Democratic Convention Leaders Attack Chicago Platform and Republicans
Theodore A. Bell delivers a scorching critique of the Chicago platform and Republican policies, accusing the party of insincerity and corporate power abuses. He calls for strong federal action on injunctions, postal savings banks, child labor, and antitrust enforcement while urging reforms to restore public rights and curb private greed.
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California
Chica
Gaul
Republican Party
Horn
Commonwealth
Democratic Party
Chicago
Postal
Bureau of Mines and Mining
New Mexico
Arizona
Congress
United States Senate
Senate
House of Representatives
White House
District of
Colombia
House
United States
Democratic tariff reform and public funding ideals
The speech argues that tariff policy must curb trusts and protect consumers, not criminal monopolies, and calls for transparent political funding. It praises Democratic pushes for direct senatorial elections and federal oversight of rail finance, contrasting with the Chicago platform and urging peace and global responsibility.
Straus backs Johnson for president in Democratic unity plea
Maryland Attorney General Isaac Lobe Straus urged the Democratic convention to nominate Governor John Johnson. He warned against nominating Bryan and argued Johnson could carry Maryland and other key states, and halt federal usurpation and monied influence.
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Isaac Lobe Straus
Maryland
Johnson
John Johnson
South Carolina
Texas
Bryan
Congress
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
George Washington
Soverign
United States
Powers for Bryan O. W. Powers of Salt Lake City
Powers seconded Bryan's nomination, extolling the president's power and duty. He urged a candidate from the people, aligned with the Democratic party, praising Jeffersonian ideals, the Monroe doctrine, and America for Americans, recalling the 1896 Chicago convention and the 6,000,000 suffrage voters.
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O. W. Powers
Salt Lake City
Bryan
United States
America
Democratic Party
Chicago
Jefferson
Sullivan stumps for Bryan in Iowa convention address
J B Sullivan of Iowa urges support for Bryan for president. He frames democracy as eternal and asserts the need to restore constitutional rights, unite labor and capital, and oppose centralized government and “square deal” critics. He calls for naming Bryan to rally voters nationwide.
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J. B. Sullivan
Iowa
Bryan
Democratic Party
Wash Summer Dresses with Fixatives and Dyes
An experienced laundress outlines color preserving tips using alum in rinsing water to keep greens bright blue with salt, gray and brown with ox gall, tan by hay water, and preventing color bleeding with black pepper in initial suds. Sugar of lead fixes pinks blues and lavenders, but sun drying still fades. Delicate colors dry indoors to stay vibrant. vinegar revives hues. ammonia can restore silk after fruit stains. Brown Holland dresses wash with bran water. rinse with bran broth and avoid soda or soap unless needed.
How to Make Cement From Shellac and Alcohol
A simple portable cement uses common orange shellac dissolved in alcohol to form a paste. It can be stored in a tightly corked bottle and used to join small iron fragments or wooden handles. To apply, place the paste on a small tin plate and set it on fire as needed.
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