Free Silver and Unrest in Minnesota prop up by editors
A political diatribe claims free coinage of silver is essential and criticizes gold standard policies. It denounces tramps and hobos flooding Minnesota, urges police to move them out, and predicts national unrest from monetary policy. The piece quotes J D Cameron on restoring industry and reducing class tension, arguing the gold standard harms labor and agriculture.
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Pioneer Press
Minnesota
Ress
America
Republic
South America
Aia
India
London
J. D. Cameron
Pennsylvania
Republican League
Republican Party
Dakota
Kansas
Organized Labor, Banking, and Debt in Congress Debate
The piece argues that organized labor counters corporate power, condemns bankers and financiers, and warns that Congress may retire greenbacks for national bank notes. It notes potential passage of a national money system and the resulting financial evils, urging action by laborers facing poverty and crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Argument Over Subsidized Press Prompts Old Warnings
A speaker laments subsidies and presses claims a costly error harmed the goose that laid the golden egg. The critic notes many claimants opposed to prosperity while a poem about a future good time is mocked as always delayed under Democratic leadership with Grover at the helm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Grover
Railroad Chief Refuses Bozeman Division Move
General Manager Kendrick of the Northern Pacific railroad refused to grant any request from the Bozeman committee to move the division from Bozeman to Logan. No encouragement was given and work has resumed at Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendrick
Northern Pacific Railroad
Bozeman
St. Paul
Logan
Northern Pacific Land Grants Fueled Big Rail Growth
The Northern Pacific railroad received 47 million acres in land grants and has earned 38 million from sales to date. The line operates 5,419 miles of track with 399 passenger cars 14,929 freight cars and 552 locomotives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific Railroad
Senator Gorman at Home Impresses Enthusiastic Interviewer
The article notes Gor man excels at home and hints that Maryland voters may mobilize to keep him at his best. It also reports the Grand Army found many arms at Louisville, described as loving ones.
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Gorman
Maryland
Mr.orman
Grand Army
Louisville
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the Townsend
Townsend
J. BR. Stout
G. G. Watt
Minnesota “Hobos
Patr
F. P. Corbett
Burlington
Ellensburg
Wash
Omaha
St. Joseph
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Com’l, Agt
Billings, Montana
WE. Tierary
General Merchandise
Baxter
Montana
Nick Hoffman
Alex. C. Carson
Harness and Saddles
And
W. C. Pierce
Northern Pacific
Peter J. Meloy
Stuart & Co
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