Truth for the Farmer and the Illinois Granger Controversy
The Chicago Herald argues the Illinois farmer must confront tariff and monopoly forces. It denounces farmers who accept lies, highlights a Bloomington convention urging cheaper twine, and condemns protectionist policy as robbing the farmer.
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Herald
Blaine
Bloomington
Illinois
Twine Trust
Congress
Republican Federal Senate
Tam
Agin
Chicago Herald
The Farmer as Pillar of Nation and Strength
A concise tribute to farmers as the lifeblood of the nation. The speaker argues agriculture sustains politics and defense, shapes prosperity under just laws, and that history shows nations fall when the agricultural class is oppressed. The text celebrates soil, climate, and territory as keys to greatness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific
Tariff decline reshapes farming power in politics
The article argues tariffs erode farming profitability and influence, shifting control from rural lawmakers to city interests. It traces the decline from Clay and Webster era rural leadership to urban dominance in the Senate and state legislatures, urging tariff reform to restore farmer clout and honor.
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United States
Senate
Washington
Clay
Webster
Calhoun
Congress
Bryce
Courier-Journal
Secretary Noble Must Stop Early Land Grab in Oklahoma
The statement charges that men who entered Oklahoma before the opening under the interior department may keep land seized before settlers cleared the soldiers. It urges Secretary Noble to identify the federal official behind the alleged grabbing scheme and take action.
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Secretary Noble
Oklahoma
Interior Department
Noble
Porter to shift duties after census juggling
Editor Porter will stop writing further protection pieces for the New York Press for now. He plans to pursue more valuable party work, including involvement with census matters.
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Porter
New York Press
Knifing the Democratic Party in New York Politics
In a World editorial the claim that Democratic votes defeated Cleveland is challenged as partial. It argues Governor Hill secured victory via Republican votes bought with saloon funds and Quay money, with many Democrats also voting against Cleveland due to Hill’s conspiracy and influence.
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Washington
United States
Harrison
Partizan
Cleveland
Jefferson
Lincoln
New York World
New York
Hill
Governor Hill
Mr. Cleveland
Quay
Darden Guilty of Poll Intimidation in Arkansas
A Arkansas man named Darden was found guilty of intimidating a negro at the polls and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. In Indianapolis court actions erased over a hundred indictments for ballot fraud without a conviction amid partisan divides. Blocks-of-live Dudley heads South to craft a Southern policy for an administration tainted by his alleged scoundrelism.
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Arkansas
Darden
Indianapolis
Indiana
Dudley
Briggs
Delaware
Forty-second
Paris
New York Tribune
William C. P. Breckinridge
Kentucky
Plymouth
Mass
Missouri
Francis
Houtzdale
Joseph Teeser
Floren Beck
St. Joseph
Des Moines Leader Company
Henry Stivers & Co
Burlington Gazette
Illinois Auditor
Citizens’ State Bank
Kankakee
R. G. Risser
H. M. Stone
H. A. Magruder
P. Risser
A. D. Ehrich
Pittsburg Building Trades Inaugurate General Strike
A general strike began in Pittsburg on May 1 affecting about 5,000 workers in the building trades seeking an average 25 cent daily wage increase. They had hoped for prosperity from Harrison's boom but have seen wage reductions to date.
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Pittsburg
Harrison
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Germany
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Wisconsin
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