Democratic unity urged in Seventh district race editorial
The Wichita Democrat editorial urges Democrats to seek joint action with Populists at Ft Scott and in county conventions to nominate or endorse a shared congress candidate. It argues for unity, rejects petty office seeking, and honors populist leaders while stressing enduring Democratic principles and national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
West
Democrat
Seventh
Ft. Scott
Pitts
Ayres
Bryan
Stevenson
Charles A. Towne
Webster Davis
D. B. Hill
Allen and Teller
Democratic Party
A Predictive Platform and the 1900 Campaign
A Chicago Record correspondent argues a platform inspiring 15000 to sing America will win, regardless of electoral results. He contrasts constitutional limits with party stances, notes imperialists and Democrats on Filipino citizenship, and predicts the 1900 outcome amid party infighting.
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Chicago
Imperialists use money issue to mask paramount question
An editorial notes that imperialists seek to inflate money concerns to obscure imperialism, arguing they would discard both issues if possible, but are constrained. The piece appears in the Aichita Democrat reprinted by Kansas City Weekly Times, a 25 cent weekly.
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Aichita
Porto Rico Funds Questioned by Governor Allen
Governor Allen in New York discusses customs receipts from Porto Rico tariff. He cannot confirm their use for island relief, suggests funds may still be held in Washington, and says administration plans to refund receipts to a certain Puerto Rico fund, totaling about two million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Porto Rico
New York
World
Washington
Taber Writes Again in Bitter War of Words
Essex Iowa letter writer Wn. J. Taner accuses President McKinley of murdering ten thousand Filipinos and mocks Republican chants of revenge. He warns against hostile foreign policy moves and likens future generations to a nation that greets trouble with aggression.
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Bill McKinley
Essex
Iowa
Wn. J. Taner
Election pledge to sell Act'rator after vote for 25 cents
A statement that the Act'rator will be supplied until after the election and sold afterward for 25 cents. The note implies a pricing plan tied to the election outcome and future availability of the Act'rator.
Ashamed of Kansas by Gene Ware Sparks Party Row
A pamphlet by Eugene Ware of Topeka accuses Populists of causing Kansas decline in population and property values. The piece mocks Kansas Republicans and warns of leaving the state if Populists gain power, prompting criticism from Burlington Courier and Fort Scott Lantern.
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Eugene Ware
Topeka
Kansas
Connecticut
Gene
Hood
Burlington
Gene Ware
Bryan
Fort Scott
Republican platform criticized as mockery of freedom
The Burlington Courier denounces the party stance claiming ten million people gained a new birth of freedom. It accuses Porto Rico of oppressive tariffs, Cuba under U.S. military dominion, and Philippine guerilla warfare as outcomes of the Republican idea, calling it devastation and sorrow.
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Porto Rico
Cuba
United States
Philippines
Burlington Courier
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Joey
Che Manton
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South
Tilden
Hayes
Harvey Ruin
Kansas City
Julian Hawthorne
WCUCT
Taber
Adams
Anndertaking
J. W. Lewis & Sons
Slaughter & Taylor
Kirk
Garnett, Kas
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