19 Sep 1894
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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1894
Page
1
Democratic speaking engagements announced in multiple towns. Trostle’s Glee Club and city band to provide music. Hon A N Martin to speak at Ossian Montpelier Mt Zion Nottingham Vera Cruz and Rockford with dates in September.
A grand closing rally is planned in Bluffton this Saturday November 3. Community leaders invite residents to participate in the event and hear final remarks before the end of the campaign. Local organizations coordinate the gathering and transportation options are provided.
Analysis cites Indiana sheep counts and values before and after the McKinley tariff, arguing protectionist policy harmed wool. It notes price drops from 33–37 to 12–15 cents and a large decline in headcount, then claims early tariff effects improved wool demand. Mentions state debt reduction, and sugar planters switching to the Republican party.
Senator Smith disputes Theodore Shockney's claims from a Sept. 11 speech at Sixbey's opera house. He cites the 1889 Mechanics Lien law, Senate Journal pages, and party roles to argue Republicans did not own the measures, noting Shockney and nine Republican senators opposed the school book and election laws while Democrats supported them. He urges Shockney to tell the truth and defends the law's passage. The Wright shovel company will employ 200 people at Anderson.
A Bluffton seance led by H B Wardell of Lafayette ends when observer Royse exposes Wardell and his family as frauds. The room dark, doors sealed, and a staged cabinet collapse reveal false materializations. Wardell and family flee by train as locals debate spiritualism’s validity and vow more exposures.
Last Saturday at five o'clock marriage united Mr. H. M. Edris and Miss Maggie Eichhorn at the bride's home. Rev. G. H. Sander officiated before a small gathering. An elegant supper followed and the couple will begin housekeeping at once as residents of shared happiness.
In November 1892 5 556 562 votes supported the democratic party and principles leading to widespread legislative changes. The McKinley bill is repealed and replaced by a law reducing burdens by 30 percent. An income tax targets 85 000 people and $346 000 000 in greenbacks are taxed. Ashland Kentucky sees Owens win by 270 votes as Creckinridge stays home. A N Martin predicts easy victory for Democrats as campaign work continues.
A partisan overview praising the Fifty third Congress for enacting more laws than any postwar session. It highlights repealing the Sherman silver purchase, restoring state election control, cutting expenditures, reducing salaries, enacting reform against monopolies, introducing an income tax, and establishing a national holiday. The piece contrasts with critics who warn of calamity and questions sugar policy memory.
The piece disputes a newspaper claim that McKinley era sugar duties made sugar free and cites price history from the past two years. It argues tariff levels shift power to the sugar trust, recalls a 1893 Chronicle report on sugar scarcity, and condemns political manipulation around tariff as tax.
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