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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
3
Former Populist supporter George Rutherford of Marion County Illinois blasts Bryan and the Democrats. He argues Populists must sever ties to the party and criticizes imperialism, silver policies, and the Philippine war, concluding the party’s death is a prerequisite to reform.
In a New York Journal message dated January 6, 1899, Richard Croker argues for national expansion as essential to the United States. He asserts that annexation and possession of new lands must be pursued vigorously, equating it with patriotism and democracy, and claims Americans will gladly fund and support a strong army and navy to protect their flag and rights.
An American citizen declares independent thinking and ballot choices, praising emancipation and progress while criticizing the Republican stance on finance. He notes support for education and freedom in Hawaii and territories, and offers praise for President McKinley’s handling of China, arguing for the people’s ultimate appeal.
Richmond Va August 20 1900 Johnson Williams exhorts white supremacy while critiquing Bryan and the Republican ticket. He defends McKinley and labels Bryan an agent of change and discord. Addresses imperialism banking and party fault lines urging responsible voters to support stability.
Retired General Thomas M. Anderson certifies the Manila conflicts and denies that Theodore Sandico proclaimed extermination of foreigners and Filipinos. He says soldiers found and tore down such proclamations and recounts incidents including arrests of two Filipinos in women’s clothes for arson and the use of white flags by residents.
Thomas H. Baker, United States Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee, writes that Northern Democrats and Copperheads encouraged the Confederacy, arguing Aguinaldo would have remained peaceful if not for anti imperialist supporters in the North. He links Southern secession to Copperhead influence and claims anti-imperialists lengthened the war. Memphis, August 27, 1900.
A noted Methodist preacher argues that Abraham Lincoln is a living prophet and that God has expanded the United States beyond the thirteen colonies. He lauds McKinley, the Spanish American War, Manila, and China as signs of a destiny guided by divine providence. The sermon links national growth to prophetic history and warns against retreat.
Dearboy argues Democrats push imperialism and militarism as campaign issues amid bad tariff and money questions. He cites free trade, free silver, and gold standard debates, then retells a missionary tale to mock Democratic positions. He praises the U S army as voluntary defenders and urges skepticism toward those fearing military power.
William Jennings Bryan declares he is not begging for votes and has even urged some to vote against him if they support the gold standard. He says if elected, he will act to prevent maintaining the gold standard at the first opportunity, and asserts no one should vote for him to uphold that policy. Philadelphia speech dated September 23, 1896.
In a sermon from Buffalo, D. D. Charles H. Fowler speaks of China’s call for help. He portrays China seeking rescue as the "cradle of China" and envisions a Northern Bear that walks like a man, urging America to provide deliverance.
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