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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1896
Page
4
The ticket lists William McKinley of Ohio for president and Garret Hobart of New Jersey for vice president. Congress met Largo Galussia A Grow of Susquehanna and Samuel A Davenport of Erie as electors on Nov 3.
A historic party platform outlines tariff aims to fund government and protect workers, plus reciprocity for open markets. It calls for maintenance of the gold standard, opposition to silver coinage without international agreement, veterans’ preferences, and western hemisphere vigilance. It envisions the Nicaraguan canal, Monroe Doctrine expansion, and eventual withdrawal of European powers from the Americas. Navy expansion, harbor protection, and broad civil rights measures are listed alongside anti lynching and labor reform. The document closes with sympathy for temperance efforts and a nod to women’s rights.
The text questions ex President Harrison's counsel on tariff policy suggesting he did not advise Heleman Han Na to site track the tariff and asserts General Harrison is not the man to counsel party on multifaction.
The piece argues that silver’s drop in bullion value stems from restricted demand rather than overproduction. It notes that free coinage cannot restore pre-1870 demand globally and that world silver output surged while gold output fell, making parity with gold impossible. It cites mint reports and census figures to show rising silver supply and population growth.
The piece argues that a major shift to free coinage of silver would threaten monetary stability. It cites supply increases driving price declines, defends gold as the global standard, and warns insurants and policyholders about potential payouts under a silver standard. It critiques the Chicago candidate and urges protection of honest money.
New York Life and its president John A. McCall issue a circular denouncing the Democrats' financial program. The letter warns if the party's money plank is adopted insurers could be unable to pay claims in gold, appealing to policy holders to favor sound money while citing large policy counts and substantial past payments to insured and beneficiaries.
The article argues gold should serve as a universal standard for value and currency. It cites intrinsic value, divisibility, portability, and broad demand, noting gold’s stability and long history as a medium of exchange while observing recent discovery boosts elsewhere.
A fragmentary poem mocks a town politician’s bid for office. It lampoons campaign chatter and political diction, hinting at tense wire service exchanges and a chaotic pressroom scene. The dialogue touches on bimetallism, frost in November, and a weathered reporter’s attempts to reach officials.
The Burlington Hawkeye recalls two twenty year spans under free coinage and post demonetization. It states that in the first period from 188 to Wis over ten million gold dollars and about six million silver dollars were coined, while in the next period the government valued over eighty million silver dollars after the demonetization of silver in 1873.
A Carbondale Herald excerpt presents a plain solution to mine accidents: doubling mine inspectors, increasing salaries, and a ten year term with no second term eligibility. The piece argues these steps would do more than legislation and stresses common sense as the remedy.
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