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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
5
Mary Elizabeth Lease has moved to the Republican camp and will support McKinley in Nebraska and Kansas. Populist and Democratic outlets may reprint her earlier speeches. Republican papers react with mixed enthusiasm to the new party member.
Troops called to shoot striking miners in Pennsylvania. The piece predicts such action will occur hereafter whenever labor demands its rights. It argues the rising standing army serves imperialists and warns labor voters under McKinley will face killings when seeking simple justice.
William E. Curtis reports Bryan gaining support in the East while a Washington dispatch to the New York World claims 100,000 regular soldiers will be demanded, replacing volunteers in the Philippines as news from China grows sparse. A Chicago Record special notes a withdrawal order disrupts German plans and reshapes American diplomacy.
An editor condemned the Republican mayor of a Porto Rican city for criticsation and his office was destroyed. Police made no effort to intervene the deprecation, raising questions of press freedom in America. An Aniclusion rally in Marion drew a large all day crowd with Webster Davis and John W Breidenthal as principal speakers.
Jas Howarp convicted of complicity in Governor Goebel’s murder and sentenced to hang. Severe weather ongoing with three feet of snow at Red Mountain and active cyclones near Towa. Local reports note Colorano snow storms.
W J Bryan declares he has not promised any cabinet or other position to anyone and will not do so during the campaign. He states he will discharge duties of office according to his platform and his own judgment on matters not covered by the platform.
The preacher criticizes McKinley and white Republicans, condemns imperial conquest, and protests the occupation of the Philippines and the use of Black soldiers in that campaign. He laments representing oppression at home and fears loss of freedom for colored peoples, urging Congress to grant independence to the Filipinos.
An advisory note from the Ancient Order of Floppers proposes that every flop be notarized and stamped with an official seal to reduce confusion in the credentials committee at the organization’s annual reunions.
Horson states that Dewey did not sink the Spanish fleet at Manila, arguing instead that the Spaniards scuttled their own ships and sunk them.
A boiler-makers strike unfolds in Norwich Connecticut over wage cuts. Hanna abandons Chicago, calling it the worst place in the country for Republicans.
Letters to the World Herald discuss the Des Moines Globe May 31 1900 piece calling for a constitutional monarchy to match expansion plans and McKinleyism. The Globe advocates imperial governance and royal authority, drawing support from Army and Navy Journal comparisons and sparking Republican dissension.
Report states operatives of the anthracite coal mines are ready to make concessions to the striking miners. The development signals potential negotiation progress and could affect labor tensions in the region.
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