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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1900
Page
5
An entry records a mall matter closing at Pontofica in Scranton Massachusetts. The brief note documents an administrative action or decision affecting the mall project status. No further dates or names are provided in the readable text.
National and state officials listed including President McKinley and Roosevelt ticket. County and local offices named with auditors, district attorneys, clerks, sheriffs, treasurer, and legislators. Two Bryan quotations from 1896 and 1900 discuss gold standard and party stance.
A political argument accusing Democratic opponents of manipulating mine workers against the Republican ticket. It cites past economic downturns under Democratic control, defends Republican administration, and warns that Bryan’s silver policy would harm employment and coal demand, urging miners to vote to improve their conditions.
The note frames anthracite coal as part of a broader business slump and hints that relief may come as partisan rhetoric fades and economic conditions improve with Republican prosperity.
Controversy erupts as William Jennings Bryan answers a heckler in Ann Arbor with a pledge for free coinage of silver at sixteen to one. The remark is seized upon as proof of radical silver devotion, provoking sharp editorial critique and calls for caution in policy.
Professor Brumbaugh, Porto Rico education commissioner, reports recovery from famine and hurricane distress. He cites 800 schools in session with 46,000 enrolled, an effort to add 100,000 pupils, and ongoing rural-area hardship with waiting lists for segregated classrooms. He notes McKinley’s interest and the Dingley tariff impact on trade with the island.
Perry Meath extols the Republican party as fiscally responsible and patriotic. He claims it keeps pledges, supports American industry, favors protective tariffs, expands commerce, and restores prosperity. He contrasts it with Democrats, arguing Republicans defend national unity and a stable currency.
The Bryanites depict Mark Hanna as the ultimate villain who aims to crush workers and profit from their misfortune. The commentary frames Hanna as a ruthless figure driving harsh policies.
The piece rails at Bryan for praising Tammany Hall and Croker while attacking Schurz and Bryan’s alliance. It cites a New York World tally claiming Tammany raises 4.16 million dollars from crime, and accuses Schurz of deserting his 1896 warnings. The call is for national integrity against vice linked to political power.
Hannahan recounts defending his crew and denying pay cuts after tensions with Mr. Brean and Bryan. He says he ordered a half day shutdown but kept wages intact and that miners later sent resolutions of resentment toward the insult on his property. Manna hints at letting the matter rest.
The article urges reelecting President McKinley and backing Congressman Connell for his proven wartime loyalty and practical energy. It highlights Connell rising from mine worker to a dedicated public servant, aligned with local and national interests, as Scranton and Lackawanna enter a new industrial boom.
The sermon argues wealth arises from ability along with land labor and capital. It cites Hobart Hoe’s improvements in cattle, the reaper’s annual labor savings, and vast wage savings since 1640 to show how invention boosts wealth beyond labor alone.
The author argues free output from inventions benefits society and the average farmer receives fair shares. Wealth comes from saving wastes in factories and shops, not oppression, with a warning that anarchists and socialists threaten to level society.
In a Congressional speech Bryan condemns tariffs aimed at protecting specific industries and argues against keeping wages high through protectionist policy. He warns labor to beware of his radical religiously framed free trade stance and labels such views as dangerous fanaticism.
In Flin Moots Speech at Canton the speaker asks when Bryan ever aided America or praised American freedom or institutions. The questions accuse Bryan of continual denunciation and lack of encouragement for the nation, its youth, and the flag.
In a playful exchange from Chicago Nowe a speaker named Miss Hive and Miss Browning discuss the term periphasis. Olive asks for clarification and the woman explains it as a circular verbal elaboration circling an infinite ideality.
A vocal critique questions policy that would benefit owners and producers of aluminum and other interests. The piece argues per capita money in circulation is high and warns that pursuing certain policy risks demonetization, disaster, and loss for labor and the general public. It cites gold coin and national bank notes totals to support its point. It urges voters to oppose policies favoring industry interests over common people.
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