Tin Plate Education Campaign Distracted by Blue Coat Police
The article describes an effort to suppress American tin plate education by Tammany Hall police at New York schools. A campaign souvenir tin plate, used to promote tariffs and U S tin production, is blocked from distribution to children by blue coated officers. It advocates mail orders to obtain the plate from the Protective Tariff League. The piece also critiques a fraudulent letter targeting Catholic clergy and politics.
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Wilbur F. Wakeman
Protective Tariff League
Whitelaw Reid and the Farmers Tariff Movement
An official estimate traces farm note losses to the Farmers' Friend movement led by Whitelaw Reid, editor of The Tribune, which organized farm petitions for stronger protection. The 1890 McKinley tariff reflected these farmer demands, including duties on barley potatoes cabbage hay and wool and a sugar bounty, shaping Congress action.
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Broken State Banks by Thompson’s Detector of 1858
The excerpt lists banks deemed broken closed or worthless over the last ten years of the period, attributed to Thompson’s Bank Note Detector of 1858. It notes the failing financial institutions and the long decline of this banking system.
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Weaver Battles Rotten Eggs in Georgia Campaign
General Weaver of the People's party reports hostile crowds and rotten eggs in Georgia venues as he withdrew from the state campaign. He cites rowdyism at Waycross Albany and Columbus, noting threats to him and his wife. Columbus is credited with a well managed meeting led by C J Thornton.
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Disruptions Mark Meeting Tour at Macon and Athinta
About 3,600 attendees gave respectful attention while mobs in Macon hurled rotten eggs striking Mrs Weaver and splattered eyes adjacent crowds howled past midnight. At Athinta a like disorderly crowd gathered causing Mrs Lease and speaker Tom to cancel appearances for safety reasons.
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Beers and Sickles Split Over Cleveland Support
In a Washington letter General I O Beers endorses active campaign against Grover Cleveland, arguing he is not the soldier friend voters should support. Beers recalls Civil War service with the Thirtieth New York and urges fellow veterans to vote with renewed vigor to defend veterans’ rights.
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Sickles Predicted Soldier Vote Shift in 1884 Race
The New York Press quotes General Sickles saying Grover Cleveland could not win the soldier vote if nominated. It notes multiple evidences that Sickles understood this, and claims veterans will vote largely as Cleveland's stand-in did for the Union and its party.
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