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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
2
The American crowd swelled to about 40 000 as William Jennings Bryan spoke in multiple Ohio towns urging opposition to a gold standard and warning that global gold domination would lower wages and crush living standards. He appealed to farmers and workers, framed bimetallism versus gold, and urged voters to resist party managers and support monetary flexibility.
A crowd in a high school square hears William Jennings Bryan defend free coinage and condemn the gold standard. He argues farmers, laborers, and small business need monetary reform and warns against money changers and bankers influencing policy. Bryan vows to support constitutional limits and urges independence from party over country. He campaigns in Findlay and Toledo, urging voters to think for themselves.
Sept 3 in Kenton O reveals a crowd roared for the Democratic candidate. Shouts filled the air as Bryan backers praised their nominee while denouncing opponents. A marching band played as supporters claimed rivals claimed to be friends of the party.
In Carthage on Sept 3, local politics debate currency questions while Sunday school workers, led by farmer Tenace HK McBurney, study next Sunday’s lesson on the temple story. The narrative links church authority to belief authenticity as discussions unfold about King David and a quest for bread and silver at 1 to 1.
A report on Ta Hung Chang, visiting New York, denounces the Chinese exclusion act as unfair while praising Chinese capital in China. He discusses American investment, stresses Chinese sovereignty over railways, and outlines a cordial tour including Brooklyn Navy Yard, Prospect Park, and receptions with Mayor Strong and Governor Morton.
Vermont Canton Sept 2 reports Maj McKinley flooded with mail and telegrams after Columbus trip. Heavy volume surpasses prior efforts as supporters rush to acknowledge acceptance letters. Telegrams flow on Vermont poll results seen as index for November, with many GOP figures predicting a strong landslide and rapid mobilization.
New York Sept one of the staunchest supporters of Bryan in this city is Gerrit Smith Stanton son of Elizabeth Cady Stanton the suffrage advocate Stanton is a longtime Republican and estate agent who now backs Bryan as an anti monopolist and a bimetallist He believes rail way manipulators seek to defeat Bryan and argues a majority of voters in America favor a candidate who stands against concentrated power.
In Cleveland on Lake avenue, Mare Hanna's 18 year old daughter rides a spirited hay horse daily. She wears riding breeches and a color suit, hair tied high, with a red necktie, causing onlookers to mistake her for a boy at a quick trot.
Washington reports the Republican campaign labels claim honest money and a chance to earn it, printed under the presidential candidate’s signature with a quote attributed to McKinley before his nomination. The labels are distributed to grocers and merchants to place on merchandise, aiming to persuade the public nationwide.
New York officials consider a proposal by the Knelppers a barefoot sect advocating hygienic benefits from walking barefoot on wet Central Park grass before sunrise and after sunset. The park board granted a one week trial on the North Meadow to test effects, with potential relocation if results are weak.
New York report says James J. Corbett met Sharkey manager W J Lynch. Sharkey and Fitzsiiomons, once expected to meet, were not aboard in Chicago and the exact meeting place remains unknown. W Wheelock, for Dar Stuart of Texas, says he is not connected with any arrangement for a Corbett Sharkey bout near New York City.
Hartford September 3 at the Republican convention Charles Phetpe of Rockville was nominated for secretary of state by acclamation CW Grosvenor of fret was nominated for treasurer and B Mead for comptroller.
Senator Teller’s foes spread a claim that McKinley supported US silver coinage, but the letter from McKinley’s camp, dated August 27, denies any time when free coinage of the American product could pass Congress. The reply asserts no president would sign such a bill and McKinley remains unfriendly to silver legislation.
The Women’s Progressive Folition League held a picnic at Ocie yesterday afternoon and began a fund to erect a monument to Harriet Beecher Stowe in Washington. Mrs Otis led a dozen ladies who contributed at once as the club plans to build a substantial fund and support the project. The event followed a program, with Mrs Otis proposing the memorial drive after it concluded.
The Burlington Route promotes travel to Chicago and St Louis with an express, eastbound service described as a fast festivaled train. An official ticket agent notes seats and seating arrangements, touting the “Vestibuled Gimbea” and comfortable cars for travelers. The piece also mentions a pardon recommendation from the state board of pardons for Winters, who served time in a Chautauqua County penitentiary.
A fragmented advertisement praises Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething and diarrhoea with claims of pain relief and wind colic, plus Peerless Sham Laundry collars and Aver s Cathartic Pills. It also notes a hair loss remedy claiming to prevent baldness and greyness with Bi Hair Rejuvenator.
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