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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1896
Page
2
Thursday issue details for Story County Ames Iowa with subscription price listed as 1.00 per year payable in advance.
The Atlanta Journal reportedly backs Hoke Smith stepping down from his cabinet post amid a clash over a voided cigarette law. The Ames and Nevada scenes discuss McKinley clubs, tariff policy, and monety debates, while a fatal train accident near Belle Plaine claims Brakeman A. E. Green, with funeral planned in Boone.
A private Ames note reports butter selling for 16 cents in New York, matching the half cent above price in local creameries and suggesting Iowa dairy school methods yield real gains.
Eugene V. Debs argues in Pittsburg that big strikes are past and the labor movement should advance through education. He says workers should study economics to understand why strikes do not solve industrial evils.
Press voices sharp objections to state fair officials plan for a railway collision exhibit. Col. Eibeck of the Anzeiter suggests skipping the $3,000 display and instead hiring a populist and a Bryan 16 to 1 silverite to stage a mock combat for cheaper, more entertaining spectacle.
Commentary notes Populist hesitation at endorsing Bryan while stressing principle over party. It cites Chicago platform ties and Democratic nominee links. Also reports Judge Sanborn voiding anti cigarette law and Watson stance on nomination with Sewall potential withdrawal.
Times Republican notes with other editors that English commentators severe on Bryan and populism condemn free silver. Labor leaders view Chicago and St. Louis outcomes with disgust, warning workers would be first harmed and slowest to recover from upheaval, predicting wage earners face catastrophe.
J B Romans of Denison appears set to face J P Dolliver in the congressional contest. Romans, a wealthy hardware man, supports free coinage of silver and is expected to be nominated by Democrats and endorsed by Populists. The district has previously given Dolliver large margins, but over 2,500 Republicans favor Romans’ free silver stance and may vote accordingly.
The piece mocks attacks in G A R circles and argues for balanced coverage of politics. It rejects partisan bitterness and welcomes Republicans and Democrats to use the columns within reasonable limits while condemning slogans and abusive language.
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