William E. Alexander Passes at Sixty in Kansas
William E. Alexander associate editor of the Actrator died at sixty after a life marked by anti slavery sentiment in Tennessee and Illinois, service in the Union cause, and later shifts to Prohibition and the People's party in Kansas. A lawyer and reformer, his health declined after war service and he remained active in political causes until death.
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William E. Alexander
Actrator
Tie
Tennessee
Minis
Nashville
Ilinois
Kansas
Welda
Republican Party
Prohibition Party
People’s Party
Hutchinson Convention Sparks Republican Debate Over Nominations
A Hutchinson convention row reverberates over postmaster and railroad influence in nominating Funston and Anthony. The piece criticizes the party for greed for office and calls for trusted men, noting a clash with usury laws and church sentiment. It hints at pressure from money changers and mortgage vendors in front seats.
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Hutchinson
Republican
Political parties and their shifting influence after the war
The text critiques Tar Christ on interest, names D. R. Astiexy’s accusations, and quotes George Win Curtis on party spirit. It argues two major parties are mere shadows of great names, with tariffs, protection, and reform debates shedding old issues as new ones arise. It notes enduring bitterness, prejudice, and the fading of war question loyalties.
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George Win
Curtis
Republican Party
New York
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Congress
Revered Hanlon Critiques Church on Labor Struggle
At a quadrennial conference the Rev Thomas Hanlon of Pennington seminary urged the church to side with laboring people in the capital versus labor clash. His remarks caused a stir as pension-rate papers like the Porcupine of Los Angeles discuss nation wide pension costs and hint at bond conspirators adding to the burden.
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Tue M.H
Ile
Thos. Hanlon
Pennington Seminary
Porcupine
Los Angeles
Caliornia
Women to hold church roles beside men, says Butler
Mrs Josephine E Butler writes to the New York Independent asserting that Christian men should place women alongside them in all church work rather than under clerical control. She condemns long held duties for women and criticizes clerical boys guiding capable women.
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Josephine E. Butler
N.Y
New Party Bids To Shake South In 1600 Georgia Alliances
In Georgia and the South a wave of 1600 alliances reports 597 in favor of the People s Party. The new party stirs up a commotion and may challenge the Republicans by breaking the card south as quoted by Dakota Sieve Acrrare and Educate.
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Georgia
People’s Party
South
Dakota
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Geo. T. Anthony
Prorie
Funston
Anthony
People's Party
Stanford and
Gresham
Tar Christ
D. R. Astiexy
Geo. T
Anethony
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