Political ticket names listed for local election
President William McKinley and Garret Hobart appear with Congressmen-at-Large Galusha A Grow Samuel A Davenport. Congress members include William Connell. Commissioners include W Roberts and Giles Roberts. Auditors A E Kiefer and Fred L Ward are named.
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Galusha A. Grow
Samuel A. Davenport
Congress
William Connell
W. Roberts
Giles Roberts
A. E. Kiefer
Fred L. Ward
Political platform excerpt and a question on breweries backing speakeasies
The document enumerates tariff aims, trade pacts, gold standard, veterans’ pensions, foreign policy, territorial ambitions including Hawaii and the Nicaraguan canal, Monroe Doctrine reaffirmation, Cuba peace efforts, navy expansion, immigration and civil service reforms, ballot integrity, anti-lynching, arbitration, homestead law, territorial admission, Alaska representation, and temperance sympathy. The Times-Herald condensed note ends with a question about brewery support for speakeasies.
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Union Army
Hawaiian Islands
United States
West Indies
Turkey
Cuba
Alaska
Timee-Herald
Silver Standard Debate Recalled In Columbus Speech
The piece recalls a Columbus speech by an Ohio financier defending gold as the standard and attacking silver activists led by Senators Jones and Stewart. It cites 1874 Senate debates and argues the alleged silver surge would not curb currency contraction.
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Jones
Stewart
John Sherman
Wall Street
Ohio
Columbus
Nevada
Messrs. Jones and
Mckinley on money and protection in 19th century debate
The speaker argues for protection and labor wages over free silver, urging dollars aligned to American work and industry. He contrasts protection with coinage debates and asserts mills should open to American labor. The piece questions Wanamaker’s ties to a regional delegation and moral stance amid financial influence.
Gold standard favorable to labor says study by Atkinson
The passage cites Edward Atkinson and a Senate price and wage report showing prices and wages since 1860. It argues gold standard protects purchasing power while silver declined, quoting a mine worker who prefers dollars worth his earnings until wages rise.
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Edward Atkinson
Atkinson
Senate
Carroll D. Wright
A. P. Falconer
Falconer
United States Mint
Bryan Abhors Specious Parity Claim in Silver Debate
The speech criticizes the free coinage silverites for arguing silver will regain value before demonetization while gold falls to parity. It notes that past experience, including Ricardo's England example, shows both metals as legal tender caused constant shifts in value rather than stable parity.
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Bryan
Ricardo
Bi metallic currency debate and political maneuvering
The piece discusses gold and silver as competing standards, noting historical shifts in their circulation and the 1816 act making gold a legal tender above forty shillings. It critiques bi metallic advocates, mentions France and Chevalier, and remarks on parity challenges and the need for international cooperation. It also touches York County politics, Wanamaker, Hastings, Bryan, and tariff vitality.
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Locke
Carnegie argues wealth cannot buy happiness in British sketch
Andrew Carnegie writes of humble beginnings and laborious years before wealth. He notes the joy of earning his first wages in a Pittsburg cotton mill and argues poverty can foster virtue and family unity, warning money makers against chasing riches.
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Andrew Carnegie
England
Andrew
Pittsburg
Toll
Wealth and charity in Carnegie’s philosophy
The passage argues wealth can coexist with generosity, noting that wealth’s value depends on how it is used. It praises Carnegie’s approach of applying wealth to uplift others and emphasizes that benevolent impulse completes the “gift” of fortune.
Wild talk about foreign influence on American governance
The writer notes that heated political discourse includes claims Americans must learn from foreign governments. While opposing such interference, the piece cautions that natural and economic laws, like gravitation and Gresham's law, govern international trade and cannot be overturned by congressional actions.
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America
Gresham
Fall in farm prices tied to new agricultural areas
The Globe argues that U S farm price declines stem from cheaper labor abroad and new arable land opening up. It notes world wheat pricing in Liverpool and Argentina where low labor costs keep U S farmers from competing, due to higher local labor and mortgage costs.
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Toronto Globe
United States
Liverpool
Argentina
Farmer's stance on silver policy ties to Bryan
The Toronto Globe notes that if the U S coins all silver bullion raising silver to par with coinage, farmers gain little since interest remains the same and silver would need to stay cheap. The piece argues farmers back Bryan and his free silver policy, believing it reduces money costs.
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Toronto Globe
United States
Becaue He Does Believe It. In Spite of Mr. Bryan
Proposal to open US mints to free silver coinage
The Times-Herald warns that unlimited private silver coinage would grant a colonial scale privilege to silver miners. It claims it would rob half the value of every dollar of other property, increase citizen debt, cut wages, raise the cost of living, and double taxes and prices across the nation.
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United States
Government cannot legislate worth of silver bullion
A Philadelphia Times commentary asserts no law can alter intrinsic value, comparing silver bullion to a half measure of volume or weight. The piece argues that bullion cannot be transformed by statute from 0 to 120 dollars an ounce in gold terms, emphasizing limits of legislative power.
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Philadelphia Times
The wooden gun soldier boy turns four today
A poem praising a child as a brave soldier toy. The speaker, Thomas Holmes in New Jersey Gazettes, describes a wooden gun and tin sword soldier loved by a boy who is four years old today. The verses celebrate fearless play and loyal, fanciful battles.
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Anul
Thomas Holmes
New Jersey Gazettes
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