Depew and Chandler Debate Trust Power in Republican Rhetoric
Percy Pepoon outlines how Chauncey Depew once warned against trusts while aligning with railroad interests. The piece argues Depew now serves the moneyed monopolies and that Chandler’s stance exposes hypocrisy as trusts dominate the party ahead of 1900.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Chauncey Depew
United States Senate
Chandler
Mr. Depew
Republican Party
Depew
Senator Chandler
Railroad Trust
Senator Depew
Percy Pepoon
Army commissions lure thousands after hard times
The Silver Knight-Watchman questions why twenty thousand seek second lieutenant posts and sixty thousand seek volunteer commissions. The essay argues the only real lure is salary as taxes rise and profits fall, with advancement unlikely and peace era ideals fading.
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McKinley
Congress
White House
War Department
Washington
Capitol
West Point
Talk on Republics The Teachings of History Reviewed
N O Nelson argues republics vary from despotic within to truly representative, praising Switzerland and criticizing autocratic power. He envisions a future republic focused on welfare, public services, and equal access, with government as servant not master. The piece adds New Zealand rail details from 1863 to 1893 and notes state ownership and profits funding federal taxes.
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New Republic
N. O. Nelson
St. Louis
Switzerland
Mexico
England
House of Lords
Florence
Lorenzo
Republic
Greece
Washington
Jefferson
Hamilton
New Zealand
United States
Telephone
Express
Southern Mercury
Traveling companion ad swindler exposed in Chicago
F. A. Punshon alias Frank Robinson, a 49 year old con artist, admitted to steering women into a Europe trip scam for security money. He claimed years in prison and described his victim pool from ages 16 to 70. Police recall an earlier Chicago case and a 1884 murder linked to Augusta Lucknow, with Punshon once jailed in Janesville.
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F. A. Punshon
Frank Robinson
Fiftieth Street
Chicago
Punshon
Indiana Avenue
Europe
United States
England
Wisconsin
Illinois
Green Bay
Wis
Joliet
Janesville
Rock County
Augusta Lucknow
State
Nebraska tragedy ends in double death near Endicott
Bert Grandy shot Clyde Cole after a dispute over Betty Rickey in Endicott Nebraska. Grandy fled, then killed himself near Diller as bloodhounds closed in. Miss Rickey, sixteen, was the focal point of the love triangle. Senator Hoar is noted as an enthusiastic whist player.
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Bert Grandy
Clyde Cole
Endicott
Neb
Betty Rickey
Grandy
Diller
Cole
Bertie Rickey
Miss Rickey
Beatrice
Fairbury
Hanover
Kan
Young Grandy
Rickey
Big Horn
Senator Hoar
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Chauncey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vanderbilt
New Hampshire
Cuba
Porto Rico
Miss Lucknow
Rock River
Elgin
Speaker Reed
Frank A. Punshon
Nebraska
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