Montana Free Coimage Stacks for Bimetallism Nomination
Rep from Montana argues for Teller as strongest bimetallist candidate to win the 1896 campaign. He contends southern states favor Teller and predicts broad intermountain support, urging Chicago delegates to nominate Teller for president with a strong Democrat as VP to defeat gold-standard forces.
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Louis
S. Hartman
Montana
Tolier
South
Teller
Congress
Maryland
West Virginia
Senate
Missouri
Missouri River
Chicago
Hartman
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
H. M. Teller
St. Louis
Cleveland, Sherman
Bond Syndicate
Free Silver Address Endorses Teller For President
Silver men issued an address praising Henry M. Teller for president on a single plank of free coinage at once, calling him the embodiment of bimetallism. The address venerates Teller, likening him to past liberators and urges support at forthcoming national conventions to lift the race from chains.
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Henry M. Teller
United States
Henry M. Tellier
Sound Money Debate Moves Democratic National Convention
Harrity, chairman of the Democratic national committee, travels from St Louis to Philadelphia and argues the Chicago convention should declare for sound money. He predicts the Democrats will not adopt free coinage of silver and warns that Teller’s withdrawal from the Republican convention won’t help the Democrats. He says if Democrats back sound money, tariff becomes the key issue.
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Isaac
Andersifg
Pirtsburg
W. F., Harrity
St. Louis
Bentor Teller
Chicago
Teller
Mark Hanna Elected Chairman of the National Committee
The Republican national committee selected Mark Hanna as chairman after evening sessions in St Louis. He will appoint a nine member executive committee with the chairman as ex officio head and determine the treasurer. Major Charles L. Dick is named secretary and Sylvester Ewart treasurer, with plans to notify McKinley and Hobart of nominations and arrange related meetings.
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St Louis
Mark Hanna
National Committee
Major McKinley
Canton
H. C. Jarvis
Garrett A. Hobart
Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York
Paterson
N. J
Hanna
Charles L. Dick
Akron
Sylvester Ewart
Cleveland
Boies Campaign Opens Illinois Headquarters in Chicago
Ex governor Horace Boies supporters led by Judge Davis S A Walsh and A Van Wagenen establish offices and a literary bureau in Chicago to back Boies nomination. Iowa Democrats say Chicago will be base of operations and target Illinois delegates for the national convention. Teller headquarters also to open with buttons distributed for the Illinois state convention in Peoria.
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CuHicaco
Iowa
Boies
Chicago
Judge Davis
Creston
S. A. Walsh
Iowa State Central Democratic Committee
A. van Wagenen
Teller
Dubois
St. Louis
Peoria
Reed travels to Monmouth with Col Paine visit
New York on June 20 reports Speaker Reed passed through en route to Monmouth New Jersey where he will stay a few days with Colonel A. G. Paine. He declined to discuss politics when pressed for an interview at the depot. In Savannah the Democratic congressional convention of the First Georgia district renominated Congressman Rufus K. Lester for a third term.
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New York
Reed
Monmouth
N. J
A. G. Paine
Savannah
Georgia
Rufua EK. Lester
Boycott Ordered Off Street Car Lines
Milwaukee workmen are barred from patronizing streetcar lines amid civic dispute. Officials fear disruption as protests mount and workers press for actions affecting transit services.
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Milwaukee
Crowds greet McKinley at Canton visit amid welcoming cheers
Delegations from Coshocton and Cuyahoga Falls urged Governor McKinley to stay, as New York McKinley League and Canton party return from St Louis. Windows rattled with shrieking whistles while bands played and crowds packed the governor’s home area.
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Maj. McKinley
Clarke
Home Market Club of
Boston
Shaw
Coshocton
Cuyahoga Falls
Luuncheon
New York McKinley League
Canton
St. Louis
Mahoning Valley
Gov. McKinley
B. W. Taylor
McKinley
Republican Party
G. E. Baldwin
W. R. Day
John E. Milholland
Warner Miller
New York
McKinley League
State of
Miller
Crowd wrecks his flower beds and fence
In Cantox Ohio June 20 crowds damaged the McKinley home lawn and flower beds in daylight after a night of excitement. Volunteers reported thousands of visitors had torn up flowers while the area near the front yard suffered extensive destruction as the crowd dispersed after the nomination event.
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Cantox
McKinley
Trade and Strike News Across Cities Quietly Shifting
The report notes increased activity in fall deliveries, with open prints and buyers returning slowly. A strike threat looms at Pittsburgh as workers demand gains by July 1, while merchandise flow remains light overall. Chicago offers the strongest trade signals, but U.S. business failures rise above levels of prior weeks, totaling 265 with 234 last week and 981 year over year, plus 35 in Canada.
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Milwaukee
Iron and Steel
Pittsburg
Seaboard
Chicago
United States
Com
Bonds Declared Illegal In Jeffersonville Jail Court Case
Clark county battles over County seat move to Charlestown to Jeffersonville led to Jeffersonville issuing bonds for a new jail and court house. Supreme Court says 87,000 bond issue illegal and uncollectable as city had no authority and debt exceeded constitutional limit. Other Indiana items note a drowning at Paris water works, Rosa Polytechnic Institute graduates, a husband abducting a child, two missing women, and a woman attacking a rival with a club.
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Indianapolis
Clark County
Charlestown
Jeffersonville
Newton H. Myers
Hackney
Supreme Court
Myers
Chicago convention delegates urge Bland and free allver
Arkansas delegates at the Chicago convention are instructed for Bland and free allver. Embezzler postmaster C F Reed of Beulah Wisconsin, in Chicago under U S marshal escort, tied to a separate report. Nellie C Payne sentenced to four years in reform school for shooting her husband at Fowler Indiana. J S Applegate of Laporte Indiana and Miss Beeman of Detroit Michigan wed in St. Louis. Beeman vowed to wed if McKinley nominated. Louis Fry dies at Youngstown shooting grounds from heart disease during a tournament. James Campbell near Anthon Iowa dies by suicide after poison intake. Reverend Ray Jones Halsey D D, founder of the McGormick theological academy noted.
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Arkansas
Chicago
Bland
Allver
C. F. Reed
Beulah
Wis
United States
Nellie C. Payne
Fowler
Ind
Matthews
J. S. Applegate
Laporte
Miss Beeman
Detroit
Mich
Ray. Jones
Halsey
D.D
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