Pettigrew Tried for Treason in Senate Duel
Washington on January 31 saw Senator Pettigrew denounced as a traitor by Senators Sewell and Hawley for aiding Aguinaldo and hindering the U S army. Lodge blocked Pettigrew plan to print Aguinaldo statement as a public document, while Spooner and others condemned his actions as dangerous to national unity and military efforts. General Lawton’s death is cited in support of the charges.
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Anti-Imperialistic League
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Frye
Spooner
Wisconsin
America
Lincoln County
S. D
Senator Pettigrew
Hte
Sioux Falls
Minneapolis
Chicago
Sioux City
New York
Pettigrew's Style of Campaign in South Dakota
Fusionists back Pettigrew as best bet for legislature while fearing his independent campaign. He controls funds, operates a clerical workshop, and bypasses regular committees, a setup critics call Pettigrewism and harmful to state reform. The piece condemns his labor, money, and imperialistic tactics and urges Bryanism over Pettigrew.
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South Dakota
Pettigrew
Bryan
Fusion State Committee
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Democratic State Committee
National Committee
State Committee
Republican Party
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McKinley
Beware Eleventh Hour Slurs In State Campaigns
The fusion press and speakers in this state lash Republicans with eleventh hour slanders and manufactured issues. Bryan warnings expose despair while Democrats attack on loans and figures. Carl Schurz referenced as a benchmark of prior campaigns.
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Pettigrew
Meiklejohn Letter Defends Sulu Slavery Stand In 1900
Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn writes Bryan to dispute claims that the United States allowed slavery in the Sulu archipelago. He cites a September 1899 Bates agreement and a constitutional amendment asserting no slavery within U S territory or jurisdictions.
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Texas
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Philippine
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Washington
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Peoria
Illinois
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Indiana
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Philippines
John C. Bates
Sultan of Jolo
Congress
Spain
Jolo
G. D. Meiklejohn
Bates
Senator Pettigrew
George D. Meiklejohn
Chicago
Republican Party
Sulu Islands
Bryan's North Carolina remarks and Pettigrew bill discussed
The piece reviews William Jennings Bryan's remarks on North Carolina's race issue and the U.S. parcel post bill proposed by Senator Pettigrew. It contrasts Bryan's provocative answers with earlier political jests and notes initial praise from mail order houses followed by retail dealer opposition. It also cites Beveridge and Hill in political context.
Speech by Tillman in Carleton Attacks Philippine Policy
Senator Tillman denounces Philippine policy as dishonor and calls for liberty to mean business freedom. He accuses McKinley of snubbing Boer envoys and mocks Bryan and politicians tied to Tammany and silver plate issue. He warns listeners that critics lie and claims he can prove his statements.
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Carrolton
Ill
Tillman
South Carolina
John C. Calhoun
Senate
Philippines
Republic
Hell
McKinley
John Bull
Dictionary of the Hobo Explains Terms Used by Beggars
A description of slang used by hoboes with a day’s encounter on 42nd Street. A fat hobo explains terms like fly bo, getherup, slops, and punk while sharing meals and his rough life on the tramp. He recalls Mulligan Irish stew and pinching to eat, denying crimes beyond light theft.
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Madison Avenue
Mulligan
Cleveland
An Ambassadors Privileges with a Female Sovereign
An ambassador has a peculiar privilege in court etiquette. After audience ends the ambassador bows, steps back three paces, bows, steps back three more, bows again, then turns and walks to the doors. When the sovereign is a woman the etiquette shifts to avoid turning his back. He retires sideways to maintain politeness.
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Windsor
Chambers’ Journal
Tales and anecdotes from Lincoln to Flora Belle folly
Vignettes recounting Lincoln’s wit at a Springfield sermon and a horsing about with a colt. Also notes Green of Missouri, a church joke about the journal and debate. The Flora Belle steamboat tale ends with the Commodore’s quip Buy the Flora Belle.
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William M. Evarts
Alcott
Elgin
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Mr. Alcott
Iad
Lincoln
Colt
James Stephen Green
Missouri
National Hotel
Washington, D. C
R. R. Hitt
Committee of Foreign Relations
Green
Episcopal Church
Shakespearean Pilgrims Auction Records Fetch High Price
At a London auction a visitor register from Shakspeare's Stratford home, spanning 1821 to 1848, sold for 280 dollars. The text notes a man who must continually cultivate friends may find the crew not worth the effort.
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London
Shakspeare
Stratford
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