Former Silver Knight backs Roosevelt amid party split
Col. Oliver C. Sabin, once a Bryan supporter and Silver Knight organizer, renounces Democracy and endorses Roosevelt and Fairbanks. He argues Democrats like Parker betray silver advocates, cites prosperous Times under Roosevelt, and urges stand pat for economic growth. Indiana's Nelson J. Bozarth also backs Roosevelt amid veteran defections.
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Oliver C. Sabin
Colorado
Washington
W. J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Col. Sabin
Stewart
Nevada
Silver Knights of America
Bryan
Parker
Cleveland
Hill
Richard Olney
Parker Movement
Mr. Bryan
Republican Party
Forty Years Ago A Letter On Government Costs
In a mock letter to John, Henery Gassaway Davis laments higher per capita government costs since Buchanan’s era. He contrasts past simple needs with present railroads, steamboats, telephones, electric lights, and widespread infrastructure, noting growing expenses and wishing he had run for office forty years ago.
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Henery Gassaway Davis
Davis
Buchanan
John
V. P
Democrats at War Hearst Attacks Ex Secretary Olney
Excerpt from Hearst’s New York American shows sharp attack on Olney a former Attorney General under Cleveland. It notes Olney’s Cooper Union remarks criticizing Cuba policy and jingoism, suggesting his words would rally voters for Roosevelt.
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Hearst
Olney
New York
Cuba
Judge Parker
Cooper Union
Democracy
Spain
Roosevelt
Rooser vs letter of acceptance in monetary policy debate
The excerpt argues for a gold standard defined by long standing business practice and a stable monetary system. It emphasizes permanent organic policy over transient political expediency and cites the Rooser case as context for acceptance.
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Rooser
Democratic indecision cited as staple of party’s failures
A political column criticizes the Democratic Party across history, arguing procrastination and internal divisions harmed the nation. It likens the party’s approach to a donkey unable to choose oats or hay, noting delays under Buchanan and Cleveland and the delayed Wilson–Dill tariff bill after Lincoln’s election.
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Democratic Party
Buchanan
South
Lincoln
Cleveland
Question Box Answers From The Editor William Shagbark
Readers pose questions to Judge Parker on pensions sanitation in the Panama region and race politics. Shagbark notes the last Congress failed a service pension bill and Roosevelt era policies support disability pensions, then discusses southern Black voters and Democratic party loyalty with a call to Republican principles.
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William Shagbark
Alton B. Parker
Congress
Judge Parker
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Interior
Parker
Panama Canal Region
Mattter
Panama Canal
Bryan's Norfolk remark stirs Parker allies in party split
In Norfolk Nebraska Bryan faced backlash after saying Judge Parker resembled Roosevelt on several issues. Parker supporters deny the remark while a Norfolk dispatch notes 1,000 Republicans and Democrats claim he voiced the statement. Watson criticizes the Democratic platform and candidate as meaningless.
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Norfolk, Neb
Bryan
Parker
Roosevelt
Norfolk
Embarrassing Truth Strikes Parker Bryan Clash Inside Party
The South Bend Times editor J B Stoll urges Parker Davis victory to end Bryan influence, warning Parker’s win could wreck Bryan’s past and future Democracy. Bryan denounces Parker with strong, unyielding critiques in his Chicago speech and in the Commoner.
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Parker
Bryan
South Bend Times
Indiana
J. B. Stoll
The
Times
Davis
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Mr. Stoll
Republic
Chicago
Democratic Party
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Parker
An Organized Appetite for Office
The Chicago Chronicle notes shifting political themes with a South focus on a Booker Washington luncheon and a possible breakfast pie party. It observes a northern trend where Democrats appeal to hungry voters as the Hungry Joe faction emerges.
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The
Chicago Chronicle
Booker Washington
First Voters for Roosevelt Rally Support in Acceptance Letter
A pre election voters roundup shows nearly all early voters favor Roosevelt. The piece cites Roosevelt's acceptance letter urging action against trusts and monopolies and arguing for government regulation under the Constitution.
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Roosevalt
Is Protection A Robbery In View Of Economic Facts
A long quotation argues protectionist policy is not robbery, citing U S savings bank deposits growth from 1894 to 1904, rising total deposits in banking, export gains in domestic manufactures, increased wheat and cotton mill activity, and larger coal and pig iron output. It lists major figures and entities including 1904 export increases, 1903 cotton mill data, and Wall Street era metrics to support the tariff system. The text frames protection as beneficial to national wealth and employment.
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New York
New England
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Abraham Lincoln
Sault Ste. Marie
Waltetgt
Ballard
Not Fit to Govern
A historical argument asserts Democrats opposed Hawaii annexation under Cleveland and applauded his actions. It predicts a similar fate for the Philippines, claiming a party that diminishes liberty and retracts the flag is unfit to govern.
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Grover Cleveland
Senate
Hawaii
McKinley
Philippines
Poverty in Free Trade England Versus 1904 Prospects
The Manchester City Council reports 40 000 to 50 000 people near starvation with similar distress in London and major cities. Joseph Chamberlain notes one million fewer UK workers since 1851 and a one billion dollar drop in farmer capital, with 13 million underfed. The piece argues free trade yields no clear gains for 1904 Democratic victory.
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England
Manchester
London
United Kingdom
Joseph Chamberlain
America
Germany
United States
William Jennings Bryan Dips Pen in Woe Leader Written
The snippet shows a Brow led by William Jennings Bryan with a penned message lamenting a decision. The line reads I Told You So indicating a rebuke or acknowledgment of prior warnings. The article hints at Bryan issuing a formal note or editorial as part of a political moment.
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William Jennings Bryan
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Ala
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