Navy Administration Earned Victory Through Prepared Auxiliary Fleet
The Navy’s success at Manila Bay and Santiago reflected years of officer and crew training and meticulous prewar planning. Administrators expanded the fleet by adding 128 ships, mobilizing 24,000 sailors, and creating an auxiliary force, coast signaling, and rapid yard mobilization to supply coal, ammunition, and provisions.
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Manila Bay
Santiago
Maine
Havana
Secretary of the Navy
National Defense
New Orleans
Albany
Vulcan
Navy
Treasury Department
International Navgation Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Naval Establishment
Navy Department
United States
Texas
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
New York Bankers Offer Gold Loans Amid Panic Fears
Under the McKinley era the 1900s saw a massive gold outflow from New York. Five years ago $7.2 million left for Europe in one day triggering panic and extraordinary countermeasures. Now New York bankers offer England a $25 million gold loan and ready to lend to Russia and Sweden, yet public reaction remains calm.
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McWinley
New York
Europe
England
Russia
Sweden
McKinley Our Man in Eureka Republics Rally
Poetic political verse extols McKinley rising fame from coast to coast with a rallying refrain. It dismisses Colonel B and his Aunty clan as unlikely to challenge in Washington while urging voters to support McKinley. Election day outcome anticipated as McKinley our man.
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McKinley
Colonel B
Washington
Eureka Republicas
Democrats Ponder This Filipinos Rally to Bryan Vote
Maj Arlington A Betts of Toledo writes from the Philippines claiming Tagalog rebels are encouraged by Bryan supporters to continue attacking American troops. He cites posters found in Tobaco Luzon showing Bryan sympathy and urges U S voters to consider the issue in November elections.
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Providence
Bryan
Arlington A. Betts
Toledo
Ohio
Philippines
Islands
United States
Tobaco
Luzon
Maj. Betts
McKinley
The South Expands Prosperity View From Col Hemphill
Col W A Hemphill of the Atlanta Constitution praises Southern prosperity and warns Democratic leaders to fight for growth. In Chicago he asserts cotton prices, bank deposits, and bank-note use show a booming South with four key resources: cotton coal iron and lumber. The world becomes the South’s market for these raw supplies.
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W. A. Hemphill
Atlanta Constitution
Col. W. A. Hemphill
Atlanta Constitution Company
Chicago
Chicago Evening Post
Voices on a Thriving Market and Policy Impacts
A compilation of business leaders notes rising US trade over four years, with chocolate sales expanding and demand driving production. They credit telephony, general national prosperity, and caution that policy shifts could harm all sectors.
Southern Manufacturing Vision and National Prosperity
A Georgia oriented piece argues for transforming raw cotton into finished goods to boost state wealth. It cites Georgia output, Atlanta growth, and large contract values as proof of opportunity, with national figures from Chicago and Nebraska voices praising expansion and current prosperity.
Democrat General Praises Filipinos and Governing Them
Brig. Gen. James F. Smith, a Democrat and former attorney, led First California volunteers and served as military governor of Negros after the Spain treaty. He believes Filipinos show great potential, predicting they could become highly American within ten years. He criticizes Atkinson's Visayan articles for stirring rebellion.
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J. F. Smith
James F. Smith
Volunteer Army
First
California Volunteers
James H. Budd
Spain
Negros Island
San Francisco
Philippines
Negros
Atkinson
Gen. Smith
The Plan That Failed and the Calumet Housing Boom
The text recounts Filipino grievances against Spanish rule and Aguinaldo’s bid for autocratic power after independence. It then notes Calumet and Hecla Copper Mining Company owning 2400 houses in Calumet Michigan rented to workers for one dollar per room, with miners demanding more and better housing despite prosperity.
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United States
Spain
Aguinaldo
Thousand Islands
Calumet and Hecla Copper Mining Company
Calumet, Mich
Calumet
Corn and Candy in Prosperous Years at End of 1899
During the fiscal year ended July 31 1899 corn used for glucose and by products exceeded 27 million bushels. About one third to one fourth of glucose output went into candy manufacture. Candy demand reflects general prosperity. when mills close and wages fail, candy drops as a luxury.
Prosperity under the Republican era voiced by Chicago banker
C. F. Hutchinson of the Commercial Exchange Bank of Chicago lauds a thriving economy under the current administration. He argues the country and its corporations and people have prospered and that the Republican party deserves broad support as wise leadership is seen guiding improvements ahead.
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Republican Party
C. F. Hutchinson
Commercial Exchange Bank of Chicago
Governor Hazen Endorses Republican Loyalty
Gov Hazen cites lifelong allegiance to the Republican ticket from Lincoln to present and urges every habitual voter to remain loyal to the party. The claim is attributed by Bryanites to Pingree of Michigan.
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Abraham Lincoln
Hazen
Pingree
Michigans
Eminent Democrat Urges Stability in McKinley Era
T C Early of Cripple Creek Colo lauds President McKinley and warns that an inexperienced successor could spark panic and disaster, urging continued support to avert upheaval in the nation.
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McKinley
T. C. Early
Cripple Creek
Colo
Jackson on expansion through treaties not cession
The quote presents Andrew Jackson arguing that the republic should always add land by honorable treaty rather than cede any boundary. He favors expansion through negotiation to extend the nation’s territory.
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Republic
Andrew Jackson
Populist Debate and Family Feud Over Money Policy
In Warble County Ezra and Simon clash over gold standard, tariffs, and free silver as Vinnie shifts toward Republicans. The dialogue traces price fears, farm losses, and looming political alliances, with family quarrels and rural life framed by 1890s economic tensions.
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Boonsville
Ezra
Simon
Harrison
United States
Australia
Bryan
McKinley
Glen Harrington
Agin Vinnie
Coxey
America
England
Ezra Grey
Cynthia
Jimmie
Johnpay
MelInley
Warble
Ara Grey
Jezra
Tao
Farmers’ Alliance
Warble County
Bryan Club
Boomsville
Vinnie
Winnie
Hara
Byra
Silver Cause
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C. F. Gunther
Mskinleys Farm Fertilizer
Georgia
South
Atlanta
Morgan
Col. Hemphill
Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
J. A. Smith
Humphrey
Alma L. Parker
Guide Rock, Neb
Vinnie Grey
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