The Free Ballot Issue in the 1900 Campaign Debate
A century ago the dominant question at the ballot box was whether the United States would maintain a free ballot driven by popular opinion or yield to moneyed power and favored interests. The text contrasts William Jennings Bryan with McKinley, praising Bryan as a patriot and condemning the gold press for attacking him. The passage argues for a government by the people and warns of the dangers of corporate influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Hanna
McKinley
William J. Bryan
William McKinley
Mr. McKinley
Mr. Bryan
America
Gold Press
Gold
Mr.Bryan
Over to a Blood Sucking Money Thriving Syndicate
A fragment warns of a powerful money hungry group acting in the interests of a few, destined to decay like ancient Persia Greece and Rome as they pursue wealth and control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Greece
Rome
Fitch and gold standard rhetoric in Ohio campaign
The article criticizes Thomas Fitch a Nevada native now in Arizona and touring Ohio for McKinley. It rebroadcasts his 1890 Carson Silver convention speech, notes his Silver Committee leadership, and questions his integrity while contrasting past silver advocacy with current gold standard support. It also mocks General Grosvenor's electoral projections as misguided.
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Thomas Fitch
Nevada
Arizona
Ohio
McKinley
Carson
Fitch
National Silver Committee
William Jennings Bryan
Fitchs
Knights
Estees
Scotts
de Youngs
General Grosvenor
Bryan
Advertisements for patent medicines and remedies
A collage of 19th century medicine ads promotes Syrup of Figs Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Claims include safety for ladies, blood purification, and cures for rheumatism with testimonials and wholesale druggist mentions. Prices, bottle sizes, and distributors are noted, urging readers to buy through W. A. Brown and other Toledo vendors.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Hood
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Silver State Publishing Company
Silver State” Block
Cor Bridge and
Fourth St
U.S. Ee Agriculture
Winnemdcor
Frank R. Braman
Nebraska
Arthur Sewall
Maine
Torspay
Chameleon Fitch
California Fig Syrup Company
Germany
Jacobsen
Chicago Lumber Co
Jes Moines
Iowa
Old Country
Chamberlain’s
W. A. Brown
J. Hood & Co
Lowell, Masseure
Bobt, M. Clarke
H. Warren
Attorneys AT Law
Wise Building
Henry Hagar
Wiswemveca, Nevada
Wilcox
Postoffice
T. C. Hanson
Eagle Drug Store
W. S. Bonnifield
Attorney AT Law
Wisnemucca
Nev
Pablo Laverga
F. M. Fellows
A.D. Wilcox
California
Paradise
E. Reinhart & CO
M. Hofman
UE Winnenigga, Eva
F. M. Lee
J. Sibbald
Geo. S. Nixon
D. V. McBride
Thee
Mutual Life Insurance
York
B. Staunton
Bromnt
Kentucky
Humboldt Soda and Bottling Works
Depot House
G. A Krenkel
Waukesha M
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