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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1892
Page
2
The piece surveys party platforms on coinage and currency, noting free coinage opposition and calls for gold silver standard. It recounts the Homestead labor conflict near Pittsburgh with Frick wage cuts, Pinkerton clashes, and property damage. It mentions county conventions, delegates, and planned political actions amid turmoil.
The Progressive Farmer critiques the pension act aiming to raise the pension list to 200 million or 3.85 per head yearly. It accuses Democrats of hypocrisy, calling Grover Cleveland a pension grabber. The Farmer notes the party line, while local races show Crawford renominated by Democrats in Ninth District and Pritchard and Little in Republican considerations. The New York Sun endorses liberty and white government over a force bill backed by Benjamin Harrison.
A secret meeting of anarchists in Chiesyvor urged members to ponder before voting the Republican ticket. Gastonia reported a $5,000 fee. The State Chronicle employs a news girl. There are 250 orphans at the Oxford Asylum. Rail officials order new steel rails for the Murphy branch of the WNRR. Burgiry was elected president and G B Webb secretary of the Tobacco Association at Morehead on the 6th. The unusual VP candidate name appears in Chronicles 27 29 per the Taylorsville Index. George Pollard of Linville township Burke county was found unconscious and died at home after a suspected epidemic bite. Congress reports a shake or epidemic bite suspected as cause. Tron Alexander is said to be standing on the State and National Democratic platform and waiting in the rain for the second term.
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