Bryan and Watson Rally Backers in Maine Ward Fight
An editorial comment celebrates Bryan and Watson as the ticket for farmers and mechanics, denounces Sewall and Cleveland aligned electors, and criticizes political wheeling dealing. It notes Bryan’s endurance, warns of pickpocketing at Ryan speeches, and urges Norton and Watson as the national ticket.
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Sewall
Maine
Canada
Bill Bryan
Buffalo Bill
Citizens
Bryan
Watson
Grover
Wall Street
North Carolina
Mark Hanna
Ryan Speakings
Taree
Benedict Arnodlds
Thomas E. Watson
National Executive Committee
Norton
Sewall—Sherman
Cleveland
Rothschild
Political storm over Bryan Sewall ticket and North Carolina stance
The Populist and Democratic state committees in session debate securing North Carolina's electoral votes for Bryan. They warn against Sewall and argue that a BryanWatson combination would save the ticket, while critiquing Clevelandism and McKinley prospects in New York New Jersey and Maryland. Banks and financial rot add to the turmoil as reform debates intensify.
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Bryan
Arthur Thewall
Maine
John Sherman
Grover Cleveland
Arthur Sewall
Sewall
North Carolina
New York
McKinley
New Jersey
Maryland
Baltimore
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Kansas
Watson
Ryan
Senator Stewart’s Awk Ward Position
After the Chicago Convention the Silver Knight Watchman an organ of the People’s party in Washington printed Bryan and Sewall at the top of its editorials. The act drew hiss from Senator William M Stewart at the People’s party Convention in St Louis and led some subscribers to abandon the paper.
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Bryan
Swall
Sewall
Watson
Silver Knight
Democratic
People’s and
Silver Party
Chicago
Silver Knight Watchman
People's Party
Washington
William M. Stewart
People’s Party
St. Louis
Call for 2 Cent Passenger Rates Across Railroads
The piece urges North Carolina to cut first class rates to 2 cents per mile and second class to 1 cent, with freight reductions, criticizing high executive pay and free passes. It notes Seaboard already cut to 2 cents for large-ticket buyers and calls on the legislature to enforce universal 2-cent fares to benefit the public. It ends by urging voters to ask each legislative candidate about support for relief.
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Railroad Commission
Clark
Commission
North Carolina
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Seaboard
Legislature
Post Office Profits and Telegraph Costs Compared
English Post Office profits last year exceeded eighteen million dollars with eighty million telegraphs sent at twelve cents each. In the United States private telegraph monopolies charged about eighty three cents per telegram, while the public system faced tax-funded deficits on slower operations.
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England
Post Office Department
Treasury
United States
County
Strange perversion of ideas on railroad rates and commission
Five years after North Carolina created a Railroad Commission to curb high charges critics say the panel has failed to lower rates. They note J Pierpont Morgan’s system profits and a later bid to block voluntary reductions as commissions push for maintained high maximums while gold standard value rises. The piece warns taxpayers funded the commission yet see little relief and calls the action a perversion of the commission’s purpose.
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North Carolina
J. Pierpont Morgan
Southern Railroad System
Staboard Air Line
North Carolina Railroad Commission
Railroad Commissioners
South Carolina
Georgia
Railroad Commission
Seaboard
Pierpont Morgan
Seaboard Air Line
Commission
George Washington
Thomas Offri Sor
Andrew Jackson
James Polk
Bimonta
Tom Pratt
Mutt Quay
Nashville Sun
China
Helena
Iowa
Telluride
Colo
Journal
Learaing
National
Vicago Sentinel
Denver News
A Party Saving Machine
The People's party is described as a gigantic rescue station merging remnants of the Republican and Democratic parties. The piece criticizes "Goldbuggery" and questions the long life of this arrangement, urging open contest over life-saving tactics and warning of a renewed era of Democratic misrule.
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People’s Party
R Publican Party
Democratic Party
Goldbuggery
People's Party
Busi
Banks in North Carolina at close of business July 1896
Statement of the condition of banks in North Carolina at the close of business on July 1896. Compiled from official reports for The Progressive Farmer by J W Denar North Carolina State Treasury Department.
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J.W. Denar
North Carolina State Treasury Department
Populists and Alliances Shape North Carolina Politics
The piece argues Populists and Republican factions may form a coalition to control state affairs, with Populists offering most votes and influence while aiding Democratic and Goldbug Republicans. It recalls Hoke Smith’s contrast between prosperity talk and wage cuts, mocks Uncle Buck Kitchen, and predicts party realignments ahead of elections.
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J. W. Denmark
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Post Offee
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Weill
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Dream OF the Press
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Epesber
Cedartown
William J. Bryan
Missouri
Easton
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