Inaugural debates and corporate power in Bryanism era
A Bryanism era column critiques the inaugural address and U S political issues. It mocks debates about Cuba and Philippines policy, warns of graft and monopoly, condemns reconcentrado like crimes, and notes wealth gaps between corporate salaries and public pay. It references Weyler, Schwab, and the steel trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weyler
United States
Philippine Islands
David B. Hill
Cleveland
Crescent Democratic Club
Baltimore
Hill
Democratic Party
Chicago
Kansas City
Stancey Fires Stenographer for Man Replacement
Stancey dismisses his female stenographer and replaces her with a man. The action highlights gender-based personnel decisions affecting the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stancey
Jonathan and the Jack Knife in a Moral Scrape
A fifteen year old Jonathan leads a street quarrel over a jack knife with Juan and Carlos, feigning calm while pushing for possession. Clergymen praise the boy’s fight as virtuous, prompting comic moral justifications and a plan to keep the knife for Juan under dubious pretenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Jonathan
Juao
Carlos
Acrss
Juan
Prof. Morton
Dr. Cabbott
Prof
Morton
Johnny Bull
Filipino surrender remark sparks bribery debate in Manila
A pisparcu from Manila reports General Tras refused bribery saying he could not be bought. The Appeal to Reason article mocks the idea that money could sway Congresses, condemns Americans and Filipinos as heathen and notes invaders’ blood money as civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisparcu
Manila
General Tras
Trias
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Anderson County
O.champe
Anna Champe
JM. Alexander
Garnett
Kis
Portato
Prom
Abraham Lincoln
Republic
Cuba
Benjamin Harrison
Ohio
Philippines
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Charles Schwab
Jessin
Congress
the Jack-Knife
Bryan On Hill
Weiss
St. Louis
Whitney
J.g.aiatt
Adams
J. W. Lewis & Sons
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