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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
3
In Chicago on April 15, 1896, former Democrat Treasury Secretary John G. Carlisle warned that confiscating wages by devaluing money would enslave workers. He urged all honorable means to avert free coinage of silver, stressing duty to protect laborers and families.
German farmer William Hintz of Hancock County Ohio explains his political shift from Democrat to Republican arguing free trade hurt his sheep. He cites wool price drops after 1892, free silver concerns, and admiration for money makers as reasons. He says he follows McKinley and remains a Republican with his sheep.
A long list of Red Cloud and Guide Rock residents and other Nebraskans portray a shift away from Bryan's political influence. Citizens include Emigh, Dyer, Blair, Storey, Kizer, Geeham, Amack, McCord, Perry, McCall, and Guy among many others. A Deloit township resident endorses the straight Republican ticket, citing McKinley prosperity and opposition to Bryan's imperialism and trusts.
The report catalogs diverse figures from Indiana to Virginia and New York, detailing GOP support for McKinley in 1900. It notes J W Hunter and Frank Sweeney as club organizers, plus prominent Virginians like Tredegar’s Frank Glasgow and Purcell & Co. officials, all voting for McKinley this year. It also cites various former Bryan supporters switching sides, emphasizing sound money and tariff protection as motives.
A dated political clipping lists newspapers that reportedly backed Bryan in 1896 and others that shifted. The compilation enumerates publications across major cities including New York Times, Philadelphia Ledger, St. Louis Anzeiger des Westens, and Denver Republican among many, noting shifts in editorial stance on Bryan’s campaign.
A long list of Missouri residents including Ralph Simmons of Seymour and Col. G. W. Death of Piedmont endorse sound money and expansion for McKinley. Reactions span bankers, farmers, merchants, and public officials across Missouri praising prosperity, business conditions, and Republican policy.
Alexander R. Lawton of Savannah Georgia declares support for McKinley and Roosevelt. He argues Americans must oppose enemies and suppress aiding actors, reject currency legislation, uphold law, favor expansion of commerce and power, and hope McKinley will treat the South fairly. If not, the South must wait for a wiser successor.
Ex congressman Col James R Campbell of McLeansboro Illinois has publicly left the Democratic party over the expansion issue and joined the Republicans. A colonel in the U S service, he recently returned from the Philippines and urged expansionists to prove the case by viewing the situation firsthand. He plans no campaign work while furlough lasts, after a long career in Illinois politics and service.
Dr. J. A. Milburn of Second Presbyterian Church Indianapolis, a longtime Democrat ally, says he will vote Republican this year. He asserts Bryan embodies economic heresies and misreads America’s growth driven by ambition to improve the world.
A Kansas letter from Lawrence and other towns argues that post 1896 prosperity mocks former fears of imperialism and economic collapse. It notes shifts in political support, especially among gold Democrats, and lists Kansans from Weir City and nearby areas including lawyers, merchants, miners, carpenters, and officials backing ongoing Philippine policy and silver causes.
Figures across New York and Utah announce shifts to the Republican ticket in 1900. Prominent lawyers, judges, and party loyalists abandon Bryanism, praise McKinley, and pledge support for Roosevelt and the Republican platform amid national debates on tariffs and imperial policy.
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