Colonel Wright and Fusion Fight in Populist Clash
Col J A Wright of Smith Center battled fusion at the Populist state convention. An editorial from Wright’s Messenger accuses Parker backers of aiding Wall Street and Republican aims, condemning adjournments and party betrayals to sway votes toward Parker Democratic alignments.
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J. A. Wright
Smith Center
Fusion
Colonel Wright
The
Messenger
Curtis
Congress
Harvey
Close
Parker
Wall Street
Craddock
People’s Party
Parker Democracy
St. Louis
Dale
Refuses to support Parker in Kansas Democrats row
The Manhattan Mercury blasts the Democratic state convention and Parker backing, urging Democrats to reject the national and state tickets. The editorial labels the party as controlled by banks railroads and trusts and calls for repudiation at the polls.
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Manhattan Mercury
Parker
The
Mercury
Kansas
United States
Europe
Populists Brace for Future Campaigns and Realignment
The Populists expect to maintain organization amid repeated claims of the party's death. They see potential support shifting if Parker wins, drawing Bryan Democrats and some Republicans. If Socialist wings unite, the party could attract dissatisfied voters, else Populists should prepare to invite Republicans and Democrats to join within two years.
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Republicans
Democras
Parker
Bryan Democrats
Republican Party
End of Four Big Monopoly Unfolds in Panama Rail Plan
Washington reports the U S government will abrogate the Panama railroad and Pacific Mail contract within weeks, ending Southern Pacific control of transcontinental freight. Opening the line to general traffic could spawn independent Panama to New York and Colon to San Francisco routes and lower rates. The contract kept freight parity by tying isthmus shipments to Pacific Mail and Panama Railroad, benefiting the Southern Pacific.
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Panama Railroad
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
United States
Canal Zone
Southern Pacific
Panama
San Francisco
Colon
New York
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Panama Railroad Company
Pacific Coast
Pacific Mail
Southern Pacific Company
Isthmus
People's party convention called for Anderson County Kansas
A county convention of the People's party of Anderson county is called to meet in Garnett Kansas on Tuesday September 6 at 10 am to nominate candidates for county offices. Precinct primaries are set for Friday September 2 at 2 pm to elect delegates with representation by votes for governor Craddock in 1902.
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People's Party
Anderson County
Garnett
Kansas
Washington Township
Hiatt
W. H. Craddock
Walker Township
Jackson Township
Lincoln Township
Monroe Township
Lone Elm Township
Westphalia
Putnam Township
Ozark Township
Reeder Township
Garnett City
Indian Creek
1St
Welda
W. Washington
Washington
Quh
Union Township
G. D
Grrson
I. D. Wanran
Juiesey Democrats Weigh Grover Cleveland for Governor
The Delaware era discussion notes Grover Cleveland as a suitable candidate for governor. Supporters argue the party should appoint him to lead, with the rationale that Cleveland embodies the mold to challenge entrenched trusts.
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Juiesey Democrats
Grover Cleveland
Grover
Meat strike drags on as widespread business stoppages persist
News indicates strikes touch nearly all sectors with daily reports. The meat industry dispute remains unsettled, appearing farther from a settlement than before.
Doster Plans Limited Political Role This Year
Ex Chief Justice Frank Doster says he will vote in the coming year but will take no active part in campaigns. He intends to vote for Parker for president and for Judge Wale for governor, praising Dale as a good man, while offering no explicit reasons for Parker. He previously stated he would back Cleveland if nominated, hoping to disrupt the two old parties and potentially weaken the Democratic party.
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Frank Doster
Parker
Judge Wale
Dale
Judge Doster
Cleveland
Port Arthur Falls Imminent as Mikado Orders Take
Russian commander vows no surrender as Japanese forces pound Port Arthur by land and sea. The port city faces imminent fall despite fierce defense and grim casualty potential.
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Port Arthur
Meat Strike a Socialist Educator Says Donnelly
President Donnelly of the National Meat- Cutter and Butcher Workmen's Union calls the packing-house strike the greatest educator of Socialism the west has witnessed. He says workers are awakening to their role in the Socialist movement due to harsh treatment of suikers and inhuman conditions in slaughter-houses.
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Donnelly
National Meat- Cutter and Butcher Workmen's Union
West
Propertied Class Condemned Over Child Labor Accusations
A critic argues that the propertied class eagerly consigns the masses to oppression and accuses Edward Tilden of backing child labor in yards, intensifying socialist fervor and public unrest.
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Edward Tilden
The Useful Bumblebee and Its Pollen Work
The bumblebee is a vital farm helper, spreading pollen between flowers to enable seed production. Boys chase and kill it, though Germany bans this, and experiments show bumblebees greatly boost seedling counts where netting is not used.
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Germany
Golden Rule Jones Ideas To Be Perpetuated By Widow
The widow of Golden Rule Mayor Jones in Toledo Ohio plans to continue his social factory program. At a meeting of both Jones factories employees Mrs Jones announced she will host weekly evenings to meet the workers wives and extend her late husband’s social principles.
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Jones
Toledo
Ohio
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