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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
4
The quoted Dix calls for immediate execution of anyone who attacks the flag, reflecting hard wartime discipline. The Bryan variant advocates removing the flag when it is targeted, suggesting a policy change rather than battlefield enforcement. The contrast lies in punitive action versus procedural removal.
A colonel in a American regiment takes an oath to support the Constitution and defend the flag, then resigns his commission to advocate for the country’s enemies. The answer pairs a Bryan with a traitor, exposing a dramatic defection in wartime politics.
A caption instructs voters to mark a cross inside the circle beneath the eagle and to avoid marking outside the circle or the ballot will be invalid. The eye of Jehovah is invoked as the conscience guiding the mark.
A speaker denounces the idea of a 65,000 man army robbing 80 million Americans of liberty. He challenges a critic to hang himself or flee to Siberia, calling the claim a slander on American manhood and freedom.
The New York Herald, a leading nonpartisan paper, predicts McKinley will win 281 electoral votes to Bryan's 166 with a 25,500 Bryan plurality in Greater New York and 141,160 McKinley votes outside NYC. It also estimates the next House as 185 Republicans, 153 Democrats, 2 Fusion, 2 Populists, with 18 in doubt.
Four years after declining a costly dinner Bryan now aligns with plutocracy. Attending a fifty dollar a plate dinner with Mr. Croker, he previously told laborers they could not enjoy seaside summers under McKinley and Republican laws. Question remains if laborers will eat fifty dollar dinners if Bryan wins.
The passage claims linseed oil, controlled by two trusts, rose 10 cents per gallon while Bryan stays silent. It argues flaxseed grown in Kansas and Nebraska rose from 1.14 to 1.85 a bushel, and that Bryan fears noting farmers forming a trust and seeking tariff removal to break it up.
A critic condemns a party management for ostracizing a man who answered a political courtesy. He calls the coterie small minded and unamerican, deserving ridicule and contempt from true Americans.
One week from next Tuesday, election day will decide if the current administration and laws stay in place. The outcome will determine the nation’s future prosperity and direction for Americans.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is advertised as the safest aid to avoid thinness and support digestion and nutrition. The copy touts its agreeable taste and notes it as a food helper for man woman and child with pricing at 9? 5et and $1.00 at druggists.
The speaker argues Americans will not revive Cleveland era conditions of poverty idleness and restrictive laws. He warns against returning to free trade free silver free soup and freedom from work, asserting the public will choose progress over past hardship.
Bryan denounces the Democratic candidate for President for praising Tammany Hall and Croker. He argues such ties to the New York machine show the party’s decline and calls out endorsements of vice and corruption as unacceptable for a leader.
The notice urges careful voting and warns that 5 to 10 percent err in ballots. It challenges readers to test themselves by following instructions in the Eagle and evaluating whether they can correctly cast a straight Republican or mixed ticket. It cautions against overconfidence and emphasizes accuracy over partisan bravado.
Four years after defeat Bryan blamed the ignorant foreign vote for his loss and accused German-Americans in Michigan, Kansas City Democrats seek to win them with Boer sympathy. Kern hypes McKinley England stance, but Germans are described as a reading, informed electorate aware of Kruger’s appeal and McKinley’s Boer decision.
The writer argues Bryan and Kern mislead Germans by accusing McKinley of backing Boer oppression. Kinley offered mediation but Britain rejected it. The piece asserts Germans will see through these claims at the November election and not be swayed by alleged falsehoods.
The passage explains how voters must mark ballots to vote a straight Republican ticket by placing a cross in the large circle and cautions against marking elsewhere. It covers counting rules, penalties for mismarking, secrecy, handling damaged ballots, and requesting help if unable to read English.
The text warns that any ballot left outside is fraudulent and a penitentiary offense to possess such a ballot. Voters must not converse in the election room except with election board members and poll clerks. Do not mark the ballot with anything except the blue pencil provided. any other marking voids the ballot.
Don M. Dick inson, former postmaster general under Cleveland, criticizes the Kansas City platform and Bryanism. He argues Democrats must vote for the Republican ticket, defends sound finance, condemns Bryan for inciting hate and social division, and warns against using assassination or violence as political tools. He asserts Republicans advocate peace and national integrity while opposing Bryan’s approach.
A political pamphlet style argument defends voting for McKinley over Bryan. The author cites loyalty to trusted figures like Abram S. Hewitt and Tilden, condemns Bryanism, and urges Democrats to unite behind McKinley in the crisis.
Advertisement from Manufacturers in Chicago seeks an honest, characterful man to deliver and collect for a long established wholesale house in Indiana. Pays $900 yearly with secure pay. Requires honesty over experience. Refer to any bank in any city. Enclose a self addressed stamped envelope. Third Floor 334 Dearborn St Chicago.
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