National Republican Ticket and Silver Platform Debate
The piece discusses the 1892 national ticket with Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid, intra party fights over Kyle and Weaver, and Loucks opposition. It analyzes the Republican and Democratic silver planks, evaluating their positions on coinage, parity, and the Sherman Act, with commentary on Wall Street influence and prospects for gold versus silver.
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People’s Party
Lease
Omaha
Weaver
Kyle
Loucks
Tanbeneck
Washburne
Kyle Ross Loucks
South Dakota
New York Sun
Chicago
Republican Party
Party of Progress
Democratic Party
Wall Street
Grover Cleveland
Teller
Senator Preston In Jerauld
Report from a Republican ratification meeting in Wessington Springs praising Hon. H. C. Preston for a clean straightforward address. He endorsed Harrison’s renomination and urged loyalty to the Republican party and its thirty year record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Preston
Jerauld
Wessington Springs
H. C. Preston
Jerauld County
Preston
Harrison
Reapportionment Passes as Spooner Threats Loom
Madison July 2 Both houses approve the Democratic reapportionment bill reshaping state senate and assembly districts. It solidifies Democratic control and raises the risk of ex-Senator Spooner challenging the legality. Spooner schemes to claim the 1890 senators were fraudulently elected, risking a vacant legislature.
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Kyle
South Dakota
Hays
Democratic House of Representatives
Boss Loucks
Omaha
Wisconsin
Spooner
Madison
Senate
Philetus Sawyer
United States Senate
E. 8
Bragg
J. L. Mitchell
J. H. Knight
Supreme Court
Assembly
The Boat Upset and Drownings on the Bay
A seaside picnic ends in tragedy as four boats on Spring Park Lake overturn. Three St Paul youths Laura Lewis Ida Swanson Rufus Hogan drown after a broad boat capsizes near shore. Oscar Sandell survives. Reports describe a balloon accident and other unrelated incidents from Ottumwa Wanast and St. Paul July 6.
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St. Pavin
Spring Park
Minnetonka
St. Paul
Laura Lewis
Ida Swanson
Rufus Hogan
Minneapolis
Oscar Sandell
Balloon Ascension Ends in Two Deaths in Boston
From the commons in Boston a balloon ascent ended tragically as Professor George A. Rogers of Malden Maine died almost instantly and assistant Thomas Fenton died later. Survivor Delos E Goldsmith, hospitalized, described a western wind driving the craft toward the harbor and a near landing on Thompson's Island before disaster.
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Agvin
Professor Rogers
Boston
George Augustus Rogers
Malden
Thomas Fenton
Delos E. Goldsmith
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National Republican
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Whitelaw Reid
New York
Bob Schilling
Gen. Weaver
Old Guard
Tam Green
Supreme Lodge
Helena
Gerner
Grand Lodge
Redfield
J. H. Hauser
Gresham
Dr. Hauser
Indianapolis
Orr
E. Gen. Weaver
People's Party
Gon. Bidwell
California
Prohibition Party
New York Press
Champeny Bros
Wss
Zeve
India
Marseilles
Champeny Bros. Department Store
Sherman
Tex
H. M. Pierce
Pottsboro
Grayson
Morgan H. Pack
Mrs. Pierce
Pierce
Pack
Iowa
Des Moings
Democratic and
Democrats
Lexington
Granville Leech
Rock Bridge County
Goshen Pass
New Richuand
Minn
James Holmes
Lake Minnetonka
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Des Moines
Rock Island
Sugar Creek Bridge
Wanast
Ind
Frank Moore
Wabash Railway
James H. Burnn
The
Idaho Wild Men
Wise Tity
Boisk Cryiy
Ida
Skookum Valley
Barnum’s
Barnum
Jake Swigart
State Insane Asylum
Into
Sea
Baloon
S. Gov't Report
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