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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1896
Page
2
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An 1890s political piece lists Republican ticket names from South Dakota and discusses farm price trends from 1873 to 1892. It contrasts farming prosperity with Bryan's silver coinage positions, questioning his honesty on price effects and urging farmers to seek four-year-ago conditions.
The editorial attacks William Jennings Bryan for advocating price advances for workers but not salaries. It questions his consistency and accuses him of demagogic rhetoric, labeling him a drone of society who makes laws yet claims to defend producers. The piece cites his Dover speech and Nebraska congressional career.
Sioux Falls press proclaims a bright dawn with McKinley’s election, urging industry revival and inflation fears cast aside. It describes factories reopening, capital returning, and a nationwide rise in prosperity after November 3, urging readers to support McKinley and doubt Bryanism.
A testimonial praises Hood's Sarsaparilla for fatigue and blood quality while a lengthy political critique rebukes a Gazette editor for alleged misquotations in the 1892 campaign. It discusses free coinage of silver, wages, and public reaction to Bryan and Pettigrew in South Dakota.
A list shows seventy five men with fortunes from two to forty million dollars and total wealth of 616 million. The silver trust is described as powerful and secretive with some members allegedly drawing government salaries. The piece criticizes the Demopop committee and notes a postal vote in Chicago as Bryan supporters puzzle over results. It questions silver’s effect on commodity prices if free coinage advances.
W J Bryan spoke at Sioux Falls Salem and Huron today marking the first crossing of the border by a presidential candidate. Large crowds gathered at each stop as he urged supporters and cast his message across the state.
A W C I U social at the Robinsons residence drew a good crowd. Speakers covered Republican issues, Bryanistic democracy, and prohibition. Music and a witty political parody spiced the evening as voices and performances impressed attendees.
Fort Randall to be abandoned as government moves to dispose of at least forty historic structures on the reserve. Register Rowe and Receiver Gray travel to Randall to oversee public sale under the secretary of the interior order. Buyers must remove property, and the sale may open the reserve to settlement given land value and removal deadlines. Four suspects in Mitchell Dry Goods Co burglary were released after a preliminary hearing found no connecting evidence.
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