All Forms of Toil Menaced by Trusts Platform
Kansas City platform condemns private monopolies as indefensible and intolerable. Warnings about harm to workers, producers, and consumers follow with examples from coal, oil, sugar, and telegraph trusts. The piece details extortionate pricing, profits, and wealth concentration, arguing for unceasing warfare against monopolies nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRE
Kansas City
SAYRE
Democratic Party
Privat
Oil Trust
Commonwealth
Steel Trust
Sugar
Wire Trust
Tin Plate Trust
Pennsylvania Coal
Fifth Ave. Bank
New York
Chemical Bank
Mietropolitan Telephone Co
Bell Monopoly
Bay State Gas Co
Cleveland Gas
New York Gas
New York Senate
Metropolitan
Philadelphia
Traction
Asth and Lith Street Co
Philadelphia City
Ridge Avenue
Citizens’ Co
Union
Coal Combine
Emical Bank
Slavery Exposed in Calls for Imperial Military Power
A critical view links slavery, unjust treaties, and U S imperial aims in Sulu and the Philippines. It notes a proposed army of 100000 with a possible 200 million dollar annual demand and outlines costs for salaries, subsistence, clothing, and ordnance as Congress debates fiscal year 1903 appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Congress
War Department
Ludington
Manila
Quartermaster's Department
Weston
Roat
No Room for Subjects Under the Free Flag
The Republic faces a looming threat to its institutions as President and Congress are charged with waging war against foreign peoples to protect the ideals of the fathers. The platform asserts Americans must have citizenship, representation, and rational protection, condemning arbitrary rule and urging a move toward the Republic over empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preto Rico
Hawaii
Congress
Hansas
Aad Cougtesse
Repub
Republic of Washington
Jetersey
Kings George and William Proclamations in Revolt Era
The text recounts proclamations issued by George VI amid the American colonies in revolt and by President McKinley regarding the Philippines. It portrays royal and presidential assurances of war aims, governance, and civilization efforts, highlighting suppression of rebellion and promised reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
George Tvi
United States
McKinley
Congress
Where the Democratic Party Stands on Labor
Fragmented political text argues that creating the American Worker will boost production and prosperity at home and abroad, with emphasis on party leadership and Secretary seating in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Arbitration Demand Strains Factory Labor Relations
A discussion on arbitration as a method to resolve industrial disputes between a corporation and its employees. The piece argues for arbitration as a fair path to just settlements and notes lingering friction since early convocation affecting employer employee harmony, predicting extended strain on labor relations and potential impacts on capital and wage peace.
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Aries Talween
Mamersisa
Elan Clan
Impacthal
Allaputem
Fae
Drronventines
Fragmented 1899 speech echoes Lincoln promise critique
A garbled excerpt cites President Mellinky at Minenpalis on October 12, 1899, and compiles partial lines attributed to Abraham Lincoln about benevolent assimilation. The text repeats misread phrases, referencing defensive fears, surrender of liberties, and vague talks of a truce as a rationale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellinky
Minenpalis
Abraham Linco
Lincoln
Chicago
Jie Gannatrye
Fragmented quotation on liberty and equality in American history
A long excerpt cites Lincoln and the Continental Congress reflecting on universal rights and the danger of restricting life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to elites. It warns against future factions that would deny human rights to broader populations, urging perseverance of liberty’s core principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlincoliv
Continental Congress
Theatates
America
Lincoln
Democratic Party Favors Liberal Pensions Platform Note
A Kansas City platform reiterates support for liberal pensions for soldiers and sailors, defending enlistment and service against claims of preexisting conditions. It references the Chicago platform of 1806 and emphasizes honoring veterans and their dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Chicago
Kansas City
Endorsed NREL Postmaster General Aide Urges Man for U.S. Mail
A letter from Perry Heath urges Charles F. W. Neely of Munvie Indiana to join the U S postal service as a trusted executive officer and companion. The writer, head of a Republican literary bureau, is jailed in New York over Cuban postal frauds and extradition battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stainard OM
New York
Tia
Bell Monopols
Grand Rapids
Wis
Cooperative Telephone Exchange
Pirat
Tina
Liles
Perry & Heath
Elel Aes
Maj
Beal Bone
Hanton
Ota
Republicanational Committee
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William J. Ryan Bays
Ciy
Combine
Coal Trust
Lingeed Oil Trust
Copper
Sungrass
Whisky Trust
Constitution of
the United States
Mkinley
Sultan OF
Sulu
Archipelago of
Dutee
Morag
Artiicle XIV
Goys Toment
Dato Rajah Mada
Dato Altik
Dato Calbe
Dato Joulkanian
Dato Puro
Dato Amir Haissin
Sultan Sulu
Dato Rajah Muda
J. C. Bates
Army
Navy
Republic
King George
King William
Willie
Papa
Peusis
Department OF Labor
Ninsasty Platform
Bryan
Rea
Thomas Je'Ter
W. J. Bryan
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