Political strife and labor issues in Indiana and Illinois
The piece discusses Indiana politics with colonization of imported Republican voters, a Chicago streetcar strike settlement, mobbing of Prof Easton in Metropolis Illinois, and rising Cleveland and Palmer support. It notes railroad workers backing Palmer, Thurman’s vice presidential acceptance, Mills free wool hopes from Mills bill, and ex Secretaries McCullough and Jordan opposing the Republicans.
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Metropolis
Ilinois
Solid South
Prof
Easton
Cleveland
Mixed Magnetism and Men Dacity
A critical summary of Blaine's campaign remarks challenging claims on federal financials and tariffs. The piece rebuts assertions about treasury loans to pet banks, compares assets in public records, and disputes how history is used in his speeches, citing specific months and figures. It also disputes claims on New England butter trade and regional prosperity under protection.
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Blaine
Detroit
New Albany
Indiana
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Congress
John Sherman
Fairchild
Sherman
United States
Dickinson
New England
West
Tariff Debate in Australia and its Coloni al Impacts
The article contrasts protective and revenue tariff systems in six Australian colonies under British rule. It argues Victoria’s protective policy harmed population growth and industry by taxing native production to subsidize artificial trades, with Melbourne Chamber of Commerce leaders decrying protectionism as isolating and retrogressive. It cites emigration, prosperity in other colonies, and claimed wealth and income advantages of the free trade colonies.
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England
Australia
Great Britain
Victoria
New South Wales
South Australia
Queensland
Tasmania
Western Australia
United States
The
Melbourne Argus
Melbourne Chamber of Commerce
R. J. Jeffrey
J. G. Blaine
United Kingdom
Lands Restored to Public Domain Under Cleveland
Congressman Benton McMillan declares in a Tammany Hall speech that from March 4 1885 to May 12 1888 the general land office and interior secretary restored and recommended recovery of vast tracts, criticizing republican giveaways and arguing the lands now open to the poor for settlement justify Cleveland’s appeal to the working class vote.
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Tammany Hall
Benton McMillan
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Cleveland
United States
Forfei Ivate
Resurts
Vases Wienscherss
Oregon
Plumed Knight’s Assertion Faces Undermining Terms
The passage questions the plausibility of the Plumed Knight's claim, highlighting logical gaps and evidentiary shortcomings. It emphasizes skepticism about the assertion and signals mounting pressure on its credibility.
A Significant Straw On Tariff Beliefs In Newark
The piece argues Newark voters, a longtime Republican hub, shifted toward Democrats last election. It claims workingmen reject tariff fear, understand wage dynamics, and favor cheaper life essentials, noting Republicans fail to back tariff reductions and that tariff policy sustains trusts.
Four Years After Democrats in Power Prosperity Endures
The piece cites New Jersey manufacturers who predicted ruin under Cleveland and a free trade House but four years later most of the firms report flourishing business. It argues that continued Democratic rule has not harmed employment or wages and challenges the Republican line aimed at workers.
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Cleveland
New Jersey
New York Tribune
Congress
House
Senate
Blaine Accuses Sugar Trust In Goshen Speech
In Goshen Indiana Mr Blaine claimed that Horace Havemeyer of the sugar trust appeared before the Ways and Means Committee and arranged a duty worth 6 000 000 for the trust The Mills committee chair R Q Mills rebutted saying Havemeyer never appeared and no such arrangement existed
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Mr. Blaine
Goshen
Indiana
Sugar Trust
Havemeyer
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Allison
Iowa
Ways and Means
R. Q. Mills
Blaine
Republicans Stall On Tariff Bill Debate
The article argues Republicans delay action on the tariff bill to gain political capital. Senator Harris urged a ten day limit, but Senator Allison refused. It notes nearly every Republican senator favors a post election adjournment if the House passes a recess resolution, a move the House has rejected.
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Harris
Allison
House
Senate
Prohibition Wagons Third Party Vote Tally in Georgia
The Voice notes Georgia results from the 11th inst issue. Democratic 1,960 votes, Prohibition 1,423, Republican 1,323. It argues Republicans in Georgia aided a third party ticket, voting for Harrison helps Cleveland, and criticizes stubborn voters.
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The
Voice
New York
Prohibition
Sam Small
Georgia
Albert Griffin
Harrison
Cleveland
Henry J Stephens Weds Sarah A Roberts in Collinsville
A Globe Democrat notice reports Henry J Stephens formerly of St Louis now of Denver married Sarah Alice Roberts on September 24 at the Roberts family home in Collinsville Illinois.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Minneapolis
Henry J. Stephens
Denver
Sarah Alice Roberts
Collinsville
Illinois
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