McKinley era politics and the top anarchists
JO McDILL'S MUSINGS argues that Czolgosz and Guiteau were products of modern Republicanism and that the real danger lies in top anarchists who control wealth and manipulate law. The piece warns of media capture, corporate power, and planned assaults on free speech as threats to government and labor.
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McKinley
Czolgosz
Guiteau
Assassi
Assass
Hite
Guiteaus
United States
Washburn letter on trusts echoes reform urge in 1896 era
The extract from Mr. Washburn's interview cites steel rails costing about 16 dollars a ton to produce and sold at 28 dollars, showing large profits for steel mills and high dividends on overly capitalized shares. He argues rails could be rebuilt for less than half their capitalization and laments the tax burden on the public from trusts and consolidations.
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Bryan
Minneapolis
Washburn
Steel rails robbery charge fuels political clash
The speaker denounces a 7.80 per ton duty on steel rails and argues that structural steel costs reflect widespread exploitation. He accuses the administration and trusts of robbing the public, pledging vigilance until both eyes see the Republican party backing the extortion.
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Washburn
Republican Party
Why the People's Party Must Not be Abandoned
A Kansas debate on party strategy argues Democrats pressure Populists to join Democrats, while Republicans fear the People’s party. The letters from Iola and Olathe claim GOPs back anti Democratic papers and smear populist influence, urging Populists to stay independent.
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Kansas
People's Party
Allen County
People’s Party
Iola
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Olathe Tribune
Practical Christian to Build the Social Kingdom Prophesied
Edward Markham in the New York Journal writes of a future practical Christian who will do the Father’s will and promote the social kingdom. This figure will reject personal riches and power, embrace the common good, see people as extensions of himself, and practice affectionate justice with no favoritism, predicting an enduring kingdom built on that rock.
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Edward Markham
N. Y. Journal
Financiers Seek Retirement of Greenbacks to Cut Treasury Surplus
A 19th century editorial in the Olathe Tribune argues financiers want bold action to retire greenbacks and shrink the growing national treasury surplus caused by excessive taxation, questioning why taxes cannot be reduced instead.
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National Treasury
Olathe Tribune
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