General Buckner Backs McKinley For 1900 Election
General Simon Buckner of Kentucky urges McKinley victory, condemns Bryanism and Goebelism, criticizes Goebel law, and warns that Goebelites could affect Kentucky’s electoral outcome. He notes Congress may investigate returns and predicts a majority for McKinley in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon B. Buckner
Kentucky
McKinley
Bryan
Kansas City
J. C. S. Blackburn
United States Senate
Goebel
Congress
Ransomville Voters Round on McKinley Bryan Clash
A collage of letters from readers across the nation express strong opinions for or against William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan. Voices from New York Newark St. Louis Brooklyn Illinois Minnesota and beyond praise or oppose the candidates, citing economy, imperialism, gold standard, and prosperity.
German Daily Drops Bryan for McKinley Banner
The New York Staats Zeitung, once supportive of Bryan on imperialism, now endorses McKinley. The paper acknowledges a strong anti Bryan current, opposing him on imperialism militarism and the money question. It remains one of the most influential German papers in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Staats Zeitung
Bryan
McKinley
Cleveland Holds Firm On Sound Money Stance
The article reports Grover Cleveland's clear position against Bryanism and declares he has not changed his opinions on the financial question since his Chicago letter to business men five years earlier. It cites his Oct. 7 1900 reply to John S. Green and quotes excerpts defending sound money and protecting the common people from monetary distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
United States
Bryan
John
Green
Louisville
Chicago
Mr. Cleveland
Mr. Green
Buzzard’s Bay
John S. Green
Prominent German Hopes Bryan Defeat
Louis Windmuller a New York merchant and German descent leader states in 1900 that his view favors McKinley over Bryan. He warns Bryan would trigger national calamity, urges all citizens to back McKinley, and condemns Bryan for promoting class hatred and populist aims while insisting trusts are bad and Philippines policy is misstated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Windmuller
New York
Bryan
Windmuller
McKinley
Schurz
Philippines
Philippine
M. Sievers
Milwaukee
Wis
Victor
Colo
Chicago
Roosevelt
Chicago American
J. H. Woodward
Seward
Neb
United States Senate
William A. Perrine
Iron Molders’ Conference
A. Fling
Stanberry
Voters Across the Nation Endorse McKinley in 1900
A collection of brief endorsements from business leaders, mayors, workers, and travelers in Findlay Ohio Frostburg Maryland Brooklyn Milwaukee Mil waukee Stanberry and other locales praising McKinley and criticizing Bryan. Notable voices include FP S Andrews proprietor Phoenix Inn Findlay and Joseph Bear Frostburg long time Democrat and twice mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Andrews
Phoenix Inn
Findlay
Ohio
McKinley
Philippines
Joseph Bear
Frostburg
Party of Business and Progress
Eugene V. Brewster
Brooklyn
N. Yy
Bryan
Thomas H. McCracken
Progressive Carpenters
New York City
Carpenters’ Unions
Braggs Speech Endorses McKinley and National Honor
Edward S Bragg a Milwaukee speaker on October 11 urged Gold Democrats to support McKinley to preserve national honor. He attacked Bryan's 1896 platform as an unreal utopia, praising Wisconsin for opposing Bryan 16 to 1 and urging steadfastness in the face of idealist change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Bragg
McKinley
Pabst
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Notable Democrats Break With Bryan in 1900 Race
A flood of Democratic voices from across the country denounce Bryan and back McKinley. Leaders and ordinary members from New York to Indiana cite prosperity, imperialism fears, and currency policy as decisive factors supporting Roosevelt and McKinley over Bryan in the 1900 election.
German Tribune Leaves Bryan in Kansas
The German Tribune of Leavenworth Kansas the only German paper in the state has left Bryan's standard. It cites prosperity sound money and opposition to imperialism as reasons for the shift. The paper backed Bryan four years ago and reaches about 18000 weekly statewide and 5000 daily in Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Ingersoll
Broadway
New York
Bryan
John D. Crimmins
George M. Feimlin
Grand Island
Neb
Germany
Republic
McKinley
M. D. Walker
Holt County
James Rice
Colorado
Cleveland
Ohio
William J. McCarter
Philadelphia
Hughes & Bradley
Mac
German Tribune
Leavenworth
Kansas
Standard
Tribune
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Buckner
John M. Palmer
Elton T. Ransom
Ransomville
N. Y
Spain
Samuel J. Macdonald
Newark
N. J
John L. Blair
St. Louis
Frank Blair
Democratic Party
August Kreamer
Republican Party
McKinley and
Roosevelt League
George Sommerville
Greenville
Philippine Islands
Edward C. King
Lincoln
Ill
P. H. Carlin
Stephen A. Foley
William Crooks
Minnesota Volunteers
St. Paul
Minn
Oscar Straus
Turkey
Robert C. Davidson
Baltimore
J. N. Perrin
Ilinois
Manila
H. L. Loucks
South Dakota
National Farmers’ Alliance
Prosperity
Lowell Rondebush
Clermont County
Farmers’ Institutes
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
North Platte
Everett P. Wheeler
Alexander E. Orr
Delancey Nicoll
Theodore W. Myers
Francis H. Ruhe
Gold Standard
William J. Curtis
National Democratic Committee
William L. Turner
William Street
W. J. Bryan
The
Democratic Honest Money League
of America
Will
J. Bryan
William J. Bryan
Ocrats
Mr. Mckinley
Horatio C. King
David B. Hill
John Kuykendall
Denver
W. H. Kelley
Cheyenne
Wyo
Henry Garvin
Kever
Wells County
N. C
Fargo Forum
Ed Pierce
Colonel Morton
Fargo
Charles Mercer
American Express Company
Pana
Adam Schauss
Elmer Thomas
Lynn
Ind
MecKinley
Isson G. Gillett
Michael Doran
Minnesota Democracy
C. H. Murray
Elkhart
Grand Army
Nelson J. Palmer
Fredonia
James A. Curtiss
Meriden
Wm. T. Walls
Madison
William Jennings Bryan
F. M. Grant
Canton
Bedlam
Maryland
D. Sterett Gittings
Richard J. Gittings
Baltimore County
Tilden and
Hendricks
Charles S. Wiley
Gales County
Thomas J. Powers
Co. B
Indiana
Warsaw
Silas Stoner
S. R. Moore
Kankakee
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