Political musings on election day and party contrasts
The piece surveys Democratic and Republican stances with Pettigrew, Willams, and Jones in view, arguing the trusts issue marks the platform, Bryan as an experiment, and urging every voter to turnout to prevent a 1802 style disaster. It references New York Sun commentary and warns against abstention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
Democratic Party
United States
Busien
Bryan
New York Sun
Bryan promises Philippine independence and stable government
The Nebraska State Journal notes Mr. Bryan pledging future Philippine independence and a stable government as a condition, while criticizing the Kansas City platform as wind. It questions how any policy can be kept within a single term and frames the promises as unlikely to be fulfilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Philippines
White House
Kansas City
Nebraska
Young German immigrant proves business odds real
The New York Herald notes Gustave Hultgren, a German immigrant who arrived in Seattle five years ago and built a grocery business, later returning to New York with ten thousand dollars in cash and drafts. He argues opportunities in business remain abundant for ambitious young men despite cries of distrust toward trusts and politics as a path to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Croker
New York State Democracy
New York Herald
Gustave Hultgren
Hultgren
Seattle
Washington
Germany
Hultsren
New York
Croker
Tammany 0
New York Fee Trust
Denver Republican
Trust Fighters Demand Broad Mining Treaty
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers refuses to treat with any single mining company. He insists all parties negotiate through representatives of the whole industry, aiming to force operators to form a trust as a condition for ending the war, a tactic seen as prolonging the strike into the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Is This Man a Slave
A speaker denounces class bias and defends the value of labor. He argues that the only inferiors are the morally or criminally deficient, while praising the ascent of workers into roles from farmer to entrepreneur, noting historical examples like Lincoln and Edison and urging self-reliance and civic participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
Lincoln
McKinley
Jay Gould
Wanamaker
Edison
AMMI PETTIGREW Lashes Bryanites in Colorado Springs tirade
In a Colorado Springs Gazette letter, Ammi Pettigrew condemns Bryan supporters for their political promises and cites economic strain, rail debt, and trust-busting failures. He argues McKinley delivered honest dollars and warns against following Bryanism toward disaster, urging readers to halt the political march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ammi Pettigrew
Colorado Springs Gazette
Why not adopt corn as a standard of measurement
The author questions standard measures such as corn and wheat and notes provisions and wool as alternative bases. Official statements from the bureau of statistics are cited, with figures and prices allowing any reader to assess whether Democratic fault-finders and prophets of evil in 1900 were as unreliable as in 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
York
Bruins
Bureau of Statistics
Bryan
New York
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South Dakota
Vermont
Maine
George Fred Willams
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George Fred
Ike
Financelal
International
Jim Jones
Connecticut
New Jersey
Altgeld
Hill
Round Cotton Bale Trust
THE
Trust Fighters
Europe
Cleveland
Cuba
Mr. McKinley
Atthor
Roosevelt
Congress
Denver
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