Word: moneyed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...election of Mr. Harrison means the carrying out of certain great principles necessary for the welfare of the country;-(a) It stands for honest elections:-(b) For honest money:-Uncompromising hostility to free silver:-Advocacy of a national, as opposed to a state issue of circulating notes:-(c) It stands for the maintenance of the American system of tariff for revenue and protection as opposed to the policy of tariff for revenue only:-(1) The attitude of the two great parties on the tariff question compared:-(2) The McKinley tariff in particular and its bearing on our economic policy...
...noteworthy features of presidential campaigns at the present day are the national committees and the campaign funds. The former bear the whole brunt of the battle and conduct the grand strategy of the campaign; the latter, since money, like water, seeks the lowest level, flood the doubtful states, and have become a source of sore trouble to the sober impulses of both parties...
...Peruvian station however with the clearest atmosphere in the world, there is a pressing need for an instrument of the most powerful order. In consequence of this Prof. Edward C. Pickering has edited an eloquent pamphlet, calling for $200,000 for the manufacture and establishment of a suitable telescope. Money donated for such an object could not fail to bring immediate results, and it is hoped that this way now opening for Harvard may soon be clear for the earning of highest honors at the hands of her professors in the study of astronomy...
...oldest civilizations is rarer still. We may tonight expect from Dr. Peters an account of his heroic and successful struggle against many odds, and of the valuable discoveries which he made in the temple of Bel at Niffer. His success in raising a large sum of money for the expedition, in overcoming diplomatic and other difficulties, and in securing for America a large portion of the clay books dug by him from a Babylonian building which has been a ruin for thousands of years, entitles him to eminent recognition. The hall in Jefferson Laboratory ought to be crowded this evening...
...Democratic party has been the party of unsound money since the war. While the Republican act of 1890 undoubtedly provides for a too great purchase of silver, it must not be forgotten that it was a compromise measure, and as a stoppage act it accomplished its purpose...