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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1896
Page
4
National ticket announced with William McKinley of Ohio as War President and Garnet A. Lorart of New Jersey as Vice President. Both figures are listed as the leading candidates representing the administration’s stance and regional backing.
The Times-Herald summarizes a Bryan era policy list including tariffs to fund the Reserme, open markets with reciprocity, gold standard, pensions for Union veterans, a strong foreign policy in the western hemisphere, protection of American citizens abroad, withdrawal of European powers, a Cuba policy, naval bases in the Caribbean, immigration and civil service reform, and temperance and women’s rights notes, ending with a remark on money and Bryan’s rhetoric.
In Lackawanna valley a big tonight rally will mark the first formal celebration of the presidential campaign. The event features an oratory, parade, music and fireworks intended to energize Republicans and allies, with focus on McKinley and Hobart and the tariff platform amid local wage concerns.
President George E. Green outlines policy aims including sugar industry protection, duties on wool, domestic Bolpbuilding, fair pensions, strong foreign policy, aid to oppressed nations, free ballot, arbitration, temperance and morality.
From the Pawtucket Post a view of Pennsylvania coal barons as decisive players in the field. The piece notes their handling of vast accounts and investments that create employment for thousands, arguing even small price changes affect miners and underline the barons’ impact on the coal regions.
The item quotes raucous anti government and anti bank protest lines from the Time-Herald echoing calls for repudiation free coinage and panic. It contrasts east versus west and frames the platform as a fight between honor and dishonor.
The Philadelphia Record notes the Chicago platform extends sympathy to Cuba and anticipates reciprocal sentiment from enlightened Cubans once the document is fully read. The Washington Post and Times-Herald discuss political maneuvers and pension considerations involving Morton's department and a potential cut to the $750,000 pool.
The text contrasts Bryan viewed as a whim of a reckless convention with McKinley described as the deliberate choice of the people, signaling a partisan framing of the 1896 campaign dynamics and voter legitimacy.
The Times-Herald notes Mr. Bryan will be remembered for running against McKinley. It compares public stampedes to convention fervor with the saying that he never won, while the Philadelphia Record hints Bryan’s magnetism and Blaine’s poverty in contrast.
Ajacchus the Tribune Astrologer notes a child born today would see chronic debaters on currency fail to persuade. Sprinkler ahead before Mr Balands Scranton visit. Pattison boom returns from Chicago intact. Democracy at a low ebb. farmers fear army worm or mold bug. tax collectors expose inequality.
The Timon Herald notes Bryan plans a vigorous campaign but doubts Major McKinney would join a joint stump. It portrays Bryan as a winsome, ambitious speaker capable of a David versus Goliath campaign against protection and sound money. The piece suggests McKinley would not appear on the same platform.
The passage praises McKinley and Hobart as symbols of honesty integrity and loyalty to American interests. It outlines a platform favoring protection for all industries a stable currency and a re enacted reciprocity policy with devaluation to come.
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