05 Jun 1896
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1896
Page
1
In Milwaukee the streetcar workers strike over a one cent hourly wage advance, seeking union recognition. Citizens boycott lines, cars run with substitutes, and mayoral and merchants’ exchange support sides clash. A push toward municipal ownership grows as a solution, with a June 16 district convention in Ottawa noted amid fusion speculation.
The Prohibition era split as gold interests and Standard Oil backed a one plank platform. Ex governor St John and supporters organized a new National party at Butler Pa naming Bentley for president and Southgate for VP. Platform calls for liquor prohibition, free coinage, government ownership of railroads and telegraphs, direct election of federal officers, and broad social reforms.
A Cassville Missouri writer argues that British money powers fund and precipitate Cuba’s conflict. He claims independence would bind Cuba with debt and establish an aristocracy under a British banking system, with bondholders and financiers pressing for war to profit. He blames “old British Shylocks” with control of presses and financial leverage.
Private letters to the Olathe Tribune from leading Populists suggest ex Governor St John of Olathe would win a handsome majority if nominated at Ottawa. The dispatch notes St John as the district's most viable candidate, with a warning that if he cannot be elected, no Populist could. The piece cites party tensions over the Omaha platform and reports Oregon politics, listing ex Governor Pennoyer as elected Portland mayor by over two thousand.
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