Let Well Enough Alone Says Prosperity Backers
A Tribune survey of business leaders nationwide argues for McKinley’s re election. Prominent figures from various regions and parties urge continuity of Republican policy to sustain factory prosperity and high wages, contending a new administration risks disruption.
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Businessmen urge McKinley and warn against change
W H Parsons of 320 Broadway, head of W H Parsons & Co, argues post 1896 prosperity shows Republican policy supports labor, exports, and wage growth. He warns Democrats threaten expansion, gold standard, and full employment, urging votes for McKinley and fearing Bryan.
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W. H. Parsons & Co
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T Jefferson Coolidge Voices Business Interests in 1892
Boston June 99 Special Former Amoskeag treasurer T Jefferson Coolidge, Manchester New Hampshire, notes business leaders fear a rapid mood drop after an administration change. He recalls panic at Cleveland's election and warns Democrats may tinker with tariffs, affecting business confidence.
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Boston
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Manchester
N. H
Cleveland
Oregon's Builder Praises McKinley Administration
Irving M. Scott of Union Iron Works denounces Bryanism and urges support for McKinley. He says prosperity follows the current policies, with rising wages, thriving factories, and strong exports, and warns against changing leaders. The piece frames a staunch pro administration stance from a shipbuilder of the battleship Oregon.
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San Francisco
Irving M. Scott
Union Iron Works
Oregon
McKinley
Prosperity
Republic
United States
Not a Walkover in Republican Convention Fight
The Chicago Times-Herald warns the Republican Convention must acknowledge thousands who supported McKinley and Hobart and now resist party policy on Porto Rico and the Philippines. It argues imperialism may cost votes but party prosperity steadies ranks, though not enough to secure victories.
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Republican Party
Philippine Islands
United States
Democratic Party
America
Congress
Ee Berendeen
Bae
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MacKinley
Hobart
Porto Rico
Philippines
Ple
They All Fear Bryan In Rhode Island Mills
Rhode Island business leaders warn that a Bryan victory could harm cotton and textile industries. Robert Knight of B B R Knight Mills and H C Atwood of Williamsville Manufacturing fear reduced demand and labor cuts, while D Russell Brown notes tariff policy and 1892 lessons. The jewelry sector also resists change, urging McKinley policy continuity.
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Providence
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Robert Knight
Great
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Knight
Tribune
Bryan
McKinley
Williamsville Manufacturing Company
Killingly
Conn
D. Russell Brown
House of Brown Bros. Co
United States
Brown
Harrison
Cleveland
Dutee Wilcox
Manufacturing Jewellers’ Board of Trade
Wilcox
Europe
No Stay-at-Home Vote Endorsed by Coburn in Mass Letter
A. A. Coburn, treasurer of Coburn Trolley Track Co and regional investor, urges active participation for McKinley in 1896. He praises Republican policies, cites nationwide wealth growth, home ownership, and savings, and calls for mobilizing every voter to defeat Democratic platforms and support canal, subsidy bills, and proportional representation for states.
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Holyoke
Mass
A. A. Coburn
Coburn Trolley Track Company
McKinley
Republican Party
Congress
United States
Democratic Party
Chicago
Nicaragua
Businessmen defend keeping McKinley in office in California
San Francisco leaders from Shanwald Buckbee & Co California Fruit Canners' Association and others warn that changing administrations would disrupt prosperity. They cite past shocks under Cleveland and praise McKinley for wartime leadership and steady policy.
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Spencer C. Buckbee
Shanwald, Buckbee & Co
California
Pacific Coast
McKinley
Cleveland
Sidney M. Smith
California Fruit Canners’ Association
The Bird in Hand
The Philadelphia North American argues prosperity makes a Bryanized Democracy dangerous to govern. It warns that only bad times and a presidential year can oust the current party, contending Americans prefer practical prosperity over socialistic promises.
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Philadelphia
Bryan free silver election would wreck business warns Hatch
H R Hatch head of a longtime Cleveland dry goods firm says Bryan’s free silver stance in November would Morale collapse in business leading to a likely panic, a view voiced in a June Cleveland dispatch.
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Cleveland
Ohio
H. R. Hatch
Bryan
Overconfidence the Danger in Presidential Elections
Welling G. Sickel, vice-president of United and Globe Rubber in Trenton, argues that four years of Republican prosperity under McKinley justify continued support and warn that overconfidence could threaten the nation. He criticizes Democratic predictions, stresses trusts as bipartisan, and urges voters to participate and promote informed voting.
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Harrison
Republican Party
Lincoln
Trenton
N. J
Welling G& Sickel
United and Globe Rubber Manufacturing Companies
William McKinley
Repu
Tammany Halli
Ice Trust
Democratic Party
New York City
Hudson
Essex County
Horace Greeley
Warms the Republican Party Against Major Change
Letter to the editor from Tyler Woodward of Portland Oregon argues expansion is the Pacific Coast’s main issue. He warns apathy could hurt the Republicans, favors keeping McKinley-era policies for Oregon, and stresses party safety and progress over leadership changes.
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Party of Safety and Progress
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United States National Bank
City
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