22 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1896
Page
1
The piece argues Hon H F I Bartine, long a silver advocate, abandoned the Republican Party when it opposed free coinage. It cites the National Silverist piece with editorial headed by Bartine and praises Bartine’s shift to supporting Bryan and Sewall for free coinage. It compares Bartine to Teller and Virginian City conventions, noting his belief in national prosperity over party.
Senor Romero, Mexico's minister at Washington, asserts that Mexican workers produce far less per hour than American or European laborers. He cites a Mexican bricklayer working eleven hours producing about 500 bricks versus 2,000–2,500 bricks in the United States, and claims Mexican wages at five times less value for similar effort. He concludes American wages should be three to five times Mexican wages based on productivity ratios.
The Populists Democrats and Free Silver Republicans of Washington form a united ticket for Bryan. The state’s 1892 votes showed Cleveland 29,8023 Harrison 36,460 Weaver 19,165 and Biwell 2,642. Nevada factions vie, but true free coinage advocates unite as the majority support Bryan.
The Gazette notes J. F. Condon of Verdi clings to Republican principles but does not specify if he supports the Virginia City May 9 1896 declaration for free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 or the St. Louis June 16 1896 declaration against free coinage and in favor of the gold standard. It mentions two kinds of Republicans in Nevada silver adherents and gold adherents and the division within the party.
The Silver Knight proclaims the campaign hinge is money power versus the people. It accuses Wall Street banks of starving the country of funds and silencing silver literature to sway votes. It warns voters to resist a purchase of human rights by rich financiers and defend American liberty against European gold.
A circular sent to railroad and express company employees promotes Dudley Evans and the gold standard. The note cites the New York Tribune and New York Sun as supporting Evans, a former Democrat and Confederate colonel, who favors Cleveland's policy and will back McKinley. The piece accuses McKinley supporters of using railroad influence to claim the Silver party is controlled by rail interests. The railroad group opposes Bryan on the funding bill.
Two leading McKinley papers dispatch explanations to railroad and express men outlining why Bryan should be defeated. The gold standard faction asserts railroads back McKinley, while Bryan denounces concessions to railroads. Aims to expose alleged silver-debt ploy used by opponents.
The article recalls Lincoln Garfield and Blaine supporting bi metal coinage at 16 to 1 and opposing a gold standard. It contrasts their views with current Republican stance under Hanna, noting advocates are branded anarchists and some Republicans bow to Hanna instead of the prior statesmen.
The passage notes multiple seven related hints including W. J. Bryan's name length seven letters and a Clifton House room numbered seven. It concludes with the word elected, suggesting a predicted Bryan win based on these sevenfold clues.
A roundup of brief items includes a Chico hotel fire causing under 6000 dollars in damage, party agreement nominations, Democratic National Committee plans with Chicago headquarters, multiple bank failures and a San Angeles Texas bank closure, Columbus campaign kickoff, factory shutdowns for labor events, speeches by Sherman and Foraker, a Chesapeake & Ohio train wreck injuring a baggage master, a Cleveland strike clash with shootings, the Southern Pacific engine George W Cornwall funeral with multiple claimed widows, Oceanic and William Chisholm collision on Lake St Clair, coal and ore cargo losses, and rail accidents at Ford Hill Ohio with fatalities and injuries, plus Napa insolvency notes.
Maxwell faced a $1600 charge and was found guilty of perjury after the Notary testified Maxwell signed the paper in his absence and was not sworn. A Lima area oil blaze involved a 36,000 barrel tank at Kempar with three adjacent tanks catching fire. Standard Oil owns the property and 300 men worked to build embankments to block spread. Judge Dorn ruled Hollister Grand Jury illegal for improper township composition. Ex-Treasurer Montgomery faced six indictments for malfeasance as the jury questioned Grand Jury legality.
A multi-city dispatch describes crowds greeting William Jennings Bryan and party. In Yonkers he and Mrs Bryan boarded a day boat to Poughkeepsie, with cheers and a brief public bow. Distant stops include Towns like Pouameresitr and Tivoli as well as a quake report from Visalia.
President Cleveland to receive Li Hung Chang on the 31st. McKinley campaign stance disputed by Hanna. Cochran mobilizes gold standard support across Maine Michigan Illinois Ohio and Virginia. Joe Gregory murder trial opens in Weaverville California. Idaho’s Shoup loses counties to Dubois silver ticket. Lord Salisbury eyes arbitration Venezuelan dispute. Charles Nelson kills wife in Chicago and wounds daughter. Baptista services ignite fatal fire at Flint county Kentucky killing nine. California court enjoins patent ventilator case. Beachville Hotel safe blast robs guests of cash checks and jewelry. watchman chloroformed. Wheaton reports troop dispositions intended to intercept threat.
Long feature notes Elko as the principal town in eastern Nevada with growth in industry housing and services. It highlights electric light, banking, hotels, a new high school, and improved telephony, plus political shifts with Silver party leaders and local newspapers shaping the county’s 1895 landscape.
Justice Bigelow of the Nevada Supreme Court reports organizing two Republican clubs in Carson City with 283 members. He says the State Committee lost only two members over the St Louis platform and McKinley men were elected. he is making stump speeches across the state.
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