All Forms of Toil Menaced by Trusts in Kansas Platform
The platform denounces private monopolies as indefensible and intolerable, pledging unceasing warfare against trusts in nation, state and city. It cites examples like Standard Oil, coal, sugar, telegraph, and gas monopolies, detailing inflated prices, extortion, and profits while workers and small capitalists lose opportunity for advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Jesson
Democratic Party
William J. Bryan Bays
Prominn
Mrontelpat
Privat
Oil Trust
Isbout
Commonwealth
Steel Trust
Sugar Trust
Wire Trust
Tin Plate Trust
Pennsylvania Coal
Fifth Ave. Bank
New York
Chemical Bank
Newark
Metropolitan Telephone Co
Bell Monopoly
Telegraph Monopoly
Bay State Gas Co
Cleveland Gas Co
New York Gas
New York Senate
Metropolitan Street
Philadelphia Traction
15Th Street Co
Philadelphia City
Ridge Avenue
Citizens’ Co
Union
Coal Combine
Gal
Slavery, Treaty, and Sultan of Sulu History In One Text
A historical document recalls the U S stance on slavery with explicit text on punishment for crime. It then details Weinley’s infamous treaty with the Sultan of Sulu, granting U S sovereignty over the Sulu archipelago, flag use, religious respect, and a payroll to local dignitaries. Signed in Jolo on a late August date, 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Weinley
Jand
Sea
Sulu
Dato Rajah Mada
Dato Attik
Dato Calbe
Dato Joakanian
Dato Puro
Dato Amir Hatssin
Hadji Buter
Habib Mura
Serif
Jolo
A. D
Cost of Militarism in U S Government Plans
The article details the Washington administration’s push for a 100000 man army and a $200 million budget for the next year to fund imperial aims. It notes Navy seeks $75000000, with total requests surpassing $200 million through June 30, 1902, and outlines expected discharges, troop redeployments, and rising subsistence and ordnance costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Congress
War Department
Ludington
Manila
Quartermaster’s Department
Weston
Root
No Room for Subjects Under the Free Flag
A historical political tract argues the republic faces a national crisis over imperial overreach. It labels the president’s policies toward Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines as imperialism and questions whether the nation can endure governance without consent or become an empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Congress
Philippines
Meney Ar Hilo
Kansas City
Republic of
Wash
Ington
Jefferson
Proclamations by George III and McKinley in Wars Context
The text cites George III declaring in 1776 his aim to restore lawful government to the American colonies and to oppose revolutionary calamities. It also quotes President McKinley promising Congress action to govern and uplift Filipinos during U S anti–insurgency actions in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
George III
George II
England
United States
McKinley
Congress
Where the Democratic Party Stands on Labor
The document advocates creating a Department of Labor led by a Secretary with Cabinet status to elevate American labor. It argues this move will boost production, prosperity, and national commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Congress
Department of Labor
Arbitration as Solution Between Corporations and Workers
Bryan argues for a single platform for arbitration between corporations and their employees. He asserts arbitration would ease labor disputes, reduce strikes and lockouts, and foster friendly relations between labor and capital, preventing military intervention in labor troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esteb
Wabur
Lincoln and McKinley on promises and liberty
The excerpt contrasts President McKinley’s Minneapolis remarks with Abraham Lincoln’s Chicago 1858 speech. It argues that benevolent assimilation and royal arguments mask attempts to enslave peoples, noting kings used similar justifications to rule and to justify domination over others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Minneapolis
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Chicago
Lincoln and American rights in the pursuit of liberty
The text cites Lincoln and the Continental Congress on human nature, equality, and the enduring truths of the Declaration of Independence. It warns against eroding rights by wealth or race and emphasizes maintaining liberty, justice, and mercy across future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Continental Congress
America
Ilberty
Baing Bull
Democratic Party Favors Liberal Pensions Platform
We support liberal pensions for American soldiers and sailors and their dependents as reaffirmed by the Chicago platform of 1896. Enlistment and service shall be conclusive evidence against disease and disability before enlistment, per Hansan City Platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hansan City Platform
Heath endorses Neely for Cuban service post
The letter from Perry and Heath praised Charles F. Neely of Muncie Indiana as a model candidate for Cuban military postal service. Neely, a newspaper writer and publisher, is jailed in New York on charges connected to Cuban postal frauds and fights extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
Washington, D. C
Charles Fw, Neely
Muncie
Ind
Mil Adrvice
Swanda
Maj. E J. Rathbone
Hamilton
Republican National Committee
New York
Ha Ia
Jefferson and Liberty in Government
Fragmentary 19th century reflection arguing that commerce should be free, government exists to maximize happiness, and consent of the governed justifies political power. It asserts free speech as essential to liberty and criticizes government as dishonest.
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Bramkamp
Trust
Combine
Coal Trust
Linseed Oil Trust
Vopper Syndicate
Whisky Trust
Standard Oil
Teleas
Yslens
Grand Rapids
Wis
Sultan Sulu
Dato Rajah Muda
J. C. Bates
Army
Navy
Republic
King George
King William
Willie
Papa
Kansas City Platform
Bryan
Heath Endorses
Neel
Thomas Jefferson
Natios Ia
W. J. Hrwan
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