Wisconsin Republicans pick Esch as permanent chairman at Milwaukee convention
Captain John J. Esch became permanent president after a temporary tenure at the Wisconsin Republican convention. Delegates-at-large chosen include ex-Governor Hoard ex-Senator Sawyer Senator J H Stout and Eugene S Elliott. The platform endorses protection reciprocity and honest money with silver used under strict parity to gold. The McKinley resolution urged support for his nomination. The gathering filled the arena and galleries and surpassed capacity.
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Heard
Sawyer
Elliott
Stout
Kansas Popullars
Milwaukee
John J. Esch
Organization Committee
Wisconsin
McKinley
William McKinley
Ohio
St. Louis
Hoard
J. H. Stout
Dunn County
Eugene 8. Elliott
Milwauks
The
Academy
Populists Organize in Kansas Convention at Hurchison
At Hurchison the Kansas Populist state convention organized and debated, with Ex-Governor Lewelling stirring a crowd by urging unity for the Omaha- St Louis agenda. The platform favored free coinage 16 to 1 and denounced the Debs verdict as delegates to St Louis numbered ninety two led by Lewelling Briendenthal Harris and Doster.
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Tewelling
Tillman
John the Baptist
Hurchison
Resolutions Committee
Jerry Simpson
Lewelling
St. Louis
Grand
Old Party
Chicago
Benjamin Tillman
Committee On Resolutions
Omaha
John W. Briendenthal
W. A. Harris
Frank Doster
Turbulent Politics in Gotham Split GOP Delegates
In New York City Republicans held district conventions to select delegates to the national convention amid riotous scenes. The Twelfth and Fifteenth districts saw clashes between Morton and McKinley factions, with rival conventions forming under George Bliss and police struggle to restore order. Other items note fraud allegations in Pittsburg and bimetallic fundraising in Denver. Milwaukee nominated city officials, and Muskegon chose delegates to back McKinley with telegraphed support.
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New Yor
Murray Hill Lyceum
Morton
McKinley
Cornelius N. Bliss
Colonel Cruger
George Bliss
Renwick Hall
Cartwright
Dean
Platt
Brookfield
McHinley
Michigan
Muskegon
Muskegon County
Ohio
Ambassador Bayard Censure Debate In Congress
Congress opened debate on resolutions censuring Ambassador Bayard for Edinburgh and Boston speeches. Hitt criticized the diplomat as violating duties while McCreary argued against punishment. The discussion highlighted tensions over free speech versus official representation and sparked broader labor arbitration testimony.
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Washington
Ambassador Bayard
Boston
England
Edinburg
Scotland
Philosophical Institution
Diplomate
Diplomatic Corps
Cousins
Iowa
Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
McCreary
Draper
Massachusetts
Bayard
Edinburgh
Committee On Foreign Affairs
United States
Secretary of State
Speaker
McCreary Bayard clash over censure resolutions in Congress
McCreary attacked Bayard censure proposals as unprecedented and an intrusion on executive powers. He noted Bayard speech timing and cited Schenck’s case as precedent. Cousins defended the resolutions calling the act a diplomatic insult while Dinsmore echoed Chandler on protective levies.
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McCreary
Hitt
Edinburgh
House
United States
Bayard
Robert Schenck
Great Britain
Emma
Schenck
Court of St. James
England
Cousins
America
Dinsmore
Chandler
McKinley
Grosvenor
Dinaatter
Illinois Hospital Vindicated by State Board
The Illinois state board of public charities reported to Governor Altgeld that charges of mismanagement and cruelty at the Central Hospital for the Insane in Jacksonville are not supported by facts. The institution is described as well kept, clean, wholesome, with increased liberty for patients and a hospital home atmosphere.
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Jacksonville Asylum
Springfield
State Board of Public Charities
Altgeld
Central Hospital For
Jacksonville
Chicago Tribune
Powder Mill Blast Kills Five Men in New York Area
Terrific explosion at Laffin-Rand powder mill in Rifton injures and kills workers. Five men blown to pieces, including Elias Peterson and Solomon Smalley, as 80,000 pounds of powder are destroyed and surrounding buildings shake. Company loss about $30,000. local fire and riot reports follow in Illinois with 16 suspects rounded up for arson related fires.
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Kingston
Laffin-Rand
Rifton
Elias Peterson
John Jones
Emory Decker
Norman Decker
Solomon Smalley
Wisconsin Millionaire D B Rudd Dies in Florida
D B Rudd a Wisconsin millionaire banker and lumber operator died yesterday in Florida where he and his family were wintering. He was a pioneer of Wisconsin industry, building a fortune in early lumber operations.
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Reedsburg
D. B. Rudd
Florida
Wisconsin
McKinley Delegates Headed for Indiana and Illinois Rallies
Greencastle notes say Pearl Bryan murder case may hinge on Dr Gillespie and Scott Jackson with Wood named as possible betrayer. Indiana delegates to McKinley conventions listed with district by district picks. Brazil indictments and Howards County primary results reported. odd tale of twins born to a farming couple closing the brief.
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Cincinnati
McKinley
Brazil
Matthews
Hoosier
Greencastle
Scott Jackson
Alonzo Walling
Newport
Pearl Bryan
Jackson
Wood
Gillespie
Miss Bryan
Will Wood
Dr. Gillespie
Indianapolis
Fort Thomas
Crim
McDermott
Colonel Dsitsch
Suy
Walling
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