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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
4
A Tribune opines that about a quarter million Pennsylvanians seek a Hanna McKinley dinner pail. It urges diligent campaigning until election day, noting workers can vote even as paupers. The piece criticizes silver advocates and urges followers to stop and investigate the Tribune as their light.
In Youngstown Ohio Mark Hanna argues that expansion anti trust and government by injunction miss the core issue. He contends laborers only need food and should not seek higher rights or broader thoughts than their stomach allows.
The Wreckard laments editors unable to balance politics for the wreckers of the country. It notes several hopefuls drifted toward favoring silver over restoration of silver, criticizing subsidized organs. It predicts Bryan’s election would hasten silver, while neighbors believe Bryan’s win means immediate silver restoration.
A Paris visitor notes the American display of agricultural implements stands alone at the exposition. He urges the Tribune to publish prices received for machines, compare with U S prices, subtract transport, and show how much more American farmers pay to undercut foreign competitors.
The eastern address by Theodore Roosevelt centers on silver as the paramount issue and warns of danger to the gold standard if McKinley loses. In Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana he avoids the financial topic, accusing some silver backers of being led into the gold party by deceit while others feign silver support.
In Pocatello Roosevelt argued the Short Line slope employs more men and pays better than in 1896. He noted panic era layoffs and wage cuts, but asserted recovery would restore off-scale pay. He warned Bryan supporters that westward resources and railway traffic demand workers, while coal miners in Nantucket cite low earnings and corporate stores as a reason for strikes.
Obituary tribute recounts William Choate born in Kentucky seventy three years ago who helped settle the Weiser Valley in 1862. The account traces his journey through Oregon and the frontier, noting his courage, leadership, and influence as the era shifted from wilderness to a settled community. The piece honors his memory and late life.
A heartfelt tribute honors Old Bill and his companion who risked themselves to save others. The speaker praises their courage, leadership, and sacrifice. The passage reflects on frontier life, reverence for those who forged paths, and gratitude for lives saved and steadfast fellowship.
A Salt Lake Tribune critique is challenged with a tirade alleging conspiracy to prolong working hardship. The letter cites Pennsylvania miners, wage disputes, longer hours, and deductions from pay, arguing that higher wages and shorter hours already exist elsewhere.
The text notes coal miners earning near zero now while earlier wages rose to two dollars per day in 1896, and claims men work for one dollar daily on Chicago streets. It discusses widespread labor scarcity from Nome to farming regions, reports 12 to 118? per month for farm work, references farm labor and farm wages, and criticizes Tribune reporting while mentioning 600 trusts formed in six months, many in New Jersey under Attorney General John W. Griggs.
The piece argues Lewiston’s Middle of the Bend invention is a weak GOP ally designed to pull populist votes from Bryan and Stevenson. It attacks war spending, treasury gold reserves, and Republican policies favoring a money power, urging readers to see producers as their own customers and blame Republicans for costs.
In the east the republicans push silver as the main issue and advocate the bimetallic standard as the Paramount plank. In the west they downplay silver and appeal to sentiment against “pulling down the flag.” Can sincere silver men be misled by this tactic.
The Statesman argues that national prosperity is not permanent and blames crop failures, famines, and world shortages for economic troubles. It refutes Bryan's predictions, claims good crops alone cannot explain prosperity, and asserts Republican policy bears no sole responsibility for the condition, citing recent remarks aboard a ship and public commentary.
The Salt Lake Tribune questions the replacement of greenbacks with silver backed currency and criticizes party-backed claims. It notes wartime hay orders for Philippines and accuses rival papers of reprinting old political statements, highlighting tensions over monetary policy and press rhetoric.
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