People’s party county central committee meets in Garnett
A meeting of the People’s party county central committee will be held in Garnett on Saturday May 17 at 2 p.m. to arrange primaries and the county convention for selecting delegates to the state convention in Topeka on June 24. Chairman L D Warrap and Secretary C T Hart urge all members to attend for important questions.
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People’s Party County Central Committee
Garnett
Topeka
L. D. Warrap
C. T. Hart
Jo McDill’s Musings on Meat Prices and Politics
The column rails at promises kept or broken as meat supply and prices shift. Citing Chicago packer data, it argues farmers push stock to market amid drought, while packers gain. politicians promise relief but offer only flattery that hurts dinner pails. The piece attacks Burtonstyle rhetoric centering on farmers and the dinner-pail.
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Hanna
Lord of Hosts
Chicago
Combine
Before the People 1901 02 Gardener Manila War Reports
A sequence of official communications from 1901 to 1902 details Colonel Gardener's report on military brutality in Ta Bayas province, Taft's handling, and a string of high level replies. It notes Miles and Root clashing over severity claims and court martial testimony accusing orders to devastate Samar and kill natives over ten.
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Gardener
Tabayas Province
Taft
Secretary of War
Miles
Root
Philippines
Serling
Trial opens for General Jacob H. Smith in Manila court martial
The court martial of General Jacob H. Smith began in Manila on charges of conduct prejudicial to good order. Defense counsel Colonel Woodruff stated willingness to simplify proceedings and admitted Smith gave instructions to Major Waller to kill and burn, intending to make Samar a wilderness, and to kill all who could bear arms, including boys over ten.
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Ter
Lieutenant Halford
Manila
Smith
Waller
Samar
Jacob H. Smith
Charles A. Woodruff
Benevolent Assimilation Policy Referenced by Bryan Source
Bryan’s Commoner quotes the administration stance on the Philippines noting the phrase benevolent assimilation and calling the islands’ condition of affairs a providential burden. The remark frames U S policy discussions and public rhetoric of the era.
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Providence
Bryan
Water cure and world mission in the Philippines sermon
A church speaker condemns forced conversion and commercial hypocrisy. He argues that coercion makes Christians no better than Mahomet or Confucius, warns against greed, and urges preaching peace rather than force in the gospel. He cites the Chinese fate under hypocrisy and questions orthodoxy.
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Philippine Islands
United States
England
Germany
Mahomet
Confucius
Hell
Overmyer Seeks Democratic Presidential Boom in Kansas
The Topeka State Journal reports Kansas Democrats plan a presidential push for Dave Overmyer at the Wichita state convention. Supporters call him a logical candidate and a friend of Mr. Bryan, though critics doubt the mix with Eastern Democracy and note past Kansas City stance on Hill and silver. Kansas Populists oppose Overmyer.
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Topeka State Journal
Kansas Democrats
Dave Overmyer
Wichita
Mr. Bryan
Overmyer
Kansas City
Bryan
Dave Hill
Kansas
Down with the hog fat lords and labor looting plan
A public statement condemns a laborer looting scheme aimed at workers and small businesses. It accuses a few powerful meat industry firms of coercing butchers into exclusive contracts, blacklisting those who resist, and forcing farmers and customers to pay inflated prices. The speaker decries the consolidation as a deliberate plunder and calls for opposition.
Begin at Home The Christian Missionary Dilemma
The Chicago American argues missionaries bear no fault. commercial greed of Christian nations harms China. It cites Moshiem on early church unity, laments greed and hypocrisy, and urges Christians to reform at home before preaching abroad. It links opium, war, and conquest to failed gospel efforts and calls for true Christian living to win souls.
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Chicago American
China
Moshiem
Judea
Christ
Brotherhood of Man
Christia
England
America
San Francisco
Mahomet
Arabia
Cortez
Mexico
God
Congress at loggerheads over Cuban bill
Lawrence World calls Congress a contentious body for juggled legislation while defending its own radical stance and calling for scrupulous honesty in public affairs.
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Congress
Lawrence World
the World
The King of England and theater suppers
A Lawrence World opinion mocks the English for requiring refreshments even for the king when attending theater, arguing the nation should be ashamed of such fuss and fans the sentiment that the king should need no special allowances.
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England
Lawrence
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