Let Well Enough Alone Tariff and Trust Debate
A speaker argues against tariff modification and warns that Democratic free trade would trigger a panic. He defends protection, notes wage increases by steel and glass firms, and insists trusts cannot justify high meat prices. He urges balanced regulation without wrecking prosperity while praising labor gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Friends of Protection
Armour Packing Company
Ihs
Fred C. Croxton
Labor Department
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
United States Steel Corporation
New Albany
Steel Trust
Jewett
Democratic Party
Springfield
Philippines
Labor and tariffs spark Indiana political speech
William L. Taylor of Indiana denounces free trade and praises protective tariffs, arguing that rising wages, exports, and bank deposits reflect nationwide prosperity. He cites railroad, farm, and mining gains, urges Orient trade expansion, and blames labor inequities on South labor protection gaps.
Indiana Labor Peace and Trust Debate Speech
The speaker extols Indiana labor harmony under Republican leaders Governor Mount and Governor Durbin, praising a state arbitration system, wage levels, mine safety, and tariff protections. He denounces Democratic free trade as harming industry, defends trusts with selective regulation, and honors Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley while urging continued Republican governance and support for war efforts abroad.
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Indiana
Pennsylvania
Republican Party
Republican
Mount
Durbin
West
Taylor
United States
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Bryan
William McKinley
Wiliam McKinley
Puritan
Cavalier
Forbidden City
America
God of Nations
Gilbert Aide Attacks Democrats In Indiana Speech
Lt Governor Newton W. Gilbert of Fort Wayne spoke at Martinsville Indiana promising candor about party rhetoric. He recalled past Democratic warnings in 1873 and 1896 and challenged critics who predicted dire economic harm from Republican policies. The address emphasized party accountability to Indiana’s informed voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Ind
Newton W. Gilbert
Fort Wayne
Democratic Party
Indiana
Republican Party
Platte
William J. Bryan
Col Charles L Jewett sounds Republican on trusts in Kokomo talk
Col C L Jewett of New Albany addressed a Kokomo audience praising Republican pledges from two national campaigns. He attacked trusts as a menace to competition and urged strong Sherman law action, backing Roosevelt’s constitutional amendment to empower Congress to curb bad combinations and protect legitimate firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Col. C. L. Jewett
New Albany
Republican Party
William McKinley
Sherman
Knox
Littlefield
Congress
Roosevelt
Landis Defends Republican Tariff Policy In Indiana Speech
CHARLES B. LANDIS, Rushville, says Democrats lack issue or men while Republicans stand for prosperity. He cites gains in the Philippine Islands, including courts, schools, police, roads, and self government, as proof of Republican policy. He condemns Bryan’s warnings and urges continued protectionism and tariff-based growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Ind
Greensburg
C. B. Landis
Indiana
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Union
Tcket
Bryan
Philippine Islands
Architage
Manila
Baldwin Speaker Talks Republican Strength and Union Values
L S Baldwin of Noblesville spoke at Brook Indiana on September 9 outlining a view that a new republic arose in the Americas founded on the divine right of man. He praised popular government, criticized Democratic missteps, and argued Republicans saved the nation from credit and economic distress during crises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repubican
Suort
Eeerwice
Democratic Party
Chaney Defends Harrison and tariffs in Sullivan address
Republican congressional candidate John C. Chaney spoke in Sullivan Ind presenting a defense of Benjamin Harrison and a critique of Democrats. He praised Harrison, Lincoln, Grant, and McKinley, attacked Cleveland's faction, and argued Congress must tailor territorial rules for the Philippines and Porto Rico under the Constitution. He asserted the need to regulate interstate combines and supported legitimate enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
Chaney
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Benjamin Harrison
Buffalo
William McKinley
United States
Lincoln
Grant
Cleveland
Samuel J. Tilden
Platte
Campaign opens with Grant speech at Rensselaer opera house
A large Republican rally in Rensselaer Indiana highlights farmer prosperity and strong support for tariff and trust issues. A. N. Grant of Indianapolis spoke to a attentive audience, signaling increased party strength in Jasper County and beyond.
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Rensselaer
Ind
Jasper County
Opera House
A. N. Grant
Indianapolis
Sap
Grant
Unclear text on trusts and congressional action
Fragmentary sentence claims consistent record inst trusts and is now by results at law congressional action and by every possible act of the President and attorney general trying to repress control and even suppress all one operating to the detriment of the people
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Republican Party
Francis B Posey Discusses Tariffs In Bloomington Speech
Francis B Posey of Evanaville speaks in Bloomington on September 20 addressing tariff revision. He warns high protection raises costs, urges tariff policy in trusted hands, advocates patent reform to curb trusts and preserve inventor incentives, citing historical panic and the need for production-cost transparency.
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Bloomington
Ind
Francis B. Posey
Evanaville
Cleveland
Congress
Srtentty Haat
New Jersey
Indiana
High
Arizona
John H. Baker
United States Circuit Court
United States District Court For
House of Representatives
Senate
Calkins
House
Story of Stratton recounts a Colorado mining magnate
A Milwaukee Sentinel reader recalls Winfield Scott Stratton, the Colorado mining king. The tale highlights his generosity to the poor, recounting acts of kindness from helping a crippled farmer with a wagon and harness to gifting a hundred dollars after urging him to buy supplies. The piece paints Stratton as unpretentious and benevolent despite wealth.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Sentinel
Winfield Scott Stratton
Colorado
Plankinton House
Colorado Springs
Stratton
Poverty Gulch
Breckinridge
Albany
Denver
Nather
John
Mr. Stratton
Fuel Oil Gaining Traction As Coal Prices Rise
The New York Tribune notes oil suitable for fuel is drawing interest amid coal strikes and high coal costs. Steamships adopt oil burners. yachts face coal shortages. a Brooklyn iron works plant uses oil fuel for much of its output. Several ships and boilers upgrade to oil as a stable energy source.
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New York Tribune
Texas
Orse Iron Works
Fifty-sixth Street
Brooklyn
Northwestern
Northman
Northtown
Julia Luckenbach
Catania
Oil replaces coal in Morse works says oil cheaper long term
Morse Iron Works touts oil over coal citing steady pressure and easier boiler management. Burner efficiency drops coal use, reduces firemen, ash and smoke, with three to four barrels per long ton of coal. Oil costs cited at fractions of a cent per gallon equivalent. potential home use mentioned.
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Morse
Tribune
Morse Iron Works
Mr. Morse
Wass
Army Maneuvers Largest In American History
The fall program will mobilize not less than a division under Major General John Bates at Fort Riley Kansas with regulars and militia from several states, including Kansas Nebraska and Colorado. About 9 000 to 10 000 troops will participate across modernized signaling, extended marches, and field operations to test deployment, coordination, and strategy for a potential continental war.
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New York Times
National Guard
United States
John Bates
Department of the Missouri
Adjutant General of the Army
Fort Iy
Kan
Department
Ansas
Nebraska National Guard
Colorado
William
Fort Riley
Fort Leavenworth
Union Pacific Railway
Fort Neb
Riley
Bes
Mexico
Wagner
Carr
McClernand
Rodney
Omaha
Oklahoma
Merritt
Signal Corps
May Be Casas Belli
A Nebraskan journal discusses potential Russian actions in Manchuria and the threat to British interests. It questions Russia’s expulsion of foreigners and how such moves could provoke Anglo Japanese responses while challenging the open door policy amid tensions over Satstent province trade.
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Nebraska
Nehuria
Orient
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Isoz
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Col. Charles. L. Jewett
Charles B. Landis
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John C. Chaney
Democratic Congressional Committee
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