Farmers Alliance Adopts Broad Reform Resolutions at Omaha
The national Farmers Alliance meeting at Omaha Nebraska adopts numerous resolutions calling for government loans to individuals on real estate, abolition of national banks, Australian ballot, foreclosure of railroads, expanded coinage of silver, and political reforms including direct election of senators and women’s voting rights. The group vows non affiliation with major parties and pushes to extend railroad lines and fund agricultural education and pensions.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Omaha Neb
United States
Waeneas
National Farmers’ Alliance
Congress of
Xurplea
Soeventh
National Farmers' Alliance
Union
Central Pacific
Mockery and vote ethics in Christian civic duty
A speaker condemns mocking the author of the moral decalogue and golden rule in politics. It argues professed Christians should not overlook their religion when voting to support rulers who ignore law and ethics. The piece ends by challenging the righteous to cast the first stone.
Defeat of election fee bill feared to threaten Republicans
The Nashville Democrat cites Bexator Hoan and Billy Buehan discussing how defeating the election fee bill or Ingalls could spell the death or downfall of the Republican party. The piece notes defeat crowds the party to the wall and warns Democrats not to laugh, as defeat also threatens them.
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Bexator Hoan
Lear
Nashville
Blair's Ouster Reflects GOP Clash Over Morality and Policy
The Republican party pushes out respected statesman Senator Blair while claiming a higher moral purpose. His pro temperance, anti-corruption stance and labor reform efforts contrasted with party interests, drawing support from the Woman's Industrial League and the national W C T U. Yet he is defeated and retired, not by Democrats but by his own party as politics and power shift.
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Blair
Congress
Republican
Republicn Party
Woman’s Industrial League
New Hampshire
Chandler
Chiiatian
Republican Party
Senator Ingalls Provokes with Moral Weaponization
The passage attacks Senator Ingalls as a blasphemous demagogue who mocks divine commandments and panders to base partisan passions. It notes persistent derision of efforts to legislate morality, yet claims good people still vote for that ticket to Ottawa Lever.
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Ingalls
Ottawa
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