Push to nullify Kansas municipal suffrage bill sparks debate
A Wyandotte county representative argues to repeal the city voting law claiming polling costs swell with women voters. Support from Sophie J Boyce and Mrs A W Wilson of the W C T U and the Events Club cites 1893 female registration and turnout, asserting women vote like men and should vote. Anderson county women are said to cost no one to mobilize.
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Buller
Wyandotte
Kansas
Sophie J. Boyce
A. W. Wilson
Current Events Club
Mary E. Stone
Anderson County
Mocking War's Toll and Racial Fury In America
The speaker laments rising brutality as war spirit spreads, claiming people feel compelled to burn or destroy. He warns that if not abroad, atrocities target Black men at home, predicting divine punishment unless such acts cease.
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Philippines
Price and labor woes feared as mills loom abroad
Coal lands at 25 cents a ton in China and iron is plentiful while Chinese labor costs 10 cents a day. The speaker warns that with these raw materials and cheap labor, European and American workers may face dire prospects when the Anglo American China syndicate builds mills.
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China
Veteran Kansas editor Justin Mayberry dies at 76
Justin Mayberry longtime editor of the Osage County Democrat died at the ribh age 76. He was a veteran journalist in Kansas with decades of service at the paper and in the community.
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Kansas
Justin Mayberry
Osage County
Democrat
Uncle Sam and independent parties debated in McDill’s Musings
The column railing at The Globe Democrat argues that independent parties and so called egotistical cranks shaped history. It cites abolitionists Janes G Birney Wendell Phillips Loyd Garrison and other reformers as forerunners of progress and rails at workers and industrialists.
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Globe Democrat
Sam
Globe
Abolition Party
Janes G. Birney
Wendell Phillips
Loyd Garrison
Republican Party
Independent
Phillips Famed as Great Man for Corn Fortune
The piece rails against social praise for Phillips after he reportedly earned 450000 from corn. It questions whether wealth from others' labor justifies honor, compares theft to plowing, and recounts a Bible story of Jonah to critique preachers and public opinion.
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Phillips
Corm
Philips
The Extinction of Liberty's Torch in New York
The Sun day Magazine notes the neglect of Liberty Enlightening the World statue and torch due to a small budget shortfall. It criticizes Congress and New York leaders for failing to fund the beacon’s light and laments the fading symbol once praised by President Cleveland and Chauncey Depew.
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Sunday Magazine Today
Cleveland
Chauncey Depew
Liberty
New York World
Burton and the Syndicate of Corporate Influence
The piece argues J. R. Burton uses his Senate position to siphon money from corporate allies who helped him rise. It portrays Barton as a front for a syndicate exploiting office for private gain, criticizing voters who supported Republicans amid beliefs of corporate plunder and spoilation.
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Burton
Senator Barton
Treasurer Grimes to Become Burton's Private Secretary
State Treasurer Frank Grimes is reported to join J. R. Burton as private secretary, marking a key personnel shift in Burton's office. The move aligns Grimes with Burton's administration and suggests closer executive support.
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Frank Grimes
J. R. Burton
Republicans aim to unseat fusion senate members in 1992
Republicans fear losing the state senate in 1992 and plan to unseat fusion members to hand their seats to Republicans. They hope a GOP majority could offset an anticipated anti Republican house majority two years later when a U.S. Senate seat is up. Harvey represents the fusion senators and G C Clemens will prosecute for the Republicans.
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Senate
House
United States
Harvey
G. C. Clemens
Supreme Court appointments questioned for independence
The speaker asks why Stanley ignored able judges like Judge J. Scott of Howard and Judge Nelson Case of Oswego. He says they are clean independent men, not political schemers or wire-pullers, and that men like Scott and Nelson would have been an honor to the supreme bench. The claim states the appointed men lack these qualities.
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Stanley
Supreme Court
J. Scott
Howard
Nelson Case
Oswego
Messrs
Scott
Nelson
Supreme Beach
New Supreme Court Picks Tied to Party Methods
The article notes the new supreme court members Pollock Ellis Montzonery and Conningham were chosen not for legal knowledge but for their loyalty to Republican party methods and wire pulling.
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Supreme Court
Pollock
Ellis, Montzonery
Conningham
Higgins and Ury Fell From Baker Ranks in Indian Territory
The Galena Times opines that Bill Higgins and Newt Ury, land approriers in the Indian Territory, must now leave or work as they are identified as Baker partisans.
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The
Galena Times
Bill Higgins
Newt Ury
Indian Territory
Phe Yo C. TU Triumphs Amid Canteen Closure Feat
A brief report notes Phe Yo C. TU. succeeded in knocking out the army canteen while Congress also voted to end it, yet the vastheen continued to operate and do business as usual.
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Phe Yo C. TU
Congress
Mar Osy Elected U S Senator From Penns Ives
Mar Osy wins U S Senate seat in Penns Ives after a tight campaign. The result shapes the Senate balance as factions highlight decency and foreign policy debates during the final stretch.
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Mar Osy
U. S
Penns Ives
HoveRookS of Minnesota and Alabama no fights rule
A garbled note mentions HoveRookS of Minnesota and Alabama banning fights in their states. References to McKinley, tide country, Wasna, Binton, Quay appear, but the text is fragmented with unclear meaning and names.
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Hoverooks
Minnesota
Alabama
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