I. Protecting Big BusinessII. Battle Of Standards And The 96 Election1894- 1400 strikes greatest number of strike in one yearCleveland had no response- but just used violence to squash their protestsConservative CourtSupreme court 1895 strengthen bond between business and governmentPullman Strike- Injunctions became a major weapon for the courtsCleveland: Corporate PuppetCallous treatment of strikersSilver Democrats condemned Cleveland for giving in to public interestConsequencesCleveland sucked at financialBorrowed money from Wall Street- benefitted big bankersSeemed that Cleveland voters made the party payGovernments unpopular actions- depression-alienated farmers and workersIn election of 94 Democrats lost the greatest number of seats in American historyPopulist made huge gains in the SouthRepublicans gained control of Congress and state across the north and the westAll 3 parties began planning for the presidential election of 96BATTLE OF STANDARDS AND THE 96 ELECTIONMany Southern and Western Democrats wanted to distance themselves from ClevelandWilliam McKinly Gov of OHIO appeared as a frontrunnerHigh tariff platformEndorsed the gold standardPrompting several western siver repubs to leave partyDemo Convention- supporters of the gold started learned that they were a minorityBryan and SilveritesRepudiated ClevelandIncome taxTighter regulation of railroadsSounded like the PopulistWiliam Jennings Bryan gave a speech and nominated- DEMOPopulists PredicamentUndercut their votes by Demos because Demos modified their platformBryan encouraged them to support himLosing the identity that they so strived to achieveReluctantly endorsed Bryan for PresidentMoney and the MediaStandard oil gave 250,000 toMcKinley used these funds to organize shifted emphasis from parades to information250 million campaign documetsRepublicans were aided by an actual press that were so sympathetic to McKinleys position distorted their news stories to Bryans disadvantageOratory’s LimitationsSpoke hundreds of timesMoney versus SpeakingBunch of votersMcKinley got East and the MidwestBryan got the South and some of the plain states1896 FalloutDemocrats disenfranchisement lawsSilver Tide in the West got a bunch of populists in West1897 Populist dissolveHistorical IroniesMcKinley plunged into presidency- tariff protection sound money and overseas expansionShape public opinionActually went to Congress and made speechesFirst Modern PresidentPromised prosperity and it returned not because for the record high tariffsCurrency Act of 1900- established the gold standardMonetary inflationNew gold deposits in AlaskaNe inflation was massively greater with gold than it was with silverHIST 106 2nd Edition Lecture 11Outline of Last Lecture I. ContextII. Encountering exotic culturesIII. Initial imperialist venturesIV. The Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino war of 18989V. Critics of American imperialismOutline of Current LectureI. Protecting Big BusinessII. Battle Of Standards And The 96 ElectionCurrent LecturePROTECTING BIG BUSINESS- 1894- 1400 strikes greatest number of strike in one year- Cleveland had no response- but just used violence to squash their protests- Conservative Courto Supreme court 1895 strengthen bond between business and governmento Pullman Strike- Injunctions became a major weapon for the courts - Cleveland: Corporate Puppeto Callous treatment of strikers o Silver Democrats condemned Cleveland for giving in to public interest- Consequenceso Cleveland sucked at financial o Borrowed money from Wall Street- benefitted big bankerso Seemed that Cleveland voters made the party payo Governments unpopular actions- depression-alienated farmers and workerso In election of 94 Democrats lost the greatest number of seats in American historyo Populist made huge gains in the South o Republicans gained control of Congress and state across the north and the westo All 3 parties began planning for the presidential election of 96BATTLE OF STANDARDS AND THE 96 ELECTION- Many Southern and Western Democrats wanted to distance themselves from Cleveland- William McKinly Gov of OHIO appeared as a frontrunnero High tariff platformo Endorsed the gold standardo Prompting several western siver repubs to leave partyo Demo Convention- supporters of the gold started learned that they were a minority- Bryan and Silveriteso Repudiated Clevelando Income taxo Tighter regulation of railroads o Sounded like the Populisto Wiliam Jennings Bryan gave a speech and nominated- DEMO- Populists Predicamento Undercut their votes by Demos because Demos modified their platformo Bryan encouraged them to support himo Losing the identity that they so strived to achieveo Reluctantly endorsed Bryan for President- Money and the Mediao Standard oil gave 250,000 to o McKinley used these funds to organize shifted emphasis from parades to informationo 250 million campaign documetso Republicans were aided by an actual press that were so sympathetic to McKinleys position distorted their news stories to Bryans disadvantage- Oratory’s Limitationso Spoke hundreds of times o Money versus Speakingo Bunch of voterso McKinley got East and the Midwesto Bryan got the South and some of the plain states- 1896 Fallouto Democrats disenfranchisement laws o Silver Tide in the West got a bunch of populists in Westo 1897 Populist dissolve- Historical Ironieso McKinley plunged into presidency- tariff protection sound money and overseas expansiono Shape public opiniono Actually went to Congress and made speecheso First Modern Presidento Promised prosperity and it returned not because for the record high tariffso Currency Act of 1900- established the gold standardo Monetary inflation o New gold deposits in Alaska o Ne inflation was massively greater with gold than it was with silver Easily won reelection beating WJB
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