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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1896
Page
8
The column surveys state politics with notes on President Harrison, bimetalism, and divorce headlines. It forecasts a business legislature, Chicago as a Democratic convention site, and calls for quicker lawmaking. It criticizes the Wilson tariff and discusses health authorities seeking birth, death, and marriage reporting compliance.
The column notes Col Ingersol visiting a Kalamazoo church with no creed and modern facilities. It quotes him joking he would join if the members allowed him. It also covers calls for city improvements and retrenchment alongside debates on franchise value and electric lighting funding.
A magazine-like column urges popularizing politics to curb corruption in Chicago and praises reform, calls for caucuses and conventions, and notes Iowa readers await Hon. James Harlan's Midland Monthly piece on The Soldiers Monument. It also critiques Armenian taxation and municipal water issues in Duluth.
Ft Dodge Messenger reports South Carolina whiskey profits reaching 210000 to date with 300000 expected this year, new district views on GOP delegates to the National Convention, and editorials urging fit delegates. It cites Hoard’s Dairyman on butter use, Des Moines Capital on Iowa bank bond purchases, and a dairy law reform bill with licenses and veterinarians. It closes with Cuban leaders’ internal quarrels risking Cuba’s cause.
The Ames Times notes Wm. O. Payne of Story county is a top informed figure for national politics and likely to be a strong delegate presence in the Seventh district convention. Although not an orator, his credentials as a speaker and working congressman make him a standout choice for Iowa's delegation, with speculation he could be a nomination if he runs.
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