Reasons for Voting with the Republicans in 1892
Special correspondence from New York outlines why business men farmers bankers and western citizens favor the Republican ticket. It cites protective tariffs rising prosperity under Harrison and Cleveland’s pension and land office records as proof of likely support for Harrison Benjamin Harrison and the GOP.
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New York
Great Britain
Cleveland
United States
England
Republican Party
Harrison
Democratic Party
Great West
Land Office
West
Farmers Record of Harrison Administration on Prices and Markets
The document extols Harrison administration gains for farmers amid tariff reciprocity. It lists higher exports in bacon, beef, cattle, wheat, cotton, seeds, fruits, and oils, plus new home markets for barley tobacco potatoes eggs and raisins. It notes veterinary efforts, cattle treatment, disease prevention, and expanded weather service and farmer information.
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Cleveland
Harrison
London
Agricultural Department
Germany
Denmark
Austria
France
Italy
Spain
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Weather Bureau Service
Mrs Lease Breaks With Populists on Weaver Vote
A Topeka interview reports Mrs. Lease condemning intraparty fights and urging Populists in Kansas to back Harrison electors if Weaver wins. She claims Democrats bend to Weaver and Cleveland policies and positions herself as a leading Kansas Populist voice alongside Jerry Simpson.
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New York Times
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Lease
General Weaver
Weaver
Cleveland
Harrison
Leass
Jerry Simpson
Labor and Wages in Iron and Steel Compared to England
An analysis contrasts American and foreign workers in iron and steel with England’s wage levels. The piece decries Democratic control as indifferent to labor, citing Georgia chain gangs and convict labor under whipping bosses. It warns the 1900 election could threaten protection, reciprocity and sound money, urging voter action.
Assistant Democrats and the People’s Party Affidavit
An affidavit from Dixon County Nebraska details a 1892 independent rally in Ponca where speaker Richard F. Trevellick stated the aim to throw the election to the house of representatives. Austin G Kingsbury questions the claim as aiding the Democratic Party. The document is sworn by H D Rogers, justice of the peace.
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People's Party
Democratic Party
People’s Party
State of
Nebraska
Dixon
Austin G. Kingsbury
Ponca
Court House
Richard F. Trevellick
Detroit
Mich
Weaver
House of Representatives
Trevellick
Austin G. Rixaspory
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Butte, Mont
John W. Morton
Dillon
Grover Cleveland
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Cradley
Ucts
Democras
Emerald Isle
Robert BR. Roosevelt
Tran Turer
National Democratic Committee
Welland
James G.laine
Roman
Daniel E. Stekles
Washington
Labor and
Georgia
Chicago
Bork
Hammermen
Tae
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Charze TS
Hooker
Pilers Oe
Shearmen Eueeen
Weizghers
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Busy
York
H. D. Rogers
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