Our Lamented President Polk Essay by Ella Pritchett
A heartfelt tribute from the Farmers' Alliance to President Polk praising his empathy for the poor and his Christian leadership. The piece lauds his honesty, tears he inspired, and urges members to imitate his virtues, perform their duties, and trust in a divine plan as they mourn his loss.
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Polk
Ella Pritchett
Alliance
L. L. Polk
Col. Polk
Wall Street
Col
Reform and Liberty Wake in Public Pulse Editorial
A verbose 19th century style editorial urges broad reform to curb monopolies and wealth inequality. It links tax burdens, pensions, tariffs, and corporate power to loss of liberty, calling for citizen activism, wiser laws, and a nationwide push for political integrity led by reform-minded politicians.
Probing Shifting Politics Amid Election Claims
A reader from Whitakers North Carolina questions a candidate about political positions and timing relative to the Chicago Convention. The letter raises trust issues with shifting stances and asks how voters can rely on such changes.
Wall Street power and anti option bill debate in Nation
A long critique argues Wall Street controls Congress and media, citing Henry Clews and bankers to claim the anti option bill faced defeat or delay. It prints bulletins and telegrams predicting constitutional battles, policy failure, and panic in markets, urging readers to doubt presidential independence from financiers.
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Wall Street
Gogues
Wall
New York City
United States
Henry Clews
Weekly Financial Review
Clews
Congress
Hiscock
U. S. Senate
Washington, D. C
Levi P. Morton
Morton, Rose & Co
London
England
New York
West
Missouri
United Taltes
Senate
America
the Republic
Washington
Voice of
Frances Cleveland Influence Club formed in New York
A 1892 statement announces the Frances Cleveland Influence Club created by mothers wives sisters and daughters of New York Democrats. It urges women to join in tax burden relief campaigns and promotes expanding influence clubs across states as part of the political strategy described by Mary Frost Ormsby and L B M.
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Frances-Cleveland
New York
Grover Cleveland
Deak Mapam
Mary Frost OrMsby
Frances Cleveland
Democratic Party
Wall Street
Patriotic Women of
North Carolina
Polk
Political Sides and Market Signals in Early State Commentary
The Mississippi Leader reflects on mortgage risks and party differences, likening them to hogs at a milk pail. It notes wheat prices fell after Harrison's nomination and suggests continued declines as grain dealer comments imply shifting demand and waste.
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Mississippi
Pomeroy
Harrison
Barton
People's party field day in Gaston County 1892
Stella Thompson reports in Gaston County that the People's party held a vigorous meeting with speakers Dr. W P Exum J B Bell Marion Butler and audience reactions. Butler allegedly outdueled Bell on tariff and pensions citing Henry Watterson and Cleveland records. The courthouse packed as Butler spoke nearly three hours and supporters reacted with enthusiasm.
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Stanley Creek
Gaston Co
N. C
Ephor
Gaston County
W. P. Exum
Bell
Marion Butler
Utler
Butler
D. Thompson
Lincoln quote on labor and capital in debt discourse
A quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln condemns government debt expansion before repayment as a grave crime against liberty. It argues that laws privileging capital over labor threaten freedom more than slavery once did, asserting labor’s supremacy and higher regard.
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Abraham Lincoln
Letter from Georgia in Eastonville Ga
A reader in Eastonville writes that Georgia politics are in flux with the People's party rising and Democrats on the run. Reform speakers tour the state while the force bill fades as empty talk. The writer condemns vote selling as unworthy of an American citizen and notes a strong reform movement taking shape.
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Bortor
Eratic
Alexander
Carr
Leazer
Branch
Holmes
Butler Gree Williams
Bedingfield
McGill’ Pyey
Lam
People's Party
Democratic National Pl
Aulander
Toiler
Treasury
Unis
Alliance
Gaetoion Nk Siar
Democratic Party
Eastonville
Borror
Georgia
Pery
Billery
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W. J. Bryant
Nebraska
Southern College
Posse
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Rascal
Patrick Henry
Henry Clay
Moses
Niagara
Mexical Sea
Sylvan
Evory Nekkend Ani Fale Dank
Ee meetLews
Hanny Clews
Senator West
Business Men of
L. P. Morton
N.C
Eortor
Oregon
Bryan Tyson
Berg
Ny Alliancemen
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