Sherman Attacks Trusts Roiling Republican Ranks
The piece portrays John Sherman pushing anti trust reform as the day’s top issue and says the present law is too weak. It cites critics in the Senate and press asserting Sherman is losing his mind and is politically wavering as he targets trusts.
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John Sherman
John Wanamaker
Ben Butterworth
John J. Ingalls
John
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Sherman
Topeka
Washington
Senate
Hannah
Bethany Girls At Ottawa Assembly Scorn Decorum
Report claims Bethany college students attended an Ottawa Assembly and a Bryan meeting, gathered in a group with backs to the speaker, acted rudely, and required police to disperse them. The piece labels them as daughters of gold-bugs and urges Bethany instructors to teach better conduct.
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Bethany College
Ottawa
Bethany
A Joke on Bryan and Ottawa Meeting
Col Deford shows W. J. Bryan Ottawa streets with ex Governor St. John and ex Mayor Wharton. Bryan jokes about rain favoring Prohibitionists while St. John calls it hard on Democrats. Agitator endorses reform fusion against spoils, notes salary cuts, and predicts Attorney General Bovin targets stockyards fellows. Colored Citizen debuts in Topeka.
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Col. Deford
W. J. Bryan
Ottawa
St. John
Wharton
Governor St. John
Mr. Bryan
Mr. St. John
Bryan's Ottawa Assembly Address Draws Large Crowd
Governor Leedy presided as William Jennings Bryan spoke for over two hours on the silver question. Crowds filled the tabernacle despite heavy rain, Republicans praised the address, and Bryan left amid cheers with plans to speak again unavailable due to travel. The event underscored that the silver issue remains vital in politics.
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Bryan
Cfuiwa Assembly
Tabernacle
Leedy
Topeka
Kansas City
Denver
Tyan
Ottawa
Nashville convention sparks crossfire among Dems and Populists
The Nashville middle-of-the-road convention provokes sharp attack by Democratic and Populist papers labeling promoters traitors while supporters argue all parties deserve the same rights to convene. Observers note abuse is not argument and call for calmer tactics as figures like Tom Watson face renewed scrutiny and possible 1900 dynamics unfold.
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Nashville
Tom Watson
St. Louis
Democratic
Iis
Dun
J. Painter & Sons
Cotton Tie and Hoop Works
Pittsburgh
Scary
Geo. A. Puckett
An Oklahoma Girl and the Wild Irishman
Nora Mahoney defuses a dangerous confrontation with Pat Rial using a revolver to deter violence on a prairie path. The encounter ends with Rial fleeing and Nora reflecting on courage and justice as a broader labor-strife notice and regional upheaval unfold in the background.
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Kansas
Jattan
Denon Foster
Miss Mahoney
Elain
Alan
Magic
Nora
Magpie
Deacon Foster
Werner
Iis
Israel
Foster
Maloney
Yau
Maggie
Nora Mahoney
Pat Rial
Rial
Bat
Dinwell
Pat
Mr. Rial
Muggie
Mt. Peters Claim
Peters
Broad Prairie
Bessie R. Wagstaff
Shieridan
Oklahoma
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Chicago
Tuk Topeka
Gold and Silver Democrats
Ohio
John R McLean
Cincinnati Enquirer
United States
Hanna
Junce Foster
MecNall
McNall
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