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October 5, 1894 | 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.
August 25, 1894 | 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.
October 14, 1894 | Newspaper
Thurston-Bryan Debate
Plans for the joint Thurston-Bryan debate proceed.
October 16, 1894 | Newspaper
Times Are Getting Better
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
August 30, 1894 | 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.
September 26, 1894 | 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.