15 May 1896
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1896
Page
1
An English residents gathering at the Academy of Music plans an evening of British airs and loyal sentiment for Queen Victoria. The celebration will be May 23 since her birthday falls on May 24, a meeting at Coates house decided with another gathering planned next week.
A Patriots Bulletin piece by Joan M Davis president of Columbia College Bangor La calls Shylocks and traitors to abandon treason and unite under Columbia to save the republic. It pledges to rescue children from bondage and poverty and to renew the nation’s freedom with a bright guiding light for liberty.
Norwaux Warr Cassville Massachusetts reports Nathan Hiatt urging Democrats to rally against Cleveland's policy to prevent a split with the Populists. He warns that gold-bug tactics could push dissatisfied Democrats toward the People's party and questions who can deliver a pro silver speech to unite the party or doom it at Chicago.
Senator Stewart today presented a document by William P. St. John of Mercantile National Bank of New York outlining a 1896 independent party platform. It calls for free coinage of gold and silver, protection for Southern cotton mills, Referendum and Initiative, and condemns Clevelandism. St. John argues that big bank certificates could avert panics in Wall Street and calm fears over free coinage.
Congressman Miller and Lick Blige were interviewed on the Kansas district race. Miller argues Buehan was fraudulently deprived of Wyandotte county’s delegation and would win the nomination if cleared. Blige notes Harris faces trouble in Wyandotte and Douglas counties as the district swung by 59 votes outside those counties. The dispatch hints at GOP internal tensions and calls for free coinage policy.
A broad, partisan summary notes West campaigns branding McKinley as free-silver. It cites a Brooklyn Young Republican letter arguing McKinley backs gold standards, while silver should exist at par with gold. Ohio Democrat John W. Bockwalter predicts Cleveland nomination and a free-silver platform to unite the party ahead of Chicago.
Senator Peffer introduced a bill to amend statutes requiring the collector of internal revenue to furnish monthly lists to county clerks. The lists would show every taxpayer who paid government liquor tax, including their post office and business. He argues this will aid in enforcing the prohibitory law.
A brief quotation notes idle men and unemployment in Pittsburg, arguing that lack of work stems from a lack of money and abundance of idle labor. The piece reflects on economic tension and cyclical poverty without citing dates, sources, or concrete events.
A Raleigh NC Caucasian and the Charlotte Observer warn Democrats to oppose a national convention that endorses sound money and gold standard. They accuse alleged “new Democrats” of Republican alignment and urge true Democrats to condemn delegates who back goldbugs and silver wing splits.
A Chicago Times piece reviews a 199 page radical book promoting cooperation over competition. It envisions a future with universal labor solidarity ending the dollar’s supremacy and predicts a near term general strike aligned with the railway union ethos. The article also notes endorsements and a political mockery with reads on 1896 presidential tickets.
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