The Party Harness in American Politics and Money Power
A critical piece urging citizens to think for themselves beyond party lines. It laments blind loyalty to political leaders and moneyed interests, argues the money power and bonds influence elections, and calls for honest investigation of both sides to decide who rules. It questions the role of gold and bonds versus the people in government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sherman
Jef Davis
Larned
Cleve
Waa
Press Snippets on Elections and Empire Stresses
A collage of quotes critiques democracy and wealth, from San Francisco Star and other papers. Themes include the lure of a gold bas in politics, uproar over McKinley, labor stories, misread jurisprudence, and critique of British influence in Cyprus Jamaica and Missouri election drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyprus
Crete
Cubala
Spain
Jamaica
San Francisco Star
What Makes Waees Go Up or Down in Ohio
A historical speech notes rising gold values and falling prices, urging restoration of prosperity by aligning wages with production. It cites global gold standards in Ray and Japan, mentions India, and warns of wealth concentration. The speaker links employment, markets, and export balances to national economic health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Warner
Ohio
Ray
Japan
India
The Conspiracy Has Begun
A pamphlet accuses Lyman Gage and noted bankers of a conspiracy with Grover Cleveland to trigger the Panic of 1894. The charge cites J Edward Simmons Frederick PD Tapppan George C Williams George F Baker Henry Wannon and J T Woodward as targets of suggested reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Currency Commission
Lyman Gage
J. Edward Simmons
Frederick PD
Tapppan
George C. Wi- Hams
George F. Baker
Henry Wannon
J. T. Woodward
New York National Bank
Grover Cleveland
Capt
Kidd
Gage
Counterfeiting Arrests Highlight Arkansas Crime Scene
The report notes arrests of counterfeiters in Arkansas and discusses how demonetization acts as a larger moral and legal wrong. It emphasizes that small scale counterfeiting becomes simpler when currency is debased, underscoring a higher crime in such acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
General remarks on reform and politics in turn of era discourse
The Silver Knight Watchman comments on abolition of the Fourth of July, John Neswell Young’s congress prospects, New York City’s bridge and garish gold baggage, a South Carolina man naming his baby Grover Braxell who died by his own hand, and remarks on August Belmont, civil service advocates, Wilbur F. Wakeman as a bill poster of prosperity, all in a satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Kerenshan
New York Mat
Express
Party of Gold
Missouri
Carthage
Silver Review
South Carolina
Grover Braxell
Wilbur F. Wakeman
Civil Service
Silver Knight
Poverty and Abundance in a Rationed Nation
Vividly describes a paradox of plenty and want as coal, pork, beans, clothing, hides, lard, hogs, brick and street debt flood markets. The prose notes miners in Pennsylvania and workers nationwide struggle while production overload yields hunger and deprivation for families and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Farmora
Minera
Pennsylv
Vania
Currency Reform and the Gold Standard Debate
Hon C J Hillyer argues against tariff provisions that would contraction of currency under McKinley era reform. He warns silver and gold standard advocates of a large money draw from the treasury, urging bonds and treasury notes as safe remedies, and contends a tariff bill should not suppress greenbacks or jeopardize debtors. He calls for prudent treasury balance actions and cautions silver senators on currency tightening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hillyer
United States
Mureh
Dingley
Senate Finance Committee
Aldrich
Allison
Niance Committee
Treasury
Palmer
Buckner
McKinley
Cleveland
Muesses
Senate
Stewart
Washington Times
Making Golden Mandoats and the Currency Fight
Chicago Dispatch reports a sweeping attack on gold standard proponents as the administration plans to draft a currency bill for Congress. The piece accuses Republicans of hypocrisy, argues for silver, and claims financial elites seek to crush free silver through a rushed reform. It labels the silver cause as a bold stand against plutocratic influence and warns of near decisive confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
England
Republican Party
Chicago Dispatch
Speech Not Always Silver in Campaign Rhetoric
A critique notes that speeches rarely feed workers as hunger grows among laborers and their children. The speaker warns that relying on rhetoric without substance deprives the hungry of bread, a jab at campaign promises and the public’s unmet needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wanamaker
Putt Ia
Prices and the gold standard clash in a Bryan debate
Solon Chase argues that falling prices under the existing gold standard hurt producers while benefiting money lenders. He contends higher prices would revive employment, raise living standards, and reduce debt burdens, warning that prolonged deflation harms laborers and small merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon Chase
Matne T Bryap
Chicago
Wall Street
London
Parla
Berlin
Bryan
McKinley
California
Australia
American Congress
Europe
Angel of Discontent in a Poem by Sim Walter Fou
A fragmented poem narrates the Angel of Discontent appearing with mankind in a hill cave. The lifted eye kindles hope and warlike impulse among the oppressed, guiding them toward truth and a diviner day as they glimpse distant glimmering hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errol
Sim Walter Fou
Reforming humor in a cynic like Reed
Jerry Simpson jokes about Tom Reed calling him a cynic with no principle in politics. Reed reportedly told Simpson that in congress one learns there is no principle in anything. The exchange reflects contrasting views on integrity and ideology in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Som Rewil
Jerry Simpson
Tom Reed
St. Lotta Republic
Reed
Congress
Jerry
Atlantic Ocean and Gold’s Role in National Money
Fragmented excerpt discusses money and trade with references to the Atlantic Ocean. It alludes to gold cross-Atlantic commerce and silver agitation as factors in national prosperity, with dialogue trailing into partial phrases about wealth and empire. The text quality is rough OCR with missing context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
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Couns
Journal of the Knights of Labor
Southern Mercury
McKkinley
Mer Kinley
Grand Rapids
David B. Hill
John Tiswell Young
New York Evening Post
New York
August Belmont
Rothan Child
Reform Club
Bynum
Stanley
John G. Carlisle
Stealey
C. J. Hillyer
Tarif
Mark Mauna
Com Pelga
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