Hanna Analyzes Bryans Acceptance at Chicago Meeting
Senator Hanna addresses about 3,000 people at the McKinley Commercial Club in Chicago on Sept 18. He attacks William Jennings Bryan on imperialism and trusts, defends McKinley and warns against Bryan’s Philippine policy and tariff stance.
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McKinley Commercial Club
Chicago
Senator Hanna
Kansas City
Lincoln
Neb
Spain
Philippine Islands
Washington
Ice Trust
Jones
Hanna
Ohio
Cleveland
John Seaney
John James
United States
United States of America
United States Senate
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Mr. Bryan
Dingley
William McKinley
Illinois
McKinley
A Justice of the Peace Reflects on Tramps and a Bible Note
The narrator recalls a case in which a clever defense used Bible quotations to defend tramps in church from a schoolhouse gang. The judge recounts how a schmart lawyer argued religion was the motive and how a raid led to sending the defendants to the calaboose.
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Jonathan
Mr. Bryan
Washington
Lincoln
Big Johannes
Smith
Schmart
Bryan
Johannes
Mr. Sawyer
Calaboose
Bryan plans to recall army and end Philippine blockade
An Old Soldier from New Castle Pa questions whether a Bryan presidency would pay U S troops in silver. The letter notes Bryan's acceptance speech promising an extra session to grant Philippine independence and bring home the Stars and Stripes, with him as commander in chief.
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Bryan
United States
Congress
Phlippine Islands
United States of America
Prosperity Evidence from Bank Deposits Under McKinley
The piece cites Comptroller of the Currency figures showing deposits rising from 2.87 billion dollars in 1894 to 4.61 billion in 1899 and the number of depositors growing by over two million. It argues wage earners gained savings and per account averages climbed from 520 to 602 dollars, praising Republican prosperity under McKinley and criticizing Bryan.
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Illiam McKinley
Bryan
Savings ‘Bank
Life Insurance Company
Wilson
Comptroller of the Currency
United States
McKinley
Bank
National
Eeneee
Democratic Party Platform of 1900 at Zanesville
The Democratic Party reaffirms Jeffersonian principles and opposes gold monometallism while endorsing free coinage of silver, national banking reform, and lower taxes. It condemns federal injunctions, praises pensions for veterans, and supports home rule, territorial statehood for New Mexico and Arizona, and Mississippi River improvements.
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London
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Congress
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Arizona
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Alaska
Democratic Party
Mississippi River
Republic
Webster Davis McKinley Speech Quote in 1898 Kansas City
The excerpt presents Webster Davis calling the Democratic Party antagonistic toward President McKinley’s Cuba Porto Rico and Philippines policy. He denounces the party as camping in the graveyard of dead issues during a October 1898 Republican gathering in a partially completed convention hall in Kansas City.
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McKinley
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Philippine Islands
Webster Davis
Republicans
Kansas City
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