Republicans win in 1902 election with lingering fusion tension
The 1902 results show Republicans securing the state ticket and likely Congress seats, with a smaller overall majority in the lower house. National control remains with Republicans, while fusion, temperance clashes, and voter abstention shaped margins. Critics warn of trusts and promise vigilance ahead of 1904.
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Congress
Kansas
Anderson County
William Wycoff
Board of Commissioners
Bailey
J. K. Hudson
Hudson
Capitalists embrace socialism yet keep benefits to their circle
The Coming Nation notes that Rockefeller and Morgan have socialized the meat industry while workers suffer, their wages and welfare trimmed as the workers skin the animals and themselves in a grim satire of labor and capital. The piece mocks capitalist Socialism and the workers’ complicity, urging continued disruption.
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Rockefeller
Morgan
Power of the people as sovereign rulers warned
The National New Era argues the people lack real power in government and warns that clinging to the belief they are sovereign prevents vigorous efforts to secure true authority.
Five Absurdites by J B Converse in National New Era
The article argues justice as the ship’s true compass and criticizes government overreach in promoting general welfare. It attacks private railroad ownership, argues for government ownership of highways, and satirically questions private arbitration in labor disputes and other private rights, calling such policies tyrannical.
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Sev
J. B. Converse
National New Era
Springfield
Ohio
Ship of State
Ridiculous National Finance Highlighted by Loyd
New Rochelle captain forwards a New York Herald clipping criticizing federal finances. The piece notes more than twenty million dollars redeemed from bonds under Secretary Shaw, compares premia to issue prices, and condemns taxes and bank profits as funds move to favored institutions.
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Geo. W. Loyd
New Rochelle
N. Y
New York Herald
Loyd
Peter Cooper
Weaver
Streeter
William Jennings Bryan
the Herald
Shaw
Sub-Treasury
Profit Sharing With Baer Prompting Coal Price Debate
From the Louisville Post the World quotes a 20 percent wage rise would add 15 cents to a ton of coal. Yet coal operators announce a consumer price increase of several cents per ton, with a net profit of 35 cents. Next.
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New York World
Socialists of Austria win big in national elections
The text notes a large socialist majority in Austria's national legislature and expresses a global view that socialism is advancing, while asserting the United States will also move forward and spread the message that they are coming too.
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Austria
United States
Sermon Quip Links Corn Whisky to Trouble
Rev Charles M Sheldon quips in a sermon that a peck of corn makes a pint of whisky and a pint of whisky makes a peck of trouble. The Topeka Herald notes the humorous correlation between corn liquor and social disruption.
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Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka Herald
Mill Claim of Baby Fingers Amputation Cited
Coming Nation reports a pocker in a Southern cotton mill claims to have amputated over one hundred baby fingers mangled in the machinery. The startling allegation highlights harsh conditions in the mill and raises questions about safety practices and worker protection.
United Brethren Conference Debates Joining Methodist Church
At Pittsburg last week the Tu United Brethren conference discussed possibly joining the Methodist church. The proposal was defeated.
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United Brethren Conference
Pittsburg
Methodist Church
Telegraphs by country ownership claim in Ty's statement
Ty asserts that every civilized country owns its telegraph system except Bolivia Cuba Cypress Hawaii Honduras and the United States. The claim lists six exceptions and includes a broad regional attribution. No further context or sourcing is provided.
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Bolivia
Cuba
Cypress
Hawaii
Honduras
United States
Compressed food on market prompts view of excess
The Coming Nation notes a PAPENT compressed food on sale yet argues it is unnecessary, claiming the common people's food is already sufficiently compressed. The remark emphasizes frugality and skepticism toward new food innovations.
Postmaster General Recommends Postal Service Expansion
The postmaster general recommends extending the postal service to include the parcels post system. IRIX stated that J Pierpont Morgantow controls the Frisco railroad.
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Irix
J. Pierpont Morgantow
Frisco Railroad
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