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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1896
Page
2
The Marble Hill Press compiles a string of satirical items and anecdotes reflecting on politics gender roles and society. It mentions campaign ironies marriage news and notable figures in a tongue in cheek fashion with pithy quips about public figures and modern life.
Edward Saltus, a noted journalist, mixes rails and gossip as he details a public quarrel with Dr. John A. Lees at the Casino in Narragansett Pier. Saltus knocks Lees to the ground six times in under ten minutes, leaving the doctor battered while Saltus escapes with only a single knock-down.
In Asheville on September 16, Bryan defended free coinage, attacked gold standard Democrats, and urged voters to reject expediency. He criticized party factions, defended his conscience, and warned that silver supporters must remain united against English bondholders and aristocratic influence. He contrasted Democratic courage with Republican money power and called for broad public support to defeat Hanna-backed interests.
In Washington on September 1 the speaker denounces life tenure in the civil service and urges merit based appointments with fixed terms. He argues against suspending civil service laws for political aims and presses for equal opportunity for all fitness levels. In Philadelphia the same date, he explains visiting to win the state’s electors and votes, addressing why he came to Pennsylvania.
St Louis plans a two day convention of the Association of Democratic Clubs in the Auditorium Vet 3 with leading figures like William J Bryan Arthur Sewall and Hoke Smith expected. A grand outdoor campaign demonstration on Oct 2 will line up 30 000 to 50 000 visitors and may include a Bryan review if he arrives in time.
A September meeting in St. Louis of trust company representatives from banks discussed forming a trust company section within the American Bankers Association. A seven member committee was appointed to confer with the ABA executive council about organizing the section and to report back with a plan during the convention.
London reports Queen Victoria’s reign has surpassed George III to become the longest in Britain, with 59 years, 3 months, and 3 days on the throne. Public rejoicings are deferred until July next year for the actual sixty year mark. The German Empire reports vast wealth figures in official releases.
A farmer borrows a thousand dollars by signing a contract to deliver 1000 bushels of either wheat or rye after the next harvest. When payment time arrives, wheat is two dollars a bushel and rye is one. The farmer picks rye, but the creditor demands wheat, arguing the grain must be delivered. neighbors call the delivery dishonest even as the contract allows choice. The case's outcome is undecided.
The letter cites Sir Archibald Alison on England 1797 banking policy, claiming irredeemable paper money sparked universal prosperity until 1819. It argues that resuming specie payments caused ruin for English industry and social unrest in Manchester, asking Americans aged 35 and up to recall a parallel in U.S. history.
The 1878 Kansas senator John J. Ingalls warned Republican voters that gold betrays the nation in emergencies. He argued gold aids enemies, weakens public credit, and harms soldiers, urging a stance against gold as a foil to free silver policies.
United States Commissioner Henry D. Fitzgerald, a lifelong Republican who has long campaigned for the party in western New York, declares support for Bryan and free silver. He plans to vote for the Bryan ticket and, if needed, to campaign publicly for it. Fitzgerald spoke at numerous western New York Republican meetings during the 1888 campaign and has served as U S commissioner for 27 years, aiding the party.
A Denver Times report claims a New York estimate of Mr. Bryan’s strength is unreliable. He will win votes from outside New York and campaign in other states. When votes are counted in November New York records a shift in will west of the Erie Canal and Reading coal fields. The piece closes with a rueful note on past Yale boasts.
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