Hanna Analyzes Bryans Acceptance at Chicago Meeting
In a packed Chicago venue the crowd heard Senator Hanna dissect Bryan’s acceptance speech and positions. He argues Bryan flips on imperialism and trusts issues, touts McKinley's tariff record, and defends labor as well as American interests in the Philippines while warning voters of risk to markets and savings.
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McKinley Commercial Club
Chicago
Senator Hanna
Bryan
Kansas City
Lincoln
Neb
Spain
Philippine Islands
Washington
Democratic Party
Ice Trust
F Bryan
Trust
Hanna
Ohio
Clevend
John Seaney
John James
United States
America
Senate
Republican Party
United
States
Meet
Aguinaldo
Cuba
Asiatic
Mr. Bryan
Dingley
William’ McKinley
Illinois
McKinley
W. J. Bryan
Galveston
Ian Avhich
Supreme Court
Supreme’ Court
Congress
Webster Davis
McHinley
Howe
Democratic
Mos "Kinley
Porto
Rico
Webster
Davis
Girat
Urges All to Work for McKinley
A rhetorical exhortation urges citizens to publicly advocate for McKinley and to persuade undecided neighbors to vote, framing the act as a duty to family and national honor. The speaker requests collective effort and ends with a call and farewell.
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McKinley
United States
Tramp Trouble Ties Justice of the Peace to Church Vandalism
In a town a justice of the peace recalls arresting a gang of tramps who profaned a Methodist church after looting schoolhouses. A clever lawyer uses biblical notes to defend them but the judge reverses his ruling and sends the gang to the calaboose. The tale ends with a reflection on Bryan and political rhetoric.
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William E. Anderson
Jonathan
Bryan
Washington
Lincoln
Gar
Big Johannes
Smith
Schmart
Johannes
Calaboose
Bryan's plan to pay soldiers in silver questioned
A New Castle Pennsylvania reader asks if William Jennings Bryan would pay U S soldiers in silver. The letter quotes his campaign stance promising a special session to grant Philippine independence and recalls troops home.
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Bryan
United States
Congress
Phlippine Islands
Army of the
Prosperity and bank deposits under McKinley era
The article cites official figures from the Comptroller of the Currency for 1899 showing a surge in bank deposits and sav ings totals since the Democratic administration, with 2,100,547 more depositors and a rise to $4.608 billion in deposits. It argues McKinley prosperity increased average bank accounts from $520 in 1894 to about $402 per account in 1899.
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Wilson Bird
McKinley
Bryan
Perous
Comptroller of the Currency
United States
Aioe
United
States
Democratic Party Platform Emphasizes Silver and Liberty
The document outlines the party’s stance on free coinage of silver, opposition to gold monometallism, opposition to centralized federal power and injunctions, and calls for tariff reform, immigration limits, civil service merit, and territorial statehood while supporting Cuba and Mississippi River improvements. It cites William J. Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson and cites Jeffersonian principles dating to 1776.
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United ‘States
Congress
London
Cuba
Civil” Service
Las
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