Mississippi Dems Nominate H. D. Money for Senate
A collection of political briefings notes Mississippi Democrats nominating H. D. Money to succeed George in the U.S. Senate. The piece links “hard money” to economic risk, cites a barber paper from Cincinnati, and riffs on Congress, editors, ship owners, and political prosecutions while flooding with satirical comments on bankers and horse meat.
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Mississippi
H. D. Money
U.S. Senate
George
H. D
Don’t Overwork The Boys And Bankers Debate
A column warns farmers not to overload sons with field labor, urging care for growing bodies. It then surveys Cuba’s war, gold and silver policy, and a past banker dispute over Treasury payments. It cites Manning and Bank of England tactics, notes North Carolina Alliance meetings, and records Senator Butler pressing taxation reform against Senator Hill.
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New York
North Carolina
Butler
Senator Hill
Republican
Democratic Party
Hill
Republican Party
Death on the Bugs and Political Rhetoric in 1895
The Lincoln Democrat reports Major W. A. Graham leaving the Democratic party over subscriptions to The Progressive Farmer in 1895. Senator Vance cautions that voting out the best men leaves only Wall Street and brimstone, a fate likened to death on pests. The Gainesville Signal condemns Cleveland’s financial policy as criminal and cowardly while he supposedly feathers his nest.
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Lincoln Democrat
W. A. Graham
Democratic Party
Progressive Farmer
Vance
Wall Street
Cleveland
Gainsville
Roller steamer aims to flood seas with iron wheels
A French inventor M Bazin builds a roller steamer raft with four hollow iron wheels supporting a deck 20 to 23 feet above water. The 131 by 39 foot vessel will trial from Newhaven to Dieppe, riding choppy seas on a calm day. Proponents claim stability and speed, envisioning future ocean travel and land locomotion.
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M. Bazin
M. Buzin
British Channel
Newhaven
Dieppe
Patriot Mayor Fountain Drops Democratic Ties for People’s Party
Tarboro New York mayor W. E Fountain announces severing ties with the Democratic party and joining the People's party. In a full letter he recalls attending the Raleigh Silver Convention of September 1895 as a Democrat, arguing for free coinage and denouncing double‑sided party platforms.
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W. E Fountain
Taroro
N. Y
Democratic Party
People’s Party
Mayor Fountain
Raleigh
Jarvis
Ashe
Davis
Whitaker
Mott
Harris
Butler
Kitchen
News and Observer
Prominent Wake County Figures Attend City Week
Business Agent Ivey visited the city last week along with farmer Ham Jones. Ransom Hinton tours the state Alliance for railroad interests. Railroad Commissioner S O Wilson is in eastern Raleigh, likely to bring two or three railroads home. J J Rogers and Miss Susie Mewborne plan a spring wedding.
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Ivey
Ham Jones
Wake County
Ransom Hinton
State Alliance
S. Otho Wilson
J. J. Rogers
Register of Deeds
Susie
Mewborne
Obscure Musings From A Chaotic Political Column
A collection of satirical and fragmented notes on figures like Col Josephus Daniels and Senator Butler. Observations touch on silver coinage, party divisions, and a North Carolinian sending sour kraut to Virginia. The piece references obituaries and political fusion, with a tongue in cheek tone.
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Josephus Daniels
Senator Butler
Ransom
United States
Senate
House
Virginia
National Farmers Alliance Meeting Set at National Hotel
The annual meeting of the Supreme Council of the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union will convene at the National Hotel on Penn Ave Washington D C February 4 at 10 o clock a m A full representation from all the States is urged to be present By order of the National Executive Committee All reform and Alliance papers Please copy D P Duncay Secs Treas
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J. W. Denmark
Wake County Alliance Executive Committee
County Alliance
Raleigh
Progressive Farmer
Raleigh Savings Bank
Supreme ‘Council of the
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
National Hotel
Penn. Avenue
Washington, D. C
National Executive Committee
Reform and Alliance
D. P. Duncay
Sec’s
Treas
Reform era rhetoric across reform papers and editorials
A compilation of editorials and partisan blasts from reform papers criticizing monetary policy, political figures, and party stances. It cites Labors' Tribune Farmers' Outlook Gainsville Signal Current Voice Nonconformist Grange Advocate and Chicago Express reflecting on money, bonds, gold standards, and political loyalty with sharp satire and patriotic framing.
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Reform
Tribune
Democratic Party
Chicago
Enthusiastic meeting in Bertie County Alliance endorses Polk site
The Bertie County Alliance met in January with Ebenezer Sub Alliance and discussed funding for the Alliance manufacturing project. Delegates were present from all but one Sub Alliance and $30 in cash was raised plus pledges. A resolution proposed naming the Alliance site Polk in honor of Col. L. L. Polk.
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Bertie County Alliance
Ebenezer Sub Alliance
Usua
Alliance
Ramsey
Barnes
Ivey
Thompson
Hoover
Bertie
A. J. Con
Brunswick County
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L. L. Polk
J. L. Ramsey
M’a
Raleigh, N. C
Post Offee
N. C
N. C. Farmers’ State Alliance
UP. A
Cincinnati
Wilmington Star
Congress
Washington
American Banking and Trust Co
Treasury Department
H. A. Chappell
Perquimans
Goldbugs
Atlanta Journal
Edison
Cuba
Spain
Havana
Florida
Treasury
Boston
Mass
France
Boston Advertiser
Daniel Manning
Manning
Prin
Bank of England
Ued
Secretary of the Treasury
National Banks
Porter
Christ
Lindsey
Rockingham County
National Alliance Meeting
Dream OF the Press
Morgan
Rothchilds
United States Treasury
Grange Advocate
Grover
Ambedhi
Hoke Smith
Hilary Herbert
Jackson
New Orleans
Missouri
Plac
Tn Subs
W. W. Daew
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