Reorganize Bryanism Faces Deep Democratic Split
The Brooklyn Eagle outlines a Cleveland Hill Gorman plan to purge Bryanism from the Democratic Party. It details hopes to seize Nebraska and other key states, form an anti Bryan machine in the East, and push Parker as a counter to Bryan. The piece suggests the Hill faction could dominate the next convention, leaving Bryan's wing and Populists seeking a new home.
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Indianapolis
Alton B. Parker
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Miners Win Report Recommends Wage Rise and Fairness
The anthracite coal commission submits its Roosevelt report calling for a ten per cent wage increase, abolition of the truck system, union recognition, fair treatment of miners, arbitration of labor questions, discouragement of anarchy, non union fairness, and avoidance of violence. It remains to assess lasting impact of the commission’s recommendations.
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Anthracite Coal Commission
Roosevelt
Labour Wins Victory In Woolwich Election
London dispatch reports Will Crooks the Labour candidate defeated Conservative Drage by over three thousand votes in a seat long held by the Tories. The result shocks the public and signals working class unity against government extravagance amid South African War debates.
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Drage
United States
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Stock yards law clash fuels partisan barbs
A historical critique notes the Populist stock yards law aiming to regulate Kansas City charges, with Republicans opposing it, courts overturning it, and new legislation debated. The author predicts evasion by stock yards interests and calls for state run yards to allow non profit handling, while labeling GOP opposition as foolish Pop notions.
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Kansas
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Chicago bar-keepers form total abstinence society
Twenty bar-keepers in Chicago organize a total abstinence society and each member will wear a blue ribbon in a button-hole. It seems a strange move yet saloon owners want sober clerks. As business demands sobriety, bar employees may lose employment if they drink.
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Chicago
Idlers Seek Rest in Colorado, Not Hard Workers
A Lawrence World editorial mocks the idea that people who never work seek rest in Colorado each year while praising the industrious laborers who create wealth and continue their toil. The piece argues true rest comes from productive effort, not idleness, and questions the common notion of leisure seekers.
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Lawrence World
Nan
Cleveland Looms as Democratic Nominee Prospect
The New York World argues Cleveland may be the Democratic nominee if Roosevelt cannot prove he is a safe choice. If Cleveland or a similar figure secures the nomination, he would gain the support of the trust interests.
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Roosevelt
Tur Duchess of Sutherland Becomes Noted Socialist Reformer
The Tur Duchess of Sutherland emerges as a social reformer aligning with socialist propaganda. She is recognized as a talented author and is active in practical politics.
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Tur Duchess of Sutherland
Turkish Indiana coal barons dissolve crime combine
A historical note says coal barons in Indiana, accused of robbing the people, avoided the legal penalty and dissolved their joint operation after being terrified.
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Indiana
Combine
Topeka Mayor Campaign Sees Republican Primary Victory
The Trix dry candidate secured the mayoral nomination in Topeka with a 2745 vote majority. The hard fought contest ends with the wets decisively vanquished in the primaries.
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Trix Dry
Topeka
Hen and Goose Fable of Laying and Lamented Quackery
A dated fable recounts a hen and a goose laying eggs while the farmer and mistress observe. The hen sits on fresh eggs and raises chicks after three weeks, while the goose incubates for six weeks but her eggs fail. The mistress cracks the eggs on the seventh week, delivering a moral about self-pavor and communal cackling.
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Uuad
Populists lose senate seats to three Republicans
The Kansas Populist, Idaho and Washington representatives lament the shift as enlightenment progress as three Republicans replace Populists in the senate, noting a historic change in the trans Missouri region and criticizing the critique from a New York writer.
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Senate
Idaho
Kansas
Washington
New York Commercial
trans-Missouri
W. A. Harris
Harris
Burton
Long
New York
Public ownership sentiment rising says Hartford mayor
Mayor Sullivan, calling himself a Socialist, argues public ownership of utilities gains steam across the United States. He cites Chicago and Girard city votes, estimates 50 million Americans favor taking franchises from private firms, and blames corporate bribery for blocking referendums. He foresees a future flood washing away the capitalist dam.
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Hartford
Chicago
Girard
United States
Labor unions and political power in appeals to reason fragment
A fragment from last week's Appeal to Reason questions why labor organizations petition for laws against contract prison labor and asks why they do not elect their own class to office. It argues that elected leaders would share sympathy with the working class.
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Reason
Dawren Harrison Nominated Fourth Time for Chicago Mayor
Dawren Harrison receives a fourth nomination for mayor of Chicago. The announcement highlights Harrison’s ongoing bid and political path within the city’s dynamic leadership scene.
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Dawren Harrison
Chicago
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