Debowery of Tax and Tariff Reform in North Carolina
A column critiques Populist and Republican fusion for honest elections, denounces income tax and currency policy, and laments fiscal policy, education funding, and prosperity rhetoric in North Carolina. It cites wheat prices, gold reserves, and remarks from Senator Jarvis while arguing for protection and decrying silver demonetization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borror
Jarvis
Senate
Tommy Horner
Democratic Party
James
Havemeyer
New York World
United States
Religious Liberty in the American Constitutional Frame
The piece argues religion and law coexist without state religion. It traces the US idea of church and state, noting Madison and Jefferson on guarding religious liberty. It highlights state constitutions’ bans on establishment, compulsory support, and compelled worship, and discusses cases on Bible reading, polygamy, and clergy disqualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. OC
Sprague
Ohio
United States
Congress
Virginia
Legistate
Madisson
Jefferson
Madison
Story
Maine
Cooley
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Delaware
Maryland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ringgold
Keep off the Grass says Tom Watson on corruption
A Tom Watson broadside rails at government graft and party hypocrisy. It condemns bribery, embezzlement, and moral decay while urging respect for the grass and the nation, warning against desecration of public duty. It cites Carnegie, Stanford, and Breckenridge as symbols of corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stanford, Crocker
Hopkins
Huntington
Washington City
Roach
Democratic Party
Senate
Carnegie
John Sherman
Breckenridge
Tom Watson
Progressive Farmer Excerpts and Political Snippets Page
A compilation of editorial quips and excerpts from reform papers on politics tariffs sugar taxes and leadership with jokes about reform and moral politics. Includes references to McPherson Coxey and various periodicals critiquing corruption and democratic claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reform
Congress
McPherson
White House
Cleveland
Chicago Times
Tennessee
Coxey
Capitol
Peninsula
United States
Grange
John Sherman
Missouri World
Reed
Denver
Blind Leaders of Wealth and Power Parade in Verse
This revision mocks money lenders and monopolists, decrying their influence over politics and society. It contrasts virtuous law and equality with predatory finance, accusing officials and factions of corruption, corruption, and manipulation across a broad political landscape.
Arabian Nights Entertainments Outdone
A fragmented historical notice recounts a self-described long history of alleged persecution and misconduct, detailing roles from Albany Law School era to Illinois State's attorney tenure and later periods, concluding with a poem titled The Unique and a statement offered for free publication by Hon. A Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EpiTor
Albany
N. Y
Illinois
Kansas City
Kaw
A. “E Stevenson
Demand for monetary reform and land policy by Topeka unions
The Farmers Alliance and Industria Union at Topeka on February 6, 1894, adopted demands for a government issued national currency with low taxes, free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1, expanded per capita money, income tax, postal savings banks, land reform reclaiming alien holdings, and government ownership of railroads, telegraph and telephone systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Alliance and Industria Union
Topeka
Kan
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Democrat
Chicago
U. S. Treasury
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Carlisle
Hill
Wm. D. Hornblower
Wheeler H. Peckhim
Supreme Court
The
Washington Post
Senator Ransom
Farmers’ Alliance
Bland
Omaha
Friends of Silver
Taz
Dream OF the Press
Vox Populi
Philadelphia
Taz Progressive Farmer
IV Competl
Janet
Martinsburg
Virgini
Lord Salisbury
Cato
Mars
France
Boccaccio
Achilles
Agax
Hadley McGraw
England
Vic
Ireland
McKinley
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