Populist rhetoric and political shifts in Kansas and beyond
An assembly of opinions critiques on Populist influence in Anderson county and across Kansas. It denounces gold-bug papers, praises reformers, and argues the liquor question as central to economic policy. It notes Silas Sherian’s speech supporting Cleveland and criticizes various party tickets and soldier representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson County
Kansas City Journal
The
Times
Journal
the Times
Kansas City
David Mastin
Ames
Fis
Ol c Salness
Ouage Pouety
Congress Will Be Worst Yet Says Advocate
A prominent national observer predicts the next Congress will be the most corrupt since the Credit Mobilier era. He claims Cleveland will push $500,000,000 in bonds to retire vast greenbacks and treasury notes, with banks and rail interests forming a money power to bankroll schemes.
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Congress
Credit Mobilier
Cleveland
Treasury
Pacific Railroad
Ual
Republican Party
Atlantic
Pacific
Warlike reform school plan provokes public reaction
The state reform school will dress inmates in military uniforms and teach war skills instead of lessons aimed at making them peaceful citizens. Kansas voters who supported redeemers may be surprised by this approach as it introduces military tactics into reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Reform School
Kansas
The
Redeemers
The Teardrop in the Glass. Wy Cine Poi Scout
A suffering man, caused by vice, endures fever and thirst as his family pleads for bread and water. The wife prays for relief, a teardrop falls into a glass, and the husband vows to quit drinking, his love restored as prosperity returns to their home.
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Tik
Anil
Witich
Cheriah
The Changing Type of Womanhood by Dr. Nellie V. Mark
Dr. Nellie V. Mark addressed Lutherville Seminary alumni on The Changing Type of Womanhood. She praised women’s progress in science literature art and professions and noted rising women’s clubs and suffrage while pondering society’s direction as women advance.
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Nellie V. Mark Ead
Union of
Lutherville Seminary
Expresman
Expresmas
Suffrage in Colorado Angers Opponents and Shapes Votes
A letter recalls Colorado women’s 1894 suffrage victory and criticizes male croakers, noting women’s prudent voting helped defeat Waite. It argues women should judge candidates for themselves, asserting that honest women influenced political outcomes and rejected bad nominations.
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Weaver
Colorado
Waite
Ertsation
The Ununified Half Woman Seeks Joint Title to Earth
A collection of quotations and notes from various papers discusses women's rights, temperance, and public roles. Rev Anna Shaw proclaims a new era for women, while local brief items mention a Wilson county teacher's drunken episode and a woman in Tolate, California, running a lumber mill engine.
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Julia B. Nelson
Anna Shaw
Anarchist Ware Urges War Speech Before Kansas Students
A Topeka lawyer Eugene F Ware advised high school students to back a war, while denouncing socialism and anarchy. The St Louis Post dispatch notes peers rebuked his remarks as reckless and harmful to youth, urging protection from such ideologies.
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Eugene F. Ware
Topeka
United States
Ware
Wontai
Watsons Campaign Speech Attacks Democratic Leaders
Tom Watson quotes attack lines from Democratic newspapers accusing Gore, Mus, Brice, and Cleveland allies of selling out to the sugar tariff and gold standard. He rails against Brice and Gorman coordinating conventions in Ohio and Maryland, warning of Wall Street influence and party concentration, while noting sincere Democrats seeking relief remain misled.
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Tors Watson
Congress
Georgia
Goremus
Brice
Cleveland
Gorman
Maryland
Brice Niles
Ohio Democrats
Wall Street
Jefferton and
Jackson
John Shermanian
Brice and Gorman
John Sherman
Ben
Arrieon
Democratic Party
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