Debs Nominated for President by Social Democrats
The text states Figjgene V. Debs is nominated for president by the Social Democrats with Job Harriman of California as vice president nominee. It praises Debs as brave strong and grand and compares him to Abraham Lincoln, while noting he will not be elected this year but hopes remain for his future presidency.
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Figjgene V. Debs
Social Democrats
Job Harriman
California
Debs
Abraham Lincoln
Bryan movement aims to bring William Jennings Bryan to state convention
A movement is under way to secure William J. Bryan for the state convention at Fort Scott in July. There is strong expectation he will attend.
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Wm. J. Bryan
Ft.Scott
Porto Rico tariff bill sparks treason claim in Indiana
Indiana Attorney General Sarviu called passage of the Porto Rican tariff bill treason during a meeting in Indianapolis. Walter Wellman, Chicago Times-Herald Washington correspondent, reports McKinley supports a 15 percent tariff on Porto Rico and opposes the Davis amendment, which would grant free trade but challenge constitutional precedent. The Times-Herald, dubbed the original McKinley paper, is cited in the debate.
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Sarviu
Indiana
Indianapolis
Terropeka
McKinley
Walter Wellman
Washington
Chicago Times-Herald
Porto Rico
Island
Congress
Times-Herald
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Porto Rico tariff debate draws strong quotes from leaders
Benjamin Harrison condemns the tariff as a serious departure from right principles. General Lew Wallace denounces the measure as a constitutional overreach affecting new territory. Joe Hudson of the Topeka Capital urges returning collected Porto Rican revenue to the people as their own money.
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Lew Wallace
United States
Joe Hudson
Topeka
Porto Rico
Kruger speech in Bloemfontein urges faith amid adversity
President Kruger addressed his people in Bloemfontein stating Gail tests are nearing their limit and faith will sustain them. He urged belief in divine deliverance, saying the God of Deliverance of old is the same now, a speech that moved listeners and lifted spirits.
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Kruger
Bloemfontein
Gail
Ex Congressman's Blindness Sparks Regret Across Reformers
Ex congressman Jon Davis is blind. This is truly sad, and his many friends and admirers among reformers throughout the country will keenly regret his misfortune. Davis has been an indefatigable worker in the cause of humanity.
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Jon Davis
Davis
Liquor Needed Says Dickinson at Michigan Court
Postmaster Dickinson testifies before a Michigan court that alcohol is a necessity for many people. He claims among ten good men in public life at the capital, fewer than fifty do not use liquor with meals or in conviviality, and some are dependent on it for daily sustenance.
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Dickinson
Michigan
Governors of Kentucky Amid Edges of Conflict
Kentucky's two governors each command an army as tensions rise. Iowa rejects Woman Suffrage by 55 to 43 in a legislative vote. Kansas City reports a striking gas gusher. Rourke Cocoran contrasts loyalties with Hoar. Ex-Gov St John’s birthday marked by flowers from California friends. Ex-Gov Taylor and Republican radicals clash with authorities. Horace Grant resists higher printing costs and plans home printing. Kansas State University shuts for a week over coal shortages amid partisan rhetoric.
Kentucky official charged in Goebel murder case
An official from Kentucky, secretary of state, is charged as an accessory to Governor Goebel's murder. He and a gang member attempted to flee Frankfort in disguise but were captured. The report contrasts reaction to a Porto Rican tariff speech and notes a historic Congressional Temperance Society once led by Webster and Ew ing, now mostly silent.
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Kentucky
Goebel
Frankfort
Congressional Temperance Society
Daniel Webster
Tom Ewing
Dickinson
Congress
Washington
Webster
Temperance Society
Between Tariffs and Trusts in New Possessions Debate
The article argues the choosing path for tariffs on new territorial possessions divides the public. Levying a tariff risks constitution issues and direct competition with Cody labor, while not levying risks losing trust support and voter backing for justice toward the new additions.
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Cody
Islands
Imperial blotting out republics and imperial rule
London reports England plans to suppress two South African republics and impose British rule while accusing the U S government of aiding in Cuba and the Philippines. The piece condemns violence, starvation, and alleged religious rhetoric supporting such actions as unchristian and criminal, urging opposition to imperial policy.
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London
England
South Africa
Ingersol
Railroads Back Pull to Defeat David Martin at Topeka
At Topeka during a Populist and Democratic committee conference Jim Orr of Atchison representing the Missouri Pacific railroad states if David Martin is nominated for associate justice, $50,000 will be put into the campaign to defeat him. The railroads would fund the effort.
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Jim Orr
Atchison
Missouri Pacific Railroad
David Martin
Martin
Garver
Lantern backs Honest David Martin for Supreme Court
Fr. Scott Lantern argues that railroads once opposed David Mortis and Stephen St Allen in 1892, and now again oppose Martin as unsafe. He asserts Populists and Democrats in Kansas will resist railroad dictates and renominate Martin for associate justice.
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Stephen St. Allen
Railroads
Garver
David Martin
Kansas
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Anpreme Court
Scott Lantern
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