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  • | Newspaper

    [Untitled] Today is the date arranged by Mr. Bryan. . .

    The Republican State Journal ridicules Bryan's Populist-Democratic fusion as an unlikely alliance and a fantasy.

  • | Newspaper

    [Untitled] That there is a big pot of money

    Calling the opposition "pops," a diminutive term to dismiss and criticize the Populists and any of their allies, the Republican newspaper in Lincoln, Nebraska, criticizes Bryan's efforts to campaign for money reform as hypocritical and self-serving.

  • | Newspaper

    Times Are Getting Better

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Newspaper

    Thurston-Bryan Debate

    Plans for the joint Thurston-Bryan debate proceed.

  • | Newspaper

    Thurston on Bryan

    Republican U.S. Senate candidate John M. Thurston campaigned at local party club meetings across the state in 1894, poking fun of the turbulence in the Democratic and Populist opposition and of his opponent, William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Newspaper

    Thurston Is Conservative

    In the era before direct election of senators, candidates often stood unofficially for a period of time, and in 1894 John Thurston was not officially nominated by the Republican Party with a platform. His standing was as a citizen and a party member. Bryan hopes to force Thurston's views into the open and directly challenge him, but the editor of the Bee and other Republicans consider these offers little more than political posturing.

  • | Newspaper

    Three of a Kind

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Newspaper

    They'll Fight

    William Jennings Bryan's World Herald calls attention to the demands of workers and the situation evolving around the Union Pacific receivership.

  • | Newspaper

    The Tactics of Young Billy

    The Republican State Journal calls attention to Bryan's tactics within the Democratic Party, emphasizing his inability to compromise, his miscalculation of the Populist strength, and his failure to mend fences with the administration Democrats.

  • | Newspaper

    The Political Pot

    Bryan's World Herald reports on the endorsements of labor organizations.

  • | Newspaper

    The Political Pot

    Bryan's World Herald publishes information on Bryan's next speeches and appearances, as well as reminds voters that the only way for Bryan to be elected Senator is for Democrats to elect Democratic representatives to the legislature.

  • | Newspaper

    The Oratory Opens

    Thurston campaigns in York before large crowds and presents the Republican message in 1894 on money, trade, and labor.

  • | Newspaper

    The New Anti-Trust Law

    Republican editor Edward Rosewater accuses the Democratic Congress and Democratic candidates of attempting to gain political advantages from passing an "anti-trust" piece of legislation. He also criticizes the Democratic administration for failure to enforce anti-trust acts.

  • | Newspaper

    The Guardian Angel of Trusts and Monopolies

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Newspaper

    The Avalanche

    The Republican State Journal celebrates the Republican victory in the November 1894 state and Congressional elections.

  • | Newspaper

    Strikes Have Their Uses

    The Bryan-Thurston Senate race took place in the context of a massive strike by Pullman car and railroad workers in the summer of 1894. Both men vied for the support of workingmen.

  • | Newspaper

    Silas

    The Nebraska State Journal ridicules Bryan for his attractive looks and youth, and sarcastically dismisses Populist-Democractic gubernatorial candidate Silas Holcomb as a local loan shark. The paper also prints a humorous poem mocking Bryan.

  • | Illustration

    Save Nebraska From Confederated Monopoly

    In 1894, Democrat William Jennings Bryan ran against Republican John M. Thurston for Nebraska's open seat in the United States Senate. During the race, the Omaha Bee, a Republican reform paper, campaigned against the Burlington & Missouri Railroad as an especially nefarious force endangering the republic. In this political cartoon, Editor Edward Rosewater broadened the paper's attack to include all monopolies.

  • | Newspaper

    Rough on Administration Democrats

    Bryan's World Herald warns Democrats that Republican efforts to peel off conservative Cleveland, gold bug Democrats will end in Republican advantage.

  • | Newspaper

    Representing the People

    Conservative Republicans organized "Business Men's Associations" in the 1894 campaign to fund and support Republican candidates, elect John M. Thurston, and defeat William Jennings Bryan. These associations spawned considerable political debate about the role of business in politics.