Debate on tariffs and currency in a party rally
The speaker extols the Democrats as divided and criticizes tariff policy while praising gold and silver currency. He recalls Jefferson and Adams to warn against flat money and urges unity to restore sound money and reduce deficits, urging a united, overwhelming return to experienced administration.
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Saan
Wwe
Democratic Party
Chicago
St. Louis
Ais
Republican Party
McKinley
Mogent
United States
Surarsay
Ap Lande
J. Fot
John Quincy Adams
Dms
Beys
Sevan
The
Assault on the United States Government A Speech by Don M Dickinson
Don M Dickinson argues that Congress and the President must stay within constitutional powers and warns against a Supreme Court empowered to curb elected officials. He traces Jacksonian and Chicago Democratic contrasts, decries currency panics, and urges unity of North and South and East and West for national strength. He cites Jeffersonian and Lincoln era themes to oppose Chicago platform.
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United States
United
Supreme Court of the United States
Aplause
Senate
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Chicago
Tate
Claughter
Fi Ousoun
South Carolina
Jackson
Ge Scott
Cain
South Carona
Bryan as an Orator and the Train of Nebraskan Echoes
The piece praises William Jennings Bryan as an eloquent speaker and moral man while noting his focus on delivery over statesmanship. It compares him to Henry Estabrook and Nebraskan figure George Francis Train, suggesting Train’s historical notoriety echoes in Bryan’s public persona and ambitions.
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Bryan
Henry D. Estabrook
Mr. Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Omaha
Madison, Square
New York
George Francis Train
Train
Nhen
Labor and Money Token: An Argue for Stable Currency
A speaker argues labor requires an unvarying currency to preserve its value. Money is the universal token for future needs, ensuring labor’s benefits endure. The speaker contrasts theft and bank failure with voter choices, warning that devaluing currency harms individuals long after monetary loss.
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Tony
Revolt Rhetoric against Populist Repudiation Threats to Courts
A political polemic denounces Populist leaders and their allies for urging a revolution to repudiate debts, seize railways and telegraphs, and erode currency. It defends the judiciary as a check on Congress and emphasizes the ballot box and courts as protections of liberty.
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Bryan
Sewall
Watson
Supreme Court
Congress
Allance
Inflation and wage effects cited by Senator Lodge
Senator Lodge discusses inflation noting price marks can be changed easily but wages cannot. He recalls wartime inflation where commodity prices rose, labor increased about 40 percent while real wages fell roughly 50 percent. He argues labor bears the cost in depressions and cites 19th century currency episodes as warnings.
Integrity of the Courts Ex Senator John Spooner Speech
A fragmentary speech by ex senator John Spooner defends the integrity of the U S Supreme Court. He argues against packing the court and stresses the court’s independence and historic luster. He cautions citizens about proposals to reverse Supreme Court decisions. He cites respect for the judiciary and its role in American government.
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John
Spooner
David Bennett Hill
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Rooster Hat Tale From the Indianapolis Journal
An old verse laments a laborer content with stable work whose dream of a rooster on his hat is wrecked by demagogues and free trade promises. The satirical fable suggests that political hype collapses, leaving the worker with nothing while the rooster remains ill and the hat empty.
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Sone
Indianapolis Journal
Abou Bill Bryan and the Angel in the Moonlight
The Lincoln Neb News recounts Abou Bill Bryan awakening from a dream and seeing an angel drawing names in a gold book. Bryan asks to be written without error and the angel writes his name while others are doomed, then vanishes.
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Bill Bryan
Cory
Knocked Galvest
Bill
Lincoln
Come Home Bryan Amid McKinley Crisis
Fragmented OCR notes quote Thomas Watson and others urging Bryan to return home as political tension rises. References to Bates, McKinley, and Lincoln appear in disjointed lines signaling a wartime or campaign moment with personal appeals to Bryan to come back.
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Thomas. Watson
Bean
Bryan
Bates
Campaign notes reflect on Bryan McKinley trade views and labor impact
The piece questions the idea thousands of workers will vote for Bryan, arguing laborers are not hypocritical. It cites McKinley’s line about good money and Bryan’s remark on money being too good, then critiques Bryan’s protection stance, wages, and economic consequences for mills and factories.
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McKinley
Brian
Canton
Bryan Aed
Acre
Abe
Eres
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