Sugary Debt and Daring Tax Tale in a Senator’s Memoir
A river of memory from The Autobiography of a Senator shows a spring morning in a library where sugar prices trigger stock ambitions. The senator contemplates selling, resists for honor, then learns of a telegram confirming a $247,000 gain after a sale at 86. He resigns to uphold dignity and begins planning public reforms while urging voters to act in faith.
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Wall Street
Mary
Ibsen
United States
Acresville
N. C
Ephor
Acresville Alliance
Beaufort County Alliance
Cyrus Thompson
Bro. Thompson
Stand Together for Equal Rights in Dark Times
A speaker urges farmers and laborers to unite against perceived political betrayal and wage a hard fight for equal rights and laboring masses. He compares the crisis to Israelites at the Red Sea and laments Congress permitting hunger while the nation faces economic pressure. He calls for solidarity and forward unity despite the daunting struggle.
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Mr. Ephot
Moses
Israel
Red Sea
Grand Old Republic of the United States of North America
Congress
United States
Nero
Rome
Martin County Populist Resolutions Call for Reform
The Martin County Populist committee submits resolutions arguing the party is a public necessity to restore equality and curb plutocracy. They urge economy in government, education expansion, fair laws, opposition to money and whiskey in elections, and call for a united citizenry to support their platform.
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Epior
Martin County
Republic
National
People’s Party
N. Y
Progressive Farmer
Martin County Sun
T. E. McCaskey
J.R. Sry
T. L Green
J.Q Keen
J. R. Purvis
Victory in sight for labor united against plutocracy
The Chicago Express argues a united American Railway Union Populist pledge with the Federation of Labor and Knights of Labor could deliver a decisive election result. It contends a People’s House would threaten plutocracy, forcing the Senate and President to accept labor-friendly bills.
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American Railway
Federation of Labor and
Knights of Labor
Washington
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Chicago Express
Populist Convention in Roxboro Nominates Delegates
The People’s party of Person county NC met in Roxboro court-house on July 4 1894. Dr William Merritt chaired. L B Scott and N N Tuck were secretaries. Delegates and alternates were chosen for state congressional judicial and senatorial conventions. Resolutions denounced Democratic control and fusion, endorsed Jeffersonian principles, and called a September county convention to nominate candidates.
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Epitor
People’s Party of
Person County
N. C
Roxboro
Wm. Merritt
L. B. Scott
N. N. Tuck
R. B. Bass
R. L Paylor
W. F. Reade, Jr
John W. Denny
T. P. Davis
J. E. Harris
W. P. Day
L. M. Clayton
P. Gentry
J. R. Harris
LB. Scott
W.N. Haskins
W. S. Lawson
G. W. Jones
D. L. Morton
J.R Long
W.T. Bradsher
W. B. Davis
G. W. Moore
Wm. Wrenn
E. D. Jones
J. E. Yancey
P. G. Pritchett
J. R. Paylor
People’s Party
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury
Republic
Democratic Party
General Assembly
Senate
House
Omaha
U. S
House of Representatives
Holloway
Woodsdale
Cunningham’s
Allensville
Olive Hill
Bushy Fork
Flat River
Mt. Tirzah
Person County Courier
Caucasian
Progressive Farmer
Granville County Reformer
Toiling on and calling for labor reform in 1894
A long editorial piece argues labor hardship and rising poverty, urging organization and ballot power over revolution. It condemns plutocrat control, alien land acquisition, and calls for educated workers to unite, with a warning against anarchy and urging timely action.
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England
Demonetization and silver price swings cited in congress debate
A fragment from a congressional committee discussion denounces demonetization of silver, criticizing the act as coercive and harmful to currency. The text lists silver prices before and after demonetization, arguing the decline stems from discrediting policy rather than market forces, and calls for legislative restoration.
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United States
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Buffalo Express
Canaan
A. E. Eira
Sec'y
Erson County
Jffersonian Democracy
G. Waters
U. S. Department OF Agriculture
Office OF
Washieton
D. C
Str
Department of Agriculture
Friends of the Road Movement
Roy Strong
Cleveland
White House
Hog Island
Chicago Times
Dem
Tea Mich
Uni States Mint
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Oiwitzerland
Greece
Balas
Ogg
Spain
Portugal
Netherlands
Vo Nn
Turkey
Australia
Egypt
Mexico
Amer
South Amer
Japan
India
China
the Straits
Cuba
Haiti
Europe
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Wee Aces
America
Stein Ass
Lewis
Oceanic Islands
Polar
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