius Beekman
Bryan Unsafe
Walter §. Turnbull
Horace G. Platt
J. W. Oates
Governor Oates
Santa Rosa
George W. Baker
Mr. Baker
Silver Republicans
William D. English
Warren D. English
C. H. Maddux
Robert Y. Hayne
Crittenden Thornton
Russell Heath
Santa Barbara
BE. F. Bernard
Freena
James A. Leisen
Menominee
Mich
Is. J. Pemberthy
Houghton
W. C. Dewitt
Brooklyn
L. J. Williams
West Virginia Bar Association
J. Hervey Cook
Fishkill-on-the- Hudson
John H. Scheidt
John W. Cummings
Fall River
J. H. Thomas
Annapolis
G. A. Koerner
Phil M. Gundlach
Gundlach Drill Works
East St. Louis
Adam Guentz
Western Brewery
Jil
Barnhard Hartman
Star Brewery
Gus Hilyard
Edward Abend
Green Paterson
Richard Waugelin
Belleville Savings Bank
Edgar H. Gans
H. H. Waldo
William Newton
Flint
W. W. Ford
Bloomfield
Stoddard County
Thomas IF. Ryan
William C. Whitney
Sidney V. Lowell
John Johnson
McDonald County
R. C. Springate
Paso
Webster Nance
Hubbard, Mo
M. B. Nicholson
Council Grove
Kan
Judge District Court
J. M. Dunsmore
Kansas House of Representatives
Paul F. Jones
Fusion
W. A. Chaguill
Humboldt
Party of Progress
Judge B. H. Thompson
Norton
F. H. Horton
Clifton
James Jackson
Oberlin
W. W. Runyon
George W. Simmons
Iran
J. T. Gaskell
Sterling
J. Graham
Ottawa
L. L. Seeley
Kingman
Co. F. Collins
Baxter Springs
Ikan
Jones
Hutchinson
Jamis Donivan
Altelope
Aguinaldo
P. J. Hamble
Valley Falls
J.J. Frey
Topeka
Santa Fe Road
Republican Party
John Rehrig
Burlingame
C. W. Mains
Sewell County
Rev
P. E. Jones
J. W. Farrell
Wier City
Kas
James Lofty
Council Groves
W. E. Kibbe
John Brown
Agency Township
Page County
Wm. Addis
Emporia
W. Wood
W. A. Disch
Labette County
John Larson
Riley County
M. J. Garbett
A. V. Houghton
Cottonwood Falls
Sam Pratt
Wabaunsee County
Chas. Enlow
Wm. Clarkson
L. W. Kee
Concordia
John Ritchie
Eldorado
John Livermore
Harper County
J. H. H. Kelly
Geo. Ross
Lomax
Reuben Kent
Spring Mill
C. Bailey
Spring Hill
O. F
Wilson County
Geo
W. Bayne
Carl Swenson
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Prosperity
J. R. Troth
Faulk
R. Green
Wim Fifer
Frank Bruton
P. Kamm
G. Ff. Bliss
Newton Hilger
A. Utz
J. P. McClug
John Cramer
Carpenter
J. L. Glossell
D. G
John Wander
W. M. Danius
Painter
Anthony Hahn
Sumner County
Andrew Downer
Ellis County
J. F. Kelsey
Jewell
Fryer Angood
Harvey
A. Black
Riley
M. J. Garrett
Jefferson
W. Whiply
Endesdale
J. L. Hopkins
J. H. Lancaster
Franklin
Fred Ott
Eudora
Burnett Baxter
H. E. Noble
Sherman
George Dailey
Pierce Nossman
QO. C. Grove
H. B. Lucas
McCune
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George B. Shaw
Charles Longleft
Cowley
John Schutts
Greenleaf
A. D. Stafford
Smith
William Weaver
G. A. Vandever
J. W. Berryman
Ashland
W. L. Thompson
Howard
Roosevelt
Cuba
W. F. Noble
St. John
William Collins
Burton
W. Prindle
David Hanselman
W. T. Davis
John L. Jennings
Burns, Ill
William Jennings Bryan