Missouri Bourbon Ring Methods Spark Democratic Nastiness
The cultivation of an acquaintance with the Bourbon ring methods in Missouri has yielded a heavy crop of Democratic nastiness.
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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1901
Page
1
Democrats reject partisan financial exhibit on faith
After repeated lying in their state platform about the state debt the Democrats should not expect anyone to accept a partisan financial exhibit on faith.
Missouri Democracy Fights On Amid Election Law Backing
The Missouri Democracy relies on grit and the support of disfranchising election law to persist. Critics say the party’s record is rotten and cannot be defended.
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Missouri Democracy
Governor Dockery Uses Data Injection To Fix State Reports
Governor Dockery revealed his early medical training by attempting to resolve discrepancies in state auditor reports with a hypodermic injection of "other data."
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Dockery
Democratic witnesses called defamers in Cardwell case
Sam Cook and Democratic witnesses in the Cardwell case risk being labeled defamers if they persist in sharply exposing alleged rottenness within their party.
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Sam Cook
Cardwell
Missouri
Bourbon ring charges in Missouri gaincredence from Dem testimony
Republicans have leveled charges against the Bourbon ring in Missouri and claim supporting Democratic testimony corroborates them. The testimony, however, is reported as worse than the charges. The piece examines the political struggle and implications.
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Tivety
Missouri
William Joel Stone Faces Scrutiny Over Political Alignments
William Joel Stone appears to face opposition from the Bourbons who disapprove of his attempts to distance himself from Bryan. The tension signals challenges ahead for Stone’s senatorial prospects as party factions push back against his strategy.
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William Joel Stone
Bill
Bryan
Debt reduction record taints Missouri politics for thirty years
A passage notes that thirty years of Democratic rule in Missouri left a debt of twenty million reduced to six million, with forty four million collected from taxpayers to achieve the reduction, a record described as damning to any party.
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Missouri
British Return to Peace Talks with Boers Nears
It appears Britain may concede to the Boers to end the war and restore peace. The British public, represented by John Bull, dislikes admitting defeat and saying so plainly.
Missouri Democratic Party Tied to Corporations, Witness Says
Secretary of State Sam B. Cook testifies in Cardwell v. The St. Louis Republic that Missouri Democratic politics have long been financed and steered by corporate interests. The claim portrays a party acting under corporate influence across years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam B. Cook
Cardwell Ve
St. Louis Republic
Democratic Organization of Missouri
Link Between Streetcar Cash and Law Seen
A 1898 disclosure shows the St Louis street railway combine paid the Democratic State Committee 6000 dollars for its campaign fund. In 1899 the Democratic legislature passed a law enabling streetcar line consolidation, suggesting a possible connection between the contribution and the legislative action.
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St. Louis Street Railway
Democratic State Committee
Missouri GOP gains hinge on country Republicans
The piece asserts that Missouri would turn Republican next year through country Republicans with Democratic admissions of their party's rottenness. It criticizes city Republican groups for infighting over federal spoils, hindering unified efforts to redeem Missouri.
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Missouri
Missouri Democrats Debate Nomination Method
Missouri Democracy voices views on how party nominations should be made. In the Thirteenth district a primary election is urged as the sole proper method for nominating a Congress candidate. Chairman Seibert rejects direct primary for U S Senate, deeming it not expedient to Democratic interests.
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Missouri
Thirteenth
Congress
Seibert
Democratic State Committee
United States
Sam Cook Testifies on Oath About Democratic State
Sam Cook testifies under oath regarding actions by the Democratic State party, detailing alleged misconduct and seeking accountability. The testimony outlines political implications, with Cook naming involved officials and potential consequences for party operations.
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Sam Cook
Corporations and campaign finance in Missouri history
A state committee collects thousands from corporations to fund party campaigns. The piece contends that corporations seek value in return for donations and notes Missouri corporations have not suffered under Democratic policy, while mocking antipathy to octopuses and asserting the palms were greased by green money.
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Missouri
State Committee
Republican editors mock Globe Democrat on Missouri finances
The St Louis Republic and allied exchanges deride the Globe Democrat for failing to endorse its attack on Missouri Democratic finances. They say Republican editors doubt serious issues with the books and urge the Congo fix as Missouri’s major issue next year. The Jefferson City ring is criticized, and disclosures about capital looting are highlighted by GOP papers.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Globe-Democrat
Republic
Tariff politics and party divisions rise again
The piece argues Democrats push tariff revival as a front line issue to split Republicans, claiming a new tariff fight would bring hardship to American workers and recall the suffering under past Democratic policy. It warns voters against reviving protectionist reforms like those in the Dingley era.
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Congress
Missouri Republicans tout fiscal record to 1871
A Missouri Republican memorandum hails the party's control through January 1 1871 as exemplary finance management. Critics warn of past slanders, while Dockery and Allan figures are cited as impartial proof that Missouri’s best financial governance occurred during that period.
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Missouri
Dockery
Allan
Democratic financial record in Missouri under 1871 rule
A Midwest newspaper column contrasts Missouri Republican and Democratic fiscal history, noting debt reductions from 1865 to 1870 and later declines under Democratic rule since 1871. It cites bond dealings, funds shifted into government bonds, and concerns over the school fund and state debt, with local brief items and personal notices interspersed.
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Missouri
New York
Dockery and Allen
Globe Democrat
Distinguishing Democrats and Bourbons in State Republican Text
A State Republican piece defines a Democrat as a principled party member capable of growth and tolerance, while a Bourbon clings to prejudice, resists evidence, and seeks perpetual power for his side. It argues Democrats adapt and consider opposition, unlike Bourbons who never change.
Electric rail line seen as sure thing for Farmington
In Grandin Carter County on November 23 Bil Evans and John Bean fought. Evans used a dirk knife and severed Bean's head with one sweep. Authorities investigate the brutal stabbing in a remote area.
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Farmington
Grandin
Carter County
Bil Evans
John Bean
Evans
Bean
Foley Honey and Tar advertised remedy note
After exposure or when you feel a cold coming on take a dose of Foley's Honey and Tar. It never fails to stop the cold if taken in time. For sale by all dealers. Fred Leonard, a young man living at Elvins, in a spirit of wanton recklessness, fired a shotgun at a crew of railroad hands on November 30 and wounded several. He claims he just shot for fun.
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Foley
Fred Leonard
Elvins
Banner Salve claims and legal case summary
Information note on Banner Salve cure claims, inviting reports of ulcers sores and similar conditions. John Beals, charged with killing Thomas Segar at Blackwell June 4 1900, convicted of manslaughter in Farmington circuit court, fined 100 dollars and jailed three months.
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John Beals
Thomas
Segar
Blackwell
Farmington
Tragedy Near Sullivan Involving Deaf Veteran John Carter
John Carter was struck and killed by a train near Sullivan Missouri on November 22 while walking along the track. A deaf World War II veteran of Company J, 2nd Missouri Infantry, he did not hear the approaching train.
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John Carter
Sullivan
Co. J
Editor praises Foley’s Honey and Tar in Daily Post
Phillipsburg editor Lynch endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough and cold remedy tried among patent medicines in his family. He urges all dealers to carry it, asserting high praise for its effectiveness and recommending public use.
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Lynch
Daily Post
Phillipsburg
N. J
Foley
Trustee’s Sale Notice in Potosi Missouri 1901
Theodore Gierse and Theresia Gierse defaulted on a note secured by a deed of trust dated May 21 1900. The trustee W T Hunter will sell the west half of the southeast quarter of section 32 township 37 range 3 east, 80 acres, at the courthouse front door in Potosi Missouri on December 28 1901 between 9 am and 5 pm to satisfy the note and costs.
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Wheress
Theodore Gierse
Theresia Gierse
Washington County
Missouri
County of
Washington
State of
Potosi
W. T. Hunter
St. Louis
James F. Perry
Jesse Hill
Court House
Jerr
Hiccinson Ham
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