Notable party switches signal Democratic strength surge
J W McWhorter of Greene county Georgia returns to the Democratic fold. W L Lyon of Bertie county North Carolina renounces the Republicans for Cleveland citing race-tinged politics. Indiana reformer Foulke backs Cleveland. Gen Francis Walker joins Democrats after Census service for Republicans. Utica’s James K O’Connor campaigns for Cleveland Stevenson in New York. Henry A Meyer, once Brooklyn Republican mayoral candidate, backs Cleveland citing tariff reform. Reynolds shifts to Cleveland on tariff. The trend across states boosts Democratic confidence for victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Lyon
Bertie County
N.C
Republican Party
Cleveland
North Carolina
Francis A. Walker
Jamesk. O'Connor
Utica
N. Y
Assembly
New York
Stevenson
Empire State
Henry A. Meyer
Brooklyn
Grover Cleveland
Meyer
Dems gain Minnesota figures and GOP defections
The telegraph notes Gen James H Baker joining the Minnesota Democrats as a state legislature candidate while business leader Jon Isidor Jacobs shifts to Cleveland and denounces the McKinley tariff. Dr E W Hoeber and Marion G Reynolds add their critique of protective tariffs and party leadership amid broad GOP defections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
Minnesota
James H. Baker
Ohio
Baker
Democratic Party
McKinley tariff blamed for steel trust profits and political corruption
The Pittsburg Post cites a Carnegie cost of forty dollars per ton for armor plate versus six hundred dollars received from the government. The piece argues the steel rail tariff inflates trust profits by about ten dollars per ton, citing Illinois Steel and Carnegie outputs. It claims the McKinley era taxes fund political bosses and presidential elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Post
Carnegie Company
Steel Rail Trust
New York Mining and Engineering Journal
Steel Trust
Harrison
McKinley Congress
Trust
Tariff debate shows McKinley act raises some prices
Boston Cor: New York Evening Post reports Charles Hamlin of the New England Tariff Reform league analyzes Senator Aldrich's findings. He says the Aldrich document supports tariff reform when read properly, noting that price changes align with duty shifts and that, among 75 items up in price, 77 percent saw duty increases, while among 189 items down in price, 67 percent faced unchanged or reduced duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich
Charles
Hamlin
New England Tariff Reform League
Republican misinfo cited by ex congressman Mason
Ex congressman William FE Mason touring for the RNC claims McKinley era pasta mills rose from four to over twenty. John F Scanlan testified to 58 factories across major U S cities, urging review. The piece suggests Mason should be corrected or questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William FE. Mason
Chicago
Republican National Committee
John F. Scanlan
McKinley
Ways and Means Committee
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Braidwood
New Orleans
Denver
San Jose
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Oakland
Scanlan
Mason
Knights of Labor in Brooklyn Oppose Tariff Debate Offer
A Brooklyn Knights of Labor local sends circular to unions stating that tariff protection lowers wages and employment. It offers a twenty five dollar prize to anyone proving otherwise and seeks a conference to arrange a debate on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
Brooklyn
New York
Dean Sin
James B. Conneni
Strikes rise across United States in late 19th century
The record shows seventy four official strikes during the fifteen years of the low tariff era from 1546 to 1860. In contrast, from 1878 to 1802 there have been over six thousand strikes affecting a large portion of the American labor force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iyuring
United States
Hills First Gun on Tariffs and Force Bill Menace
In Brooklyn on Sept 19 Senator Hill frames the tariff dispute as a Democratic position favoring revenue tariffs, opposes protective duties, condemns the force bill, and calls for organized effort to elect Cleveland and Stevenson. He criticizes McKinley and urges party unity and “No public taxation for private purposes.”
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Brooklyn
Hill
Lam
Kings County
Chicago
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Democratic National Platform
Peck
Mkinley
M icKinley
New York
North
South
United States
Albany
Cleveland
Stevenson
McKinley bill boosts Welsh tin plate mills claims
The Rochester Herald notes Republican boasts that the McKinley tariff fuels Welsh tin plate production, arguing it floods the United States with labor. The piece questions who truly benefits American workers from this effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester Herald
Harvest Excursion Rates Announced by Chicago Rock Island Line
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway lists an October 25 1892 excursion to northwest Iowa and Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah New Mexico South Dakota Indian and Oklahoma Territories and parts of Missouri. Excludes Southern Pacific and Atlantic Pacific routes. tickets limited to Texas Indian and Oklahoma Territory south of Pond Creek for this trip. Tours to principal US and Canadian resorts also on sale at all times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Rock [Sland & Laciliec Railway
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Southern Pacific Railway
Atlantic & Pacific Railway
Ogden
Garrison
Black Hills
South Dakota
Indian Territory
Oklahoma Territory
Missouri
K. C. Ft
The Painter Apelles and Public Criticism
A Grecian master Apelles sought accuracy by inviting public critique. He corrected a shoe remark from a cobbler but stopped him from commenting on a leg, urging criticism of shoes only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apelles
x—Harper
Promotion of Cubeb Cough Cure and Women’s Regulator Pills
Will F Crawford of Des Moines praises Cubeb Cough Cure for bronchitis relief and urges its use for throat and lung troubles. Bradshaw & Thoma sell it. The ad also touts Bradfield's Female Regulator for women's diseases, sold by Geo D Clarke. Other notes mention fashion trends and a worm remedy by Dullam's Lozenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Pitcher
Will. F. Crawford
Des Moines
Iowa
Bradshaw & Thoma
Womman
Bradfield
Geo. D. Clarke
Poignant Quotations on Death by Hunter and More
Two historic lines reflect on death and fate. William Hunter laments the ease of dying when strong enough to write. Sir Thomas More petitions for safe passage and personal agency as he faces execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hunter
Sir Thomas More
Local Bank Describes Services and Rates
Transacts general banking business offering real estate and personal loans at reasonable rates. Provides custodian services for wills and valuable papers at no charge. Pays 4 percent interest on deposits held at least six months.
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J. W. McWhorter
The
Third Party
Greene County
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
Reynolds
Jon. Isidor Jacobs
California
Ile
Blaine
Jacobs
England
E. W. Sloeber
New York City
Hoeber
Quay
Pratt
Marion G. Reynolds
Pat
Hills
Castoria
G. C. Oscoon
Lowell, Mass
J. F. Kinche
Conway, Ark
Nuviey
H. A. Arcaer
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Children’s Department
Unitrep Hospital and Dispensary
Mass
Allen C. Surra, Pres
the Centaur Company
T. Murray Street
L. Kh. van Patten
Agt
Dullam
Geo
D. Clarke
Pitcher’s Castoria
Uader State Supervision
Mate Savings Bank
Fairfield, LA
J. E. Roth
Jas, Sullivan
V. Pies
E. A. Howard
James Louden
E A. Howard
D. G. Higley
James Sullivan
W. E. Bradshaw
J. 8
McKenney
Ed. Hunt
Jos. Ricksber
T M. Byrnes
T. KR. Howlett
J. F. Loehr
Safe Coop
Ward Lamson
X. Lamson
Geo. W. Ball
R. F. Rateliff
Lamson
J. W. Burnett
Joseph Roth
e. +. Simmons
Chris. Roth
D. W. Templeton
Eugene Campbell
H. Watkins
Adam Messer
N. M. Slagle
D. M. Parrett
J. P. Manatrey
Will
Prewitt
Wm. C. Hawk
Thos. Louden
J. H. Allender
A.C. D. Bradshaw
H. B. Rodgers
Louden
A. F. Cassel
F. O. Danielson
August Walgren
Vaught
John McLane
George Mowery
Chas. D. Leggett
G. A. Merich
Rocer
Pluc
Huntzinger & Voorhies
Round Prairie Township
Glasgow
Price
Hiram Smith
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