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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1892
Page
10
The article urges a nationwide Columbus Day observance with schoolchildren as main participants. It calls for morning school ceremonies at 9, patriotic decor, tableaux, music, and a citizens' afternoon program with public addresses, a flag salute, and veteran involvement supported by community funding and committee work.
The article notes Mrs. Columbus born Miss Palestrello of Lisbon who married Columbus in 1470. Her father was a navigator and Palestrello’s charts sparked Columbus’s idea of a western passage to the Indies. It then questions whether Mr. Cleveland’s official family has deserted him and lists several names not heard from in the campaign.
The article details congressional actions on funding an entertainment event for Grand Army members in Washington. It notes initial inaction by committees, a Senate amendment for 100000, fights over funding from the district, and a final resolution at 90000. It also comments on party positions and tariff arguments shaping policy.
Wallace H. Phelps editor of the Alliance Daily Review and former Democrat who ran for congress against Governor McKinley in 1886 has renounced the Democratic ticket. A Republican alignment signals a notable party switch in the region.
A historical note explains how prior to the current currency system travelers faced constant money exchanges and embarrassment paying bills. It cites average annual losses from discounts and counterfeits at 15 percent, underscoring the friction of pre reform finance for travelers and merchants alike.
The People's party presidential hopeful abandons a southern speech tour after public insults to him and his wife. The era's rhetoric contrasts Republican community values with Democratic free trade pledges. The message urges workers to consider whether voting for the party backing free trade harms labor wages.
A clipping contrasts pauper ratios in England and the United States and cites Lord Salisbury’s 1892 remarks on free trade. It notes the Summit Silk Manufacturing Company’s tariff driven investment and ends with a Democratic Convention stance against Cleveland’s nomination and a warning about convict labor harming wage earners.
The secretary faults labor quantity for the honest man as driving down wages, noting such work is lawful and promoted in Democratic states but not in Republican states. He also mentions cheap sugar harming Scotch jams and crepes, while western New York farmers find a domestic market for small fruits after repeal of a revenue duty.
Colonel Tracey in charge of editorial work at Democratic headquarters voices sharp views on Senator Hill. He says the national committee boosted Hill to comfort him, noting Hill remains bitter and unlikely to be elected even in his own town if he ran again. The remark ends with a confident jab about Hill's electability.
Cardinal Manning argues free trade forms a wealth driven world and shows wages rising in the United States since the McKinley act, while living costs decline. The past Congress has adjourned amid a speech on trade and policy.
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