Cockran Opens Democratic Honest Money Rally at 18000 Seat Arena
Major Byrne led a large Democratic meeting with speakers including Bourke Cochran and General Lloyd Brice. The event, held before a packed 18,000 seat auditorium, framed the Honest Money League as a bid to save the country from archy socialism and repudiation while praising honest Democrats and denouncing Populism and Bryan.
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Cockran
Lloyd Brice
Jerry Belmont
Cooper
Horace White
John C. Tomlinson
John Mack, Jr
Cooper Hewitt
Creary
League
New York Democrats Denounce Fusion and Populist Drift
Perry Belmont presides as ex congressman calls for plain speaking against Chicago nominations. He rails at fusion of 16 to 1 free silver and Populists, arguing the party must remain true to Democratic principles. He condemns fiat money schemes, government printing presses for currency, and warns against undermining monetary and constitutional integrity.
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Mr. Byrne
Perry Belmont
Mr. Belmont
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Bryan
Congress
Nicaragua
House
Peffer
Senate
Washington
Fiat Silver Organization
Bland
New York
Union
Dem Democrat Cochran Recalls Bryan Speech Rally
The audience roared as Hon. W Rourke Cochran spoke after Uproar greet. Cochran defended Democratic causes, attacked Bryan and Populist rhetoric, warning of the stakes and urging unity to preserve social order and honest government. He referenced Lincoln and warned of revolutions in the Chicago platform.
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Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Bryan
Republic of Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Republic
Tillman
Bryan
Bryanine Wages Debate Sparks Blunt Economic Test
The speech centers on whether any increase in wages can come from changing the currency standard and debases the coinage. The speaker argues wages reflect labor value and that prosperity follows higher wages, criticizing free silver coinage and emphasizing that cheap money or labor harms American workers.
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Mr. Bryan
Bryan
United States
What Morey on Money, Volume, and Populist Delusions
Speaker argues that money volume does not equal wealth and that turnover, not sheer quantity, drives prosperity. He criticizes Bryan and Populist calls to inflate currency, insisting sound money and full confidence maintain value. education of labor and economy under gold standards safeguards credit.
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Bryan
Chicago
London
New York
Lyons
Labor Alone Makes Wealth and the Populist Threat
A speaker argues that government power cannot create wealth, praising labor as the sole source of value. He contends wage cuts would not boost employment and questions Bryan’s monetary proposals, warning that increased commodity prices would hurt workers and enrich none. He criticizes a cheap dollar for reducing wages while boosting job volatility.
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Congress
Bourke Cochran
Belmont
Bryan
Fedral
Mr. Bryan
Populist denounces court packing plan in platform clash
A speaker condemns a Populist measure to pack the Supreme Court as unconstitutional and a threat to the republic. He argues an independent judiciary defends citizen rights and warns the convention seeks to weaponize courts against the Constitution. Applause follows his stark critique.
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Supreme Court
Wages, Prices and Populist Schemes Stir Debates
The piece argues that laborers bear the true cost of product value while criticising Mr. Bryan's wage plan as contradictory. It claims any debasement of value lowers wages, depicting the Populist movement as pursuing this outcome amid applause and public debate.
Change in Condition of Men and Material Possessions
The fragment argues that if the condition of men worsens, the community must increase material possessions for some portion. It presents a call for redistribution as a remedy to social distress, implying policy action to uplift beneficiaries.
Newport Social Season Opens With Van Alen Cotillion
In Newport Rhode Island on August 18 Hon James J Van Alen hosted the season s first grand social event in honor of his daughter Miss May Alen returning from abroad Elisha Dyer Jr led the cotillion with Miss Van Alen and guests Numbered about four hundred invitations were issued The event featured a ballroom shipped from across the water and a lavish Egyptian tent terrace illumination was subdued and elegant with taxonomically described decor and guests in formal attire
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Newport
R. I
James J. van Alen
May Alen
William Astor
Elisha Dyer, Jr
Miss van Alen
Mrs. Grinnell
Miss Grinnell
Licensed Dishonesty in a Bankers Debate Speech
A speaker argues that wage suppression harms labor and accuses Bryan of favoring a silver standard that would let debtors choose their payment metal. He says creditors are laborers, not bankers, and recalls a House exchange with Bryan about banking and debt.
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Bryan
Mr. Bryan
House of Representatives
Conspiracy Claim Stirs Debate Over Labor and Populism
Speech denounces a Populist plot by professional farmers and Southern slaveholders. It argues workers are creditors and wages sustain industry, citing wage shares of the New York Central and U S labor totals. It contends mortgage rates are low and stresses unity, credit, and industrial cooperation as civilization foundations.
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Farmers
Washington
Farmer
North
Reunion
South
Missouri
Indiana
Chicago
Union
Hampton
North Carolina
Caffrey
Louisiana
Pillman
New York
America
Department of Industry
New
United States
New York Central
United States Bureau of Statistics
Nebraska
Populist Plan Attacked as Farm Conspiracy Ends in Applause
The speaker denounces Populist calls to link farmers to wage suppression, arguing farmers are creditors in their labor. He claims the attempt to unite farming with urban workers into a wage-cutting conspiracy failed utterly, amid audience applause.
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Chang
Use Woodbury Facial Soap for complexion care
An advertisement suggests spending on fine clothes is wasted when complexion is poor and promotes John H. Woodbury of 11 Winter Street Boston and Woodbury’s Facial Soap as the remedy for a better look.
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John H. Woodbury
Boston
Woodbury
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Wman
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Industry
American Surety Co
Finke Bldg
State Street
Henrey B. Peirce
Ass’t Lecy
May van Alen
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