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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1896
Page
4
The State Journal offers weekly and daily editions with carrier delivery and mail options. It lists prices for three months and one year, notes permanent home at Topeka State Journal Building, and provides mailing addresses and files access for advertisements and readers.
The Topeka Daily State Journal has distanced all competitors with a leading circulation. No Topeka or Kansas daily paper matches its growth in the first six months of 1899 ending June 30, 1900.
The Post argues against turning churches into campaign venues and warns that political preaching pollutes religion. It cites a New York sermon that sparked anger and notes Zion’s Herald symposium urging careful ministerial conduct. Debate continues on whether gospel teaching should address political and economic issues without pandering to campaigns.
The Kansas City Star reports Tom Watson aims to defeat Bryan by pushing a separate Populist electoral ticket in Kansas. Watson’s Kansas campaign stance, while favoring free coinage, could tip Kansas to McKinley and hamper Bryan’s overall bid.
The text argues some backers desire Bryan's defeat and see Watson as an instrument of that aim. It suggests Watson may be driven by selfish ambition, risking harm to the party, and calls for a figure who can influence him to avert this danger.
Debate over the Debs strike centers on a factual question of who blocked mail trains. The president ruled strikers obstructed transit, while strikers and rail officials dispute the outcome and call for a different exercise of authority. The issue hinges on who was at fault, not on theory or law.
New York Sept 14 former mayor Hewitt states he will vote for McKinley and Hobart, condemning the Chicago platform as destructive to American interests. He favors MeKinley to beat Bryan, sees little merit in third tickets, and cites business stagnation from lack of confidence and a divide over capital and labor. Hewitt, president of the New Jersey Steel and Iron Co, comments on industry cuts and market uncertainty.
Bt Paul September 14. A Dutch owned bank with Minnesota farm loans suspends new lending due to European silver panic. Directors will await further developments and accept loan applications up to 100000 dollars after McKinsey election. repayments remain in gold. Also notes an ocean race from Frisco and a teachers meeting schedule.
Mrs Chapman Catt and Rev Anna Shaw addressed a California suffrage gathering in Golden Hall San Francisco on September 14 praising Colorado and Wyoming victories and predicting California and Idaho will grant the franchise this fall They urged action and highlighted international impact of the movement.
William C. Whitney, Department Commander, answers Kansas City Times criticism of Miss Herrell’s dismissal. He states promissory claims were false, notes Topeka Journal involvement, and asserts Adjutant General Niles acted within legal rights. He confirms Miss Herrell had no special claim to the office and that her services were not required. Topeka, Sept. 14.
In Kansas City and Jackson county, J A Nef wins a landslide for the congressional nomination, carrying all wards except first, while van Horn and MeCoy win key wards. Nef secures major support from wards three through ten, signaling easy convention nomination.
Colorado Springs report outlines J H Budd recounting Iowa campaign activity. He cites 680 letters from precincts to Des Moines, silver Republicans forming Bryan Sewall clubs, predicting a 30,000 vote margin for Bryan. Also notes a Bishop Millypaugh prayer urging prudent leadership and protection of rights.
Dr J Sidney Hunt, eminent Queensland physician and longtime Brisbane board of health member, arrived in San Francisco on Sept 14. Sent by the Queensland government to investigate Texas fever affecting cattle on Wig ranches in northern Queensland.
The Picayune reports from Chica bar Chairman Hanna of the Republican National Committee rejects recognizing a white ticket in Louisiana arguing the committee won’t draw a color line. A readjustment is urged to unite Republicans and electors, or the state organization risks nonrecognition. Colored voters may gain representation, with potential fusion of Republicans, sound money Democrats, and Populists.
Three intoxicated men, G W Gayden, John McCoy, and an older man named Hanks, created a disturbance on Monroe Street during Sunday services. They fired shots toward a crowd near Ninth and Monroe, moved toward the old tower at Fourteenth and Quincy, fought in a tree, and Gayden was later arrested after a clash that left him with an injured eye while McCoy and Hanks fled. Police hunt ongoing. Gayden to face police court this afternoon.
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