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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1900
Page
4
The ad promotes a store’s fall stock with a wide range of dress goods and a newly established carpet and matting business. Ingrain carpets from 25 to 60 cents, Brussels from 50 cents to 1.40, and heavy mattings 19 to 22 cents per yard. Also offers floor oil cloths, rugs, prompt delivery, and window shades with a focus on value.
The piece denounces a historical wrongdoing by an administration toward Porto Ricans, arguing it violated General Miles’ pledge that Porto Rico would enjoy US-like privileges and immunities. It accuses McKinney of falsifying that commitment and stresses the betrayal as a crime against island inhabitants and the American people.
A political exchange in Jacck son township accuses McKinley prosperity of driving salt cost higher. The Democrat cites wage cuts at American Steel and Wire in Cleveland affecting six hundred workers as proof of alleged Republican mismanagement and trust power under the current administration.
The Recorder's office shows current mortgage indebtedness at 164,276.17 higher than two years ago. The note suggests that real estate values are increasingly encumbered, prompting concern over whether this signals true prosperity or financial pressure on homeowners.
The argument notes that Connecticut requires reading ability and land ownership or military service for voting, Massachusetts demands literacy and name writing, and Rhode Island imposes real estate or tax payment or military duty conditions. The author questions southern disfranchisement by pointing to northern constraints.
The president and secretary of the Indiana State WCTU urge defeat of McKinley over his liquor policy. They print vast numbers of Presidential Prayer Pledges to start a chain of prayers that will spread through women's networks until election day. They say McKinley favored liquor interests over Christian petitioners who asked him to abolish the army canteen.
W. L. Wilson former Postmaster General under Cleveland reports he renounces McKinley and declares for Bryan and Stevenson in a public letter.
Governor Mount criticizes Mark Hanna in an interview dated the 20th, calling Hanna’s claim that there is no such thing as a trust one of the campaign’s most unfortunate declarations. The remarks frame a campaign contrast over trust dynamics and political rhetoric.
The platform advocates creating a Department of Labor with a Cabinet Secretary. It positions labor as central politics and cites Bryan’s election as key to wiring votes. Democrats hope this move shifts thousands of German Irish and American voters from McKinley to Bryan.
The speaker doubts the need for a large standing army, arguing 25 000 suffices and 100 000 would be unnecessary unless facing aggression. They warn against coercion to impose tribute or political systems on unwilling people, suggesting a defensive posture only if required.
Report from New Albany Ledger notes Union Electrical Workers of Indianapolis striking since the 14th, backing by the National Organization. Glass factories in the gas belt face turmoil with flatteners cutters and blowers, sparking potential new Glass Workers Organization to oppose Assembly No 800 for alleged scab labor.
George R. Wendling the famous orator leaves McKinley and the gold standard to back Col. Bryan against imperial government ruling distant colonies as Spain and England.
A clipped line notes that one Republican convert is revealed as a galvanized gold bug who voted against Bryan in 1896. The remark links party lines and a historic presidential vote to a current ideological label.
The remark states that the current administration has no constitutional authority to establish a colonial framework, equating such action to claiming monarchic power. It frames the issue as a challenge to foundational law and governance.
Mayor Samuel M. Jones of Toledo, a former Republican who backed McKinley in 1896, announces support for William J. Bryan citing opposition to imperialism and militarism, criticism of the Philippine war, and belief in human liberty as guiding principles. He says Bryan best represents public conscience today.
The Indianapolis Press condemns the coal strike in Pennsylvania describing it as brutal and cold blooded. It argues wealth uses power to starve poverty and trample rights and says the American public will support the miners for their just cause and humanitarian appeal.
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