Reasons for Voting for Bryan by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
List of arguments praising William Jennings Bryan over William McKinley. Points include leadership, governance, principles over finance, equality for all, opposition to imperialism, and warnings about an empire leading to oligarchy. Ends with attribution to Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. McKinley
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Topeka
Lincoln
United States
Philippines
Cuba
China
Jefferson
Thomas Wentworth
Higginson
Imperialism as the immediate issue in U S policy
The passage brands Major McKinley as shiftless and hypocritical, claiming imperialism dominates policy. It accuses him of ignoble ambition and betraying late allies, staining the flag with blood in a stinging critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
No Comment From McKinley on Philippines Policy
The Johnstown Democrat quotes McKinley weighing fate and duty in the Philippines, referencing Providence civilization and English gratitude while delaying action until after the election. Bryan responds by urging noninterference so Filipinos can work their own salvation on their God given land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Major McKinley
England
Mr. Bry
Johnstown Democrat
People hide gold pieces to remove from circulation
The passage notes many individuals hoard gold by concealing it in secret places when they receive a piece. It suggests the total amount hoarded is probably very large.
Week's History Telegraphed In Foreign Crises And China
Reports indicate General Chaffee to hold Pekin legation guard of 1000 while other troops move to Manila. Britain and Germany clash over China terms. McKinley weighs dismemberment risk. Russia withdraws legation and most troops. Miles ordered home. Chinese officials deposed. assassin of Baron von Ketteler tied to investigations.
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Chaffee
Legation
Pekin
Manila
England
Germany
United States
China
Count von Waldersee
Washington
Great Britain
Earl Li
McKinley
America
Russia
France
Miles
Shanghai
Chuang
Tuan
Baron von Ketteler
Li Hung Chang
Britain
MacArthur cabled Manila on troop movements and losses
General MacArthur reported the transport Sherman left Manila on September 23 bound for San Francisco. He also said Captain Shields and fifty-one men of the Twenty-ninth Infantry were killed or captured by Filipino forces. Native reports from Manila claim Captain Shields and three soldiers were killed on Marinduque island. In ongoing Philippine fighting, insurgents have lost ninety men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General MacArthur
Sherman
Manila
San Francisco
Captain Shields
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Marinduque
Philippines
Luzerne Sheriff Uses Restraint Amid Miner Riot
Sheriff Harvey of Luzerne County, Pa, ordered deputies not to fire on riotous miners. Reports claim imported negro miners will enter the anthracite fields. The strike is said to end with a 10 percent wage increase, with arbitration proposed and posted at mines. Miners reject the 10 percent offer and stay away as owners avoid recognizing the union.
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Harvey
Luzerne County
Final Boer army collapse traced to diplomacy
The report says the Boer surrender came without fighting, achieved by diplomacy. The Duke of Marlborough is named new lord lieutenant of Ireland. Ted Sloan to ride for the Prince of Wales next year. Kruger's cabinet members left Lourenzo Marques with gold. Serbia proclaims amnesty for Queen Draga’s birthday. Queen Victoria’s 14th Parliament ends with writs issued. Dreyfus launches another attack for trial revision. Lord Roberts reviews Canadian troops at Pretoria before their departure. Yamagata and Japanese cabinet reportedly resign. Britain warns Holland against transporting Boer archives or bullion. Roberts named commander in chief. Spain plans eight battleships, six cruisers, and 100 torpedo boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Lord Leutenant
Ireland
Ted Sloan
Prince of Wales
Kruger
Lourenzo Marques
Europe
Servia
Queen Draga
Dreyfus
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Yamagata
Great Britain
Holland
Spain
Democrats and Populists Won’t Merge for Kansas Sixth Race
Announcement from Democratic state headquarters states no fusion with Populists in Kansas Sixth district congress race. neither candidate will withdraw. Republicans complete Indiana poll and find encouraging signs. Bryan denies Hanna charges on Croker cabinet plan. Governor Fancher renominated in North Dakota withdraws due to ill health. Bryan declines Chicago appearance on registration day. Carlisle preparing letter for McKinley club opposing Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Indiana
W. J. Bryan
Hanna
Croker
F. B. Fancher
North Dakota
Bryan
Chicago
John G. Carlisle
McKinley Club
The
Philadelphia Times
Chicago Crimes and Political Shifts Highlight Era News
Reports detail porch climbers stealing $900 from George C. Prussing in Chicago while another man, Jim Howard, is found guilty and sentenced to death for Goebel's murder in Frankfort. Kentucky men Penn and Whitlock fight on a train. Whitlock dies. Other items note a Tremont House suicide, a new Columbia theater planned in Chicago, stock margins rising in NY and Chicago, and a spate of robberies and burglaries across the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Prussing
Dearborn Avenue
Chicago
Frankfort
Jim Howard
Goebel
M. W. Penn
J. L. Whitlock
Kentucky
Richard C. Stoll
Tremont House
Columbia
New York
Lower
Michigan
Friendship
Wis
Toledo
Wolf Bros
Centerville
Mich
Heidelmier
Cedar Lake
Ind
Lawrence
Pearl Bryan
Martha Rounds
James Howard
William Goebel
Canton engravers seek higher pay at Dueber Watch Co
The 104 engravers at the Dueber Watch company in Canton Ohio struck for higher wages. Anaconda Copper directors declare a dividend of 1.25 dollars per share plus 75 cents extra. U.S. exports to Australia rise from 19.78 million to 26.73 million dollars between 1899 and 1900. Spirits price increases from 1.26 to 1.27 dollars take effect. American Cereal directors reject English bid for stock at 175 dollars per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dueber Watch Company
Canton
Anaconda Company
United States
Australia
American Cereal Company
Victims in Multiple City Collisions and Trains Wrecks
A volley of accidents across cities leaves one dead and many injured. Notable cases include George H. Cameron in Oshkosh struck by a trolley, a Russian military train wreck with eleven soldiers killed, a Southern Pacific wreck near the Utah Nevada line injuring fifteen, and Chicago fire and lamp explosion fatalities. Coroners report Chicago railroad deaths total twenty six for the past month.
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New York
George H. Cameron
Oshkosh
Lowell
Trenton
Southern Pacific
Utah-Nevada Line
McDonough
Chicago
R. C. Pickett
Minneapolis
Burlington
Lacona
Henry Miller
Notable Civil War Veterans Die Across States
General John M Palmer dies suddenly in Springfield Illinois of heart failure. Coroner Phil A Julian of Silver Bow Montana, a veteran newspaper man, dies in Butte. Dr N Pierce ex-surgeon of the Thirteenth Illinois Regiment dies in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Colonel John C Wyman who once saved Grant from drowning dies in Providence Rhode Island. William L Rowland longtime Rockford Illinois librarian dies. Judge John C Miller of Springfield Ohio common pleas dies. Colonel Freeman Ellsworth, Iowa Democrat and former gubernatorial candidate, dies Eldora Iowa aged 90.
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John M. Palmer
Springfield
Ills
Phil A. Julian
Silver Bow County
Mont
Butte
N.&. Pierce
Thirteenth Lawa Regiment
Cedar Rapids
John C. Wyman
President Grant
Providence
R. I
William L. Rowland
Rockford, Ill
John C. Miller
Common Pleas Court
Dpd
Freeman Ellsworth
Iowa
Eldora
Fire at Market Street Destroys Property in Chicago
A blaze at 221 223 Market Street in Chicago caused about 50000 dollars in damage and threatened many wholesale houses nearby. Fire crews contained the flames after hours of effort and no injuries were reported.
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Market Street
Chicago
Great Northern estimate: 50,000 Easterners to Northwest next year
The Great Northern Railway officials estimate that about 50 000 easterners will immigrate to the northwest early next year. The report reflects expected migration patterns and regional growth prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railway
Northwest
Michigan Commission
State Supreme Court
Wisconsin State Board of Medical Examiners
A. L. Thompson
Milwaukee
Rev. L. Sigmund
Trftin
Carthage
Ills.) College
Crocker
Lawn Brigade
Keokuk
South Carolina
Columbia
Hugh John MacDonald
Manitoba
R P. Roblin
University
Washington
Db. C
John C. Watson
Naval Forces
Asiatic Station
Naval Examining Board
Washington Navy Yard
Crescen T
Readvile
Charley Herr
Hanover Courier
United States
University of Chicago
Reunion of Crocker’s Iowa Brigade Opens in Keokuk
The tenth biennial reunion of Crocker’s Iowa brigade gathers in Keokuk September 28 with 1500 parading Eleventh Thirteenth Fifteenth and Sixteenth regiments attend and elect new officers. Officers include General Granville H. Dodge and General Ad. H. Saunders. A vote to return captured flags to South Carolina is defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Crocker
Olwa
South Carolina
J. C. Kennedy
Milwaukee
Columbia
Iowa Historical Society
Iowa City
Granville H. Dodge
Ad. H. Saunders
Train Leaves the Track in Illinois or Iowa Wreck
Des Moines reports a Burlington railway line wreck near Lacona with B R Welcher of Milo killed. Miss Madge A Kidd of Richland presumed fatally injured. Several passengers suffer assorted injuries including Culbertson, Buchanan, Kersey, Spurgeon, Mead and Bruce. Brakeman Vance slightly hurt. engine, baggage car, and coach left the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
B. R. Welcher
Milo
Chariton and
Indianola
Burlington Railway
Lacona
Madge A. Kidd
Richland
Ila
Vance
Welcher
Miss Kidd
Roy M. Culbertson
Danvers
C. M. Buchanan
Fairfield
James Kersey
Amo
Ind
Miss Spurgeon
Orient
R. M. Mead
George Bruce
Corydon
Crocker Brigade Adjourns After Biennial Session in Keokuk
The Crocker Brigade association closes its biennial session in Keokuk Iowa with a large camp fire. Officers elected include President H H Rood Mount Vernon and secretary D W Bushnell Council Bluffs. Muscatine chosen for next meeting, five thousand people watched the parade in rain. telegrams from Belknap McArthur read at the campfire.
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Keokuk
Crocker Brigade Association
H. H. Rood
Mount Vernon
J. H. Monroe
Muscatine
William M. Penn
Des Moines
Daniel Embree
Ames Ia
Mayes
Red Oak
D. W. Bushnell
Council Bluffs
G. W
Chicago
General McArthur
Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines Features Gotch Burns
In Des Moines Iowa on September 28 a wrestling tournament featured Farmer Burns Frank Gotch D A McMillan Ernest Roe beck and Ole Shellenberger. Gotch threw Roe beck in 45 minutes. Shellenberger threw Gotch in 10 minutes and Gotch threw Shellenberger in 12 minutes. Burns threw McMillan in 4 1/2 minutes. McMillan threw Burns in 7 minutes Burns threw McMillan in 7 minutes. Burns failed to throw Gotch in 15 minutes.
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Des Moines
Farmer
Burns
McMillan
Goteh
Kerr suit against Modern Woodmen decided for the order
In United States court at Council Bluffs Iowa a jury ruled against Mrs Jessie Kerr Manilla Iowa in her suit to recover eight thousand dollars on her late husband James R Kerr s life policy The contention was that Kerr s death was self inflicted after a recent arrest on a felony charge describing the suicide as the incident that voided the policy
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Council Bluffs
Jessie Kerr
Manilla
Woodmen of America
James R. Kerr
United States
Kerr
Reinstated minister after Iowa conference ruling
Sioux City reports Rev. T. M. Huse of Ida Grove was reinstated by the northwest Iowa conference in Spencer after being deposed for writing romance letters to a Tall congregation member, describing himself as 200 pounds of theological sawdust and the girl as 100 pounds of sunshine.
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Sioux City
Northwest Iowa
Spencer
T. M. Huse
Ida Grove
Cyclone Causes Severe Damage in Iowa Towns
Clarinda Iowa September 29 a cyclone nearly destroyed Sharps with the railway station two churches water tank box cars loaded crow cribs and several dwellings blown down. One man injured by a buggy accident. The storm also hit Newmarket wiping out a few smaller houses.
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Clarinda
Sharps
Here
Newmarket
Nebraskan Marries Iowa Girl in Clinton Nuptials
At the bride's parents home in Clinton Iowa on a Wednesday night Col KF Savage Nebraska lieutenant governor candidate wed Miss Julia McCullough. Rev BE Mathes officiated in a ceremony attended by relatives and close friends.
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Iowa
Clinton
A. McCullough
KF. P. Savage
Nebraska
Julia McCullough
BE. F. Mathes
Presbyterian Church
Democratic Party Pledges Care for Soldiers and Dependents
The Democratic party expresses pride in soldiers and sailors of all wars and pledges generous support for them and their dependents. It argues a liberal policy is needed in a government relying on citizen soldiery rather than a large standing army, driven by self interest and gratitude. It cites Bryan's Letter of Acceptance.
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Democratic Party
Bryan
People's Party Call to Voters
A stalwart appeal from the National Committee of the People's Party urges Populists to rally for victory. It frames the election as a choice between the people and plutocratic rule, stressing duty, unity, and the 2,000,000 votes needed to preserve the republic.
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National Committee
People’s Party
United States
Lincoln
Bryan
J. H W. Enwistesx
J. A. Epperron
Profit and risk in imperialism warned by Bryan
W J Bryan argued that imperialism would profit army contractors shipowners franchise grabbers and officials but burden farmers laborers and the general workforce with costs and risks without gains. His critique links overseas conquest to financial benefits for few and costs for many.
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Philippines
W. J. Bryan
Sherman on McKinley
John Sherman criticizes McKinley for aligning with his constituency and favors expansion on tariffs while opposing distant possessions. He argues McKinley’s purposes are unclear and that business activity has diverted attention from far reaching consequences.
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Sherman
McKinley
Congress
John Sherman
Exclusion Act Seen as Beneficial and Necessary
Aryan's Letter of Acceptance asserts the Chinese exclusion act benefits the nation, argues for its continuance and strict enforcement, and calls for extending the policy to other races. It claims Asiatics are so different from Americans they cannot be assimilated or desirable as permanent citizens.
Trusts and merchant independence in trade terms
Bryan's Letter of Acceptance warns that trusts fix selling terms, bind merchants to non compete clauses, and control credit. It argues that monopolies shift risks to merchants, force price sharing with customers, and impose losses on stock when prices fall after overstocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Can't Accuse the Major and Bryan's Imperialist Charge
A political note argues the major cannot be accused, while critics attack Mr. Bryan as an imperialist who dominates his party. The author contends the indictment rests on trusts and dismisses accusations as unfounded.
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Mr. Bryan
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