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1896: William Mckinley
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This cover cartoon for the Harper’s Weekly issue reporting results of the 1896 Democratic National Convention gives a dire warning to voters. It portrays presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan on a silver coin as a mask for the evil intensions of Governor John Peter Altgeld of Illinois. “Repudiation” on Altgeld’s headband refers to the Democratic platform’s explicit rejection of “monometallism,” the use of one precious metal—gold—to give value to paper currency. Cartoonist W. A. Rogers, Harper's Weekly editor Carl Schurz, and other gold-standard supporters opposed free silver and similar inflationist monetary plans on the grounds that it would be detrimental to the national economy and, in turn, undermine social stability. However, they considered the Democratic promotion of free silver to be part of a more encompassing embrace of a radical agenda, signified in the cartoon by the torch labeled “anarchy”—a catchall term for socialism, communism, nihilism, or any type of political radicalism.
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By 5 p.m. the afternoon of September 15, 1896, nearly 50,000 people had gathered anxiously on a wide stretch of Texas prairie near Waco. Moments later, they watched two 35-ton locomotives, each pulling seven boxcars, collide head-on at a combined speed of 120 miles per hour. The publicity spectacular was staged at Crush, Texas, a short-lived town established just for the occasion. Organizer for the event (and namesake for the town) was William George Crush, a passenger agent for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, commonly known as "the Katy."
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The 1896 House "Barnside" Luxury Suites were created to anticipate your every need and to provide a unique and exceptional lodging option in Williamstown. All six suites have a ground floor entrance from an exterior wicker-filled country porch. They each provide one grand room, (many with 10 foot ceilings, 48 feet deep), with a king size bed, dining area, large living area, and a mantled gas fireplace. The romantic beds are all pillow topped, and most have canopies or 4 posts.
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The Republican nominating convention met in St. Louis in 1896. Marcus Hanna, the prominent Cleveland businessman and political operator, had lined up more than enough votes to assure the selection of William McKinley, the governor of Ohio and driving force behind the earlier McKinley Tariff. Thirty-four of the delegates walked out of the convention, refusing to accept the party's dedication to high protective tariffs and the gold standard. These Silver Republicans would later support the Democratic nominee. McKinley, despite having supported limited coinage of silver earlier in his career, adopted the party line.
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Almost 85% of eligible voters participated in the Election of 1896. The Populists joined with the Democratic Party. The "Populist Democrats" criticized territorial expansion and called for "free-sliver". They chose William Jennings Bryan as their candidate. The Republican Party, advocating Imperialist expansion and the gold standard chose William McKinley.
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(Burne Jones' inscribed copy of the 1896 Kelmscott Press edition), by Geoffrey Chaucer, ed. by Frederick Startridge Ellis... illust. by Edward Coley Burne-Jones and William Harcourt Hooper (frame- and Javascript-dependent page images at rarebookroom.org)
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