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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1896
Page
3
Mitchell, October 16 1896 reports a campaign gathering where Maj McKinley defends Republican platform on sound money and protection. Speakers urge unity to uphold national honor, tariff policy, and expansion of American markets against Bryan’s fiat money stance.
Henry D Estabrook lauds Mr Bryan as a talented showman and virtuous man yet notes his lack of reasoned argument. He then compares Bryan to George Francis Train, a famed Nebraskan with similar eloquence and erratic political ties, and comments on Bryan's uncertain ticket and alliances with Sewall and Watson.
The speaker discusses free eye care as a political trope and traces government forms from emperors to republics. He highlights the unique American system, noting a constitutional legislature with limited powers designed to preserve democracy, and reflects on foundational achievements and ambitions.
A lengthy speech argues for a Supreme Court as ultimate umpire over Congress and the President within the limits of the Constitution, recounting Jackson era tensions, urging national unity, and stressing West East cooperation to preserve the Union and the republic. It cites Calhoun, tariff conflicts, and Lincoln era unity.
A fragment from a speech warns against sectionalism urging unity. Senator Tillman of South Carolina chairs the committee on resolutions and calls for national solidarity amid national tensions. The text emphasizes loyalty and collective effort.
FRANKS BLACK, candidate for governor of New York, argues that labor requires a stable token like money to preserve its value. He warns that if voters dissipate earnings by supporting unreliable currency, they ruin their own finances and bear the folly longer than any monetary loss.
Senator Lodge argues inflation harms labor, noting uneven price rises during war and wages lagging behind. He draws a parallel with 18th century France, citing assignats and inflationary schemes as unsustainable under depreciated currency.
The passage describes how an $8,000,000,000 collapse of a paper currency harmed the workingmen, manufacturers, and business men of France. It argues governments and speculators failed, leaving workers to bear the loss as the worthless paper circulated and the currency system crashed, illustrating a recurring pattern in monetary crises.
Shancey Depew warns against Populist calls to repudiate debt and seize railways and telegraphs. He defends the Constitution, the judiciary, and the balance of power, arguing that revolution would wreck currency, contracts, and liberty, threatening the ballot box and the courts.
Ex Senator John C Spooner defends judicial independence and the U S Supreme Court warning against packing the court or reversing decisions to suit Congress He emphasizes the judiciary as an independent branch with life tenure and calls for trust in judges integrity and courage amid partisan pressure.
The speaker warns that attacks on the judiciary threaten public trust and calls for resistance to a presidential platform seen as turning the Supreme Court into political football. He contrasts this with Mr. Bryan and notes a revolt by Democrats against Chicago's nomination and platform.
An Indianapolis Journal verse satirizes a laborer tempted by free trade demagogues. The worker, content with secure wages, is lured to support a banner rooster on his hat. When the candidate collapses, poverty returns, and the laborer regrets free trade promises. The piece warns workers to beware blind free traders and capricious politics.
Lincoln Nebraska reports a visionary tale in which Abou Bill Bryan asks an angel to write him as one not liable to err. The next night a November light reveals a list with Bryan leading all others, signaling a prophetic outcome in a lore filled with gall and fame.
A lyric fragment urges Bryan to return home during a political moment. It cites Altgeld's illness and Boles departure while mocking free silver and McKinley readiness, reflecting a minstrel style by Lincoln Cull.
The piece argues against laboring men being loyal to McKinley or Bryan, criticizing Bryan’s silver speeches and protection politics. It condemns inflating money value, calls for wage and revenue focus, and warns farmers watching political theater while noting Canton speeches and the mills versus mints debate.
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