Democratic Record on the Trust Question and Sugar Trust Aid
The piece argues Republicans placed every anti trust law on the statute books while Democrats opposed a constitutional amendment to regulate trusts. It highlights the June 1 1900 vote and names several lawmakers, noting Democratic figures like Richardson and Jones aided sugar interests, with Republicans blocking these efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Yeas
Campbell
Montana
Naphen and Taylor
Massachusetts
Scudder
New York
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Lour
Richardson
Tennessee
Henry O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
A.S. Lasalles & Co
James K. Jones
Sugar Trust
Congressional Record
Dear Boy Letters No 9 Vote Before You Leave West
A father urges his son to vote in the upcoming election before leaving for California. He argues the duty and privilege of voting, warns against complacency among railroad workers, and extols the McKinley Roosevelt ticket. The letter emphasizes sacrifice, citizenship, and the importance of making an informed vote.
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Skinner
United States
Bryan
Mel Winley
California
McKinley
Republican Party
McKxinley
Germany
Melx
Inley
Roosevelt
Cuba
The Foolish Calf campaign poster tale
Senator Hanna heard in Youngstown Ohio a calf leaves its mother to chase a steer. Secretary Heath adapted this into a campaign poster showing the calf pursuing the steer while the cow returns home. A boy with a raised fist calls the calf foolish as a farmer and woman stand by. Hanna saw the poster in Chicago.
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Senator Hanna
Youngstown
Ohio
Heath
Hanna
Chicago
Mr. Heath
Germany Seeks Expansion Through Colonial Policy
Germany’s need for extension of its market drove aggressive colonial policy. Bismarck viewed expansion as the surest path, with gains including New Guinea and Africa, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Kiso Chau in China, and the Caroline Islands after paying Spain a high price for them. The move toward the Philippines was also a consideration, reflecting the era’s imperial aims.
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Germany
Bismarck
New Guinea
Africa
Samoa
Solomon Group
Kiso Chau
China
Philippines
Spain
Caroline Islands
United States
Paris
Pacific Coast Expansion Backed by Senator Perkins
George C. Perkins, U S Senator from California, argues for expansion policy and closer Pacific trade ties. He cites growing transpacific shipping, new lines from Portland and Puget Sound, and rising exports from the Pacific coast including cotton goods, machinery, and agricultural products.
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George C. Perkins
United States
California
Mel
Inley
Pacific Coast
Orient
Pacific
Canadian Pacific Company
San Francisco
Japan
China
Portland
Puget Sound
San Diego
Pacific Slope
Oceanic Steamship Company
Tahiti
Hawaiian Islands
Mr. Bryan
Philippines
Poll on the Illinois Central train survey results
A poll of voters was taken on an Illinois Central train en route to Chicago. Preliminary tallies show 215 votes for Meclinley and 20 for Bryan, with a total of 235 voters aboard.
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Ilinois
German American voters back McKinley in Blum interview
August Blum, Chicago banker, a leading German American figure, says Bryan would harm the nation and Chicago. He emphasizes the inviolability of the standard of value, praises Republican prosperity, and predicts German Americans will vote conscience-guided. The interview also covers Blum’s background and politics. George L. Shoup discusses mountain states backing McKinley, citing tariff, mining, and farming gains, and asserts confidence in Republican leadership and imperialism stance.
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August Blum
First National Bank of Chicago
McSkinley
Blum
Chicago
Union National Bank
First National
West
River Cleveland
Bryan
United States
Philippines
Lin
Republican Party
George L. Shoup
Idaho
Mountain States
Mel Finley
Cleveland
Spain
McKinley
Roosevelt
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Geo, L. Sioup
Boise
I am Just Good Enough Republican to Vote McKinley
A farmer recalls five years of hard times under Cleveland and prosperity under McKinley. He notes rising crop prices, paying debts, and improved living standards, then asks the reader to decide whether to vote Republican again.
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Harvester Company
Cleveland
McKinley
Eam
William McKinley
Democratic Party Stand On Money Question Cited
W J Bryan from Zanesville Ohio states on September 4 that the Democratic Party remains in its 1896 position on the money question. He frames the party’s stance as consistent and unwavering in the monetary policy debate.
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W. J. Bryan
Zanceville
Pacific Coast Prosperity Amid Labor Ads
The piece notes four years of prosperity on the Pacific coast and mocks Bryanism. It cites the San Francisco Examiner as a leading paper for the coast, connected to the New York Journal and Chicago American. Help Wanted ads show 2,427 total job listings on Sept 1 and Sept 21, including 2,061 male and 366 female positions.
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Pacific Coast
Bryan
San Francisco Examiner
New York Journal
Chicago American
Examiner
Help Wanted
Hewitt Urges Republicans Over Democrats in 1896
Ex mayor Abram S. Hewitt argues that true Democrats must vote for the Republican ticket McKinley and Roosevelt, condemning the Kansas City convention as Populist. He asserts the Constitution will guard against radical change and labels Bryanism as diametrically opposed to Jeffersonian Democratic principles.
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Abram
Hewitt
New York
Congress
Jefferson
Kansas City
United States
Supreme Court of the
McKinley
Roosevelt
Tuma
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Bryan
Abram S. Hewitt
Bryan in European press backs Bryan as US election fate
European newspapers react to American election, with L Intransigeant and Libre Parole editorials supporting Bryan. Editors accuse McKinley of imperialism and say Bryan’s victory would shift US policy away from expansion. French outlets claim Bryan favors Europe’s interests over the United States.
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London
Bryan
Henri Rochefort
L'Intransigeant
McHinley
Libre Parole
United States
McKinley
France
Europe
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Sulzer
Ruppert
Salmon
New York Ice Trust
Senator Jones
the Sugar Trust
Army
Supreme Court
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