Union of Forces Ex Gov John P St John Urges Gold and Silver Coinage
Ex governor John P St John writes from Kan to push a union of reformers backing free coinage at 16 to 1 and direct government money issuance. He attacks the current system, urges abolition of private mortgages, pleads for government control of transport and utilities, liquor suppression, and partisan reform to resist a moneyed aristocracy.
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Papa Tates
Shermans
Clevelands
Kansas
West
England
United States Congress
St. John
The
Paola Times
John P. St. John
Congress
Williams Warns Against Popular Rule in Bar Association Talk
A. L. Williams of Topeka argues against direct election of U S senators, warning that the people may overreach and threaten liberty. He calls for an elective judiciary and cautions that major property interests and corporations face government pressure, urging lawyers to resist demagogic pressures.
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A. L. Williams
Topeka
Union Pacific Road
State Bar Association
Williams
United States
Senate
Swift
Kansas
Manhattan Republic
Exchange Market Wit Sparks Frugal Debate in News Item
A playful survey riffs on barter values citing wool, corn and a dollar. It contrasts a pound of wool costing one cigar and a bushel of corn for three cigars while noting eight percent annual interest on two dollars could buy a bushel of corn.
Questions on retiring greenbacks spark debate in reform press
Reform Press of Pueblo Colo questions retirement of greenbacks and the future supply of lawful money for banks. It cites concerns over gold reserves, international balances, and bank suspensions, arguing Cleveland's plan as the sole path to obtain gold via gold bonds.
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The
New York Sun
Don Quixote
Senator Foraker and the liquor tax controversy
The letter claims Senator Foraker, a Cincinnati Methodist, will soon have a government chaplain and denounces his stance on liquor taxation. It accuses him of defeating Dr. Leonard for Ohio governor and asserts the liquor trade cannot be legalized, arguing the Republican tax stance has doomed many Ohioans. The piece labels Foraker as a favored senator aligned with George B. Cox.
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Joseph B. Foraker
M.E. Church
Cincinnati
United States
United States Senate
Senator Foraker
Dr. Leonard
Ohio
Lolard
George B. Cox
Murderer’s Hole
Foraker
Hell
N.Y
Quotations on labor, debt and reform from 19th century press
A cluster of social observations questions labor, saloons, women’s rights, debt and tariff policy. Citations reference Homiletic Review Council Grove Republican and remarks on Cleveland and Sherman silver repeal, illustrating editorial tone of the era.
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Council Grove
Cleveland
Congress
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