Grover Cleveland’s Melancholy Democratic Platform Items
The Times Herald condenses Cleveland era platform points on tariffs veterans and foreign policy. It lists goals from open markets and American merchant marine protection to a gold standard stance and opposition to silver coinage except by international agreement. It also notes Caribbean influence, Hawaiian control, Cuba peace efforts, immigration limits, civil service, free ballot, lynching condemnation, and women’s rights references.
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Chicago platform condemned as repudiation and anarchy
The Philadelphia Times denounces the Chicago platform as repudiation and anarchy with no clear principles. The piece links money repudiation to ruinous finance and warns patriotic citizens to oppose its spread, noting U S reluctance at Paris exposition 1900 and references to France.
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Chicago politics and silver fight shake American policy
The piece attacks Chicago convention rhetoric and the silver movement, mocking Bryan and dismantling Democratic tactics. It condemns free coinage advocates, warns of monetary upheaval, and urges caution toward Garfield era style governance while commenting on Pettison Platt and Sabbath protection debates.
Commission to simplify criminal pleadings grows in influence
The Massachusetts legislature authorizes a three member commission to simplify criminal pleadings to curb retrials on petty technicalities. Similar steps are planned in New York and urged for Pennsylvania. Examples cited include embezzlement and theft cases decided on technical indictment errors. The piece notes justice system reform is needed as old rules impede progress. It also reports a Supreme Court decision upholding Georgia Sunday labor restrictions as a valid police power.
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Republicans must wage a campaign of education on free silver
The Wilkes-Darre Record argues that the 1890s political contest will not be decided easily. It warns that free silver has surged across parties, drawing some Republicans toward pro silver views and threatening the party’s hold on national power. It urges Republicans to educate voters, especially workers, about protection and honest money policy to prevent a повторение past misjudgments.
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Women and the Wheel at Washington Conference
The Times-Herald reports the Women’s Rescue league, at a Washington conference, branding cycling as harmful to women morally and physically while predicting up to two thirds of riders becoming invalids within ten years. Physicians largely endorse cycling as healthy and outdoors activity for women.
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Wheel riding and moral decay in early American discourse
An editorial argues against women riding bicycles, claiming it corrupts morals and repels propriety. It suggests that improper behavior on the wheel reveals broader indecency and would recur elsewhere, contrasting imagined danger with healthier, proper conduct in American homes.
International bimetallism would not alter money standard
The Philadelphia Record discusses international bimetallism, noting it likely could not sustain the monetary standard even if adopted widely. Gold would remain the international medium while silver serves domestic retail use. It could, however, curb the drive for free silver coinage if it helps ease attacks on the national standard.
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Astrological Prognostications for July 10 1890
The almanac from Alachua The Tribune’s astrologer notes that the era’s figures compare Bryan to James G. Halley and Holland’s lamp at a convention. It mentions potatoes made into whisky, Jamaica ginger at fixed prices, and Crtica hints of political tensions in Scranton and Altgeld’s remarks.
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