Where Is This Going To End Senator Beck Rouses Populist Fight
Hugo Preyer quotes Senator Beck in a January 12 1874 Senate speech attacking bondholders profits from Civil War finance. He cites figures on bond sales coin value greenbacks and interest claiming massive profits and debt passed to farmers miners and producers, urging readers to join a movement against organized greed and party complicity.
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Senator Beck
United States Senate
Windle
Barnum
Hugo Preyer
Balance of trade speech on cotton and grain
Col Skinner, speaking in Charlotte, argues cotton is vital to the balance of trade and British gold use. He cites plow line costs, warns against surplus myths, and says under consumption rather than overproduction is the problem, urging Sub Treasury use for relief and public works.
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Randall
Congress
Col. Skinner
Charlotte
Pender County Alliance Meeting Reported Progress
Mr Epitor the Pender County Alliance shifted from courthouse meetings to invitation based gatherings among Sub-Alliance groups. At Atkinson the lab meeting drew larger attendance and solid support for reform principles and equal rights. J N Henry secretary defends Col Polk against misrepresentation and lauds Progressive Farmer support.
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Epitor
Pender County
Bro
L. H. McClammy
Col. Polk
Wadesboro Messenger
Ft. Caswell
Here
Bose
J. N. Henry
Sec’y
Polk speech calls for breaking free from money power
President Polk at Charlotte urges the West and South to unite to cut loose from the financial system and curtail party tie ins. He notes cotton prices drop from nine to five cents and argues mills keep prices stable, accusing a wicked financial system of dictating policy. He insists the question is who rules versus ending existing conditions.
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Great West
Democratic
Republican
People's Arty
President Polk
Charlotte
Silver coinage debate echoes in modern party clamors
The remark notes how current politicians branding themselves Democrats push for an international conference to discuss free silver coinage for the nation, reflecting historical tensions between monetary policy and party agendas. It frames the issue as a continuity of past debates about monetary reform and national economic sovereignty.
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Corsirana
Alliance Notes Endorse Ocala Platform Across NC Alliances
A long list of local alliances from Forsyth to Craven counties endorse the Ocala platform and related reforms. Reports include losses of horses, requests for aid, and calls for tax funded road work, with notes from secretaries and local officers.
Third party shift blamed on Butler in Wayne County
The Alliance repudiates Butler and his methods, declaring support for a distinct third party convention separate from the State Democratic convention. Only two or three men reportedly joined the repudiation, per Hickory Press and Carolina.
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Wayne County
Butler
Hickory Press
Carolinian
Epiror
NUTS TO CRACK AND DEBATE ON WORK HOURS AND MONEY
A compilation of quotes from various newspapers advocating eight hour workdays with higher wages, opposition to elite corruption, and calls for economic reform. It highlights labor concerns, alliance opinions, and debates over Sub Treasuries, tariffs, and political branding across multiple states, including notices on figures like Botkin and Brice.
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Bishop Huntington
Cleveland
Rtg
Bradford
Ill
Watch Tower
Watson
Georgia
Ottaway
Kan
Jones
Smith
Des Moines
Winfield
Botkin
Concordia Empire
Goodland
Republic
Gallatin Missourian
Calvin
Brice
National Democratic Executive Committee
Cuthbert
Alliancee
Sedalia
Pinkerton
Pinkertons
Watertown
S. D
Peffer
Simpson
Severe cyclone wrecks Humphrey home in Eureka Alliance appeal
On the night of the 17th a fierce cyclone struck Boans Carteret County North Carolina wrecking Bro W Humphrey’s dwelling. His family fled to shelter as outbuildings fell, all but his barn disappeared. He seeks immediate pecuniary aid from brethren statewide, contributions sent to lodge treasurer G Bell Kinpy Tolson secretary Eureka Alliance No 1440. Committee members P M Rupel Es Ple, Hilliard Glancy, Sr Weeks.
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Boans, Carteret Co
N. C
R W. Humphrey
Humphrey
Bell
Kinpy ToLson
Eureka Alliance
M. Rupel
T. ES. Punlyle
Hilliard Glancy
SR. Weeks
Resolutions of Buncombe County Alliance April Meeting
Resolutions praise state Sub Alliances, renew allegiance to the order, condemn inaction by lawmakers, oppose the free coinage bill, trust in leaders to advance farmer and laborer interests, endorse THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and pledge to support only candidates who back the order's demands for law. Signed by D. W. Blackwall, president, N. Plamondon, secretary.
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Buncombe County Alliance
Ocala
Wall Street
D. W. Blackwall
Pres
T. N
Plamondon
Sec’y
The Hopeless Minority Irishman in Church Joke
A tale describes an audience during a church gathering where a minister asks those wanting to reach heaven to rise, then those seeking hell to rise. All rise except one Irishman who wakes and finally declares, I am in a hopeless minority with you, Mr Chairman.
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St. Louis
The Low Wages Policy Of The Government
The piece argues that reducing demand lowers wages and living standards, causing collapsed consumption and production. It claims raising average wages by ten dollars a week would boost demand for goods and spark growth, contrasting this with policies seen as idle bond financing since the war. It warns such policies could cause unrest, urging a sober, truth-telling stance.
Anson County Alliance Endorses St Louis Platform
A county Alliance meeting at Cain North Carolina April 14 1592 unanimously endorsed the St Louis platform as published in the Economist and the Progressive. Resolutions commit to supporting reform candidates and aligning with national party principles, with copies sent to the Progress and Messenger-Intelligence.
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Ance
Cain
N. C
Economist
Tue
Progress
J. W. McGrecon
Joan W. Kike
Sec'y
Anson Conn
Another Way to Enforce Our Principles
In Powe ll s ville North Carolina Bertie County residents urged electing President Vice President and Congressmen who truly believe the demands of the late Louis Conference are best for the country. They warned against supporting men who oppose these principles or rely on instructions and pledges, calling it flagrant nonsense.
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Powellsville
Bertie Co
N.C
W. L. Mitcne
Pasquotank County Alliance Meeting Ends in Endorsements
Letter from Pasquotank County reports a modest turnout but full representation by Local Alliance members. Resolutions endorse St Louis and Ocala demands, pledge support to leaders Polk and Butler, and urge alliances nationwide to back the Farmer and National trust. Gregory and Baxter chosen to confer with President Butler on May 17.
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Evizapetu Crry
N.C
Epiror
Staite
Sun Alliance
M. G. Gregory
C.F. Baxter
Butler
County Alliance
Ocala
St. Louis
L. L. Polk
Marion Butler
Berea -Alli
M. Phronap
Sec'y. Pasquotank Co
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