Navy deserves praise for mobilization and aux vessel expansion
The Navy’s proper credit goes to administrators and crews who prepared for war, mobilized ships early, and expanded auxiliary vessels. From January 1898 through spring, 128 ships joined the fleet, 24,000 sailors served, and coast defenses plus naval militias safeguarded the coasts as Asiatic and North Atlantic squadrons defeated Spain and liberated Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
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Manila Bay
Santiago
Maine
Hlavana
New Orleans
Albany
Vulcan
Treasury Department
Navy
International Navigation Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Naval Establishment
Sig
Navy Department
United States
Texas
North Atlantic
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Increase in wages under McKinley era noted
The article cites wage increases during the McKinley administration with a record of payments totaling 125,750,060 and 2,603,750,183 dollars, plus a separate 519,999,817 rise over five years. It recalls a 1900 gold exodus from New York and reports bankers offering a 25,000,000 gold loan to England and potential transfers to Russia and Sweden, met with calm.
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McKinley
McKkinley
New York
Europe
England
Lrussia
Sweden
McKinley Man Dominates Amid Campaign Cheers
In a Eureka Republican column N. A. R. endorses McKinley, praising his fame from north to south and urging votes. The piece dismisses Colonel B and asserts Mel Winley will win on election day.
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McKinley
Mel Winley
Eureka
Filipinos Ask Providence to Decree the Election of Bryan
Maj Arlington A Betts of Toledo writes from the Philippines that Tagus rebels are urged by Bryan supporters to continue killing American soldiers. He cites posters found in Tobaco and argues Bryan's sympathy encourages insurgents. He asks Democrats to consider aligning with Bryan before November.
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Providence
Bryan
Arlington A. Betts
Toledo
Ohio
Philippines
Tagus
Islands
United States
Tobaco
Iwizon
South Expands as Hemphill Warns Dems on Prosperity
Col. W. A. Hemphill of the Atlanta Constitution urges Democratic voters to focus on prosperity as the main issue. Speaking in Chicago, he notes rising southern bank deposits, growing cotton prices, and the region's four key resources: cotton, coal, iron, and lumber. He predicts strong times ahead if the current rate continues.
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W. A. Hemphill
Atlanta Constitution Company
Chicago
Chicago Evening Post
South
What People Are Saying on Business Prospects and Policy
A collection of quotes shows rising confidence in US business over the past four years with a 50 percent national trade increase and notable growth in chocolates. C F Gunther of Chicago notes demand drives markets and cautions that changing policy could harm all sectors while telephones become essential to business and private life.
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United States
C. F. Gunther
Chicago
Public letters urge McKinley support amid prosperity debates
A batch of letters argues for Republican McKinley citing current prosperity and past growth, while opponents warn against free silver and imperialism. Contributors include J M Clark Chicago Telegraph, C F Hutchinson Chicago, Gov Hazen S Pingree, and T C Barry Cripple Creek.
Democrat on Filipinos says Negros will become American
Gen James IX Smith, Democrat and military governor of Negros, praises the people of Negros and predicts they will be among the most American Americans in ten years. He critiques Atkinson's Visayan articles as harming U S unity and keeping rebellion alive. He notes his legal background and role in the Philippines.
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J. F. Smith
James IX. Smith
Calfornia
James EL. Budd
Spain
Negros Island
San Francisco
Philippines
Negros
Atkinson
Gen. Smith
United States
Aguinaldo
Thousand Islands
Plan and profits push vs. empire in late era notes
A Georgia publisher argues for U.S. expansion and industrial growth while criticizing Aguinaldo’s regime and praising southern manufacture. He cites Calumet mining housing and Georgia cotton output as examples of economic potential and urges southern industry to embrace finishing products and new building contracts. Senator Morgan’s stance on expansion is endorsed locally.
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Georgia
South
Atlanta
Pubisher
Morgan
United States
Col. Hemphill
Corn and Candy Link Highlights Prosperity Through Trade
The 1898 99 fiscal year saw corn for glucose and by products exceed 27 million bushels about a million acres worth. One third to one fourth of glucose output fed candy manufacturing, underscoring candy demand as a sign of general prosperity and its link to corn growers.
Populist Debate Returns as Family Faces Hard Times
Ezra Grey and Simon, brothers in Warble County, clash over gold standard and free silver while prices for wool hogs and corn slump. The dialogue reveals voter loyalties, fear of Bryan, and Populist promises challenged by practical worries at home in Boonsville and surrounding areas.
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Boonsville
Ezra
Simon
Harrison
United States
Australia
Bryan
McKinley
Meliiley
Glen Harrington
Ife
Agin Vinnte
Coxey
America
England
Ezra Greynow
Cynthia
Jimmie
Johnny
Ezra Grey
Warble County
Caele Ezra
Farmers’ Alliance
Bryan Club
Vinnie
Glen Starrington
Winnie
Uncle Ezra
Bera
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Washington
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Atlanta Constitution
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McWinley
J. A. Smith
Humphrey, Ned
Republican Party
C. F. Hutchinson
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Commercial Exchange Bank of Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Gov
Hazen
Pingree
Michigan
Meckinley
T. C. Barry
Cripple Creek
Colo
Republic
Andrew Jackson
Calumet and Heeda Copper Mining Company
Calumet, Mich
Calumet
Alma L. Parker
Guide Rock, Neb
Vinnie Grey
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