Kansas Fusion Outlook Cited in 1904 Political Tug of War
The piece rails at the current coalition forces in Kansas politics, denouncing prohibition foes and the Democratic and Republican elites. It argues the People's party should stand firm and not fuse with rival factions, warning that such moves could doom reform. It notes a proposed fusion ticket by Charles Sessions for the Populists and Democrats, printed by the Topeka Journal, and questions whether the Populists should field their own slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Democratic Party
Prohibition
Republican Party
People’s Party
Charahter
Hills and Clevelands
Peoples Party
Hill
Cleveland
Democratic and
People's Party
Kansas City
W. L. Brown
Krigman
Levi Humburger
Dickinson
Jerry Botkin
Cowley
Pops
Topeka Journal
Dave Overmyer
Taxation and War Crimes in Kansas and Philippines
The piece calls taxation a major campaign issue in Kansas with claims of Kansans selling property to move to Missouri for lower taxes. It urges lawmakers to protect residents from oppressive rates and invites scrutiny of a war crimes report about cruelties in the Philippines, citing a brigadier general ordering mass killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Missouri
Union
Tax Senate
United States Army
Calamity in the West Indies Triggers Relief Debate
A narrator laments Trav as a West Indies disaster killing forty thousand and notes Congress approved a relief fund of 200000, while continuing revenue from 240000 legalized saloons that ruin over 100000 lives yearly, criticizing preachers who praise the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trav
West Indies
Congress
Windsor and Detroit Beefsteak Price Contrast Sparks Debate
Last week Windsor offered beefsteak at 15 cents a pound while Detroit sold it at 24 cents. The tariff and trusts cost consumers, and Windsor wages matched Detroit's. The Republican press attacks Vernon J. Rose, signaling GOP awareness that Long must bow out in the Seventh district election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Canada
Detroit
Mich
Vernon J. Rose
Hester 1
Republicans Pledge to Smash Trusts, Protect People
A historical editorial argues Republicans aim to break trusts and defend the public, contrasting a hard line against monopoly with freeing workers to safeguard citizens and sheep from exploitation.
Widow pensions questioned in presidential- and soldier-death cases
A commentator asks why the president’s widow, whose fortune runs into hundreds of thousands, receives a pension of 5000 dollars a year while a soldier’s widow, bereaved and penniless, may receive only six to eight dollars monthly or less. The piece highlights stark disparities in survivor benefits and urges reform.
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Dr. Kay
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Reas Cee
Champe Axe
Anna Cilampa
J. M. Alexander
Official Paper
Anderson County
K.R.P. A
Garnett, Kns
Charles ‘Sessions
Topeka
The
Kansas City Journal
Supreme Court
Frank Doster
Marion
S. H. Allen
Shawnee
John Madden
Lyon
J. E. Andrews
Rush
Ed Sapp
Cherokee
David Overmyer
George Hanna
Clay
Frank Holdcomb
Wyandotte
John R. McRea
Manford Schoonover
Democrat
Anderson
Grant Harrington
Brown
Ussenger
Cannonball
Sanusas, Nebraska
North
North, T
Chanute
Pitsburg
Cherryval
Colleyville
Ottawa
Emporia
Newton
Hutchinson
Union Depot
Panhandle
Texas
Winefield
Newkirk
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kansas City Union Depot
Independence
Kas
Carlybad
New Mexico
Winfield
C.S. Caveman
F. A. Herbert
Holcomb's Drug Store
A. L. Benton
Garnett, Kansas
Holcomb & CO. West
Square
Scott
Dr. Bi M. M. Scott
Peter
Tibbetta & McGrew
Hem
Miles
Dubin
West
Ray
Doxa L
Grover
Pmt
Rollman Gherry
Comadt Fertiah
Syberia
Lorenton
Alamsdacturese
Fanupacturing CO
Agmenos
Kay
Ciganrinn
Lowa
H. J. Kavate Ce
Ae Gerriemka
Hanna Hansell
Hansal
Aiz
Drugginta
B. J. Kay Medical Co
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
W. J. Lane
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