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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1880
Page
2
Attorney General McJunkin holds the measure cutting Supreme Court judges mileage and salary during their term of office unconstitutional, interpreting it as a salary reduction by the present assembly.
Crawford County Republicans plan a Grant delegation to the state convention. The move is seen as a compliment to J Fred Meyer for shaping public opinion. Across the Union Germans generally oppose Grant, while Meyers and his supporters appear to diverge from that view.
The Associated Press notes many Boston and New York merchants urged passage of a new bankrupt law in Washington, with many of the same men previously seeking repeal two years earlier.
A forthcoming action may equalize cereals between lake freights and rail freights from Chicago east. With lakes open, shippers await insurers who remain reluctant to underwrite lake freight policies.
In a Scribner piece, John Burroughs writes a controversial libel about the West, claiming the south is fierce and hot and the west windy. The piece points to political figures Weaver and Gillette and speculates on the Greenback party’s influence on Iowa politics and national rhetoric.
Joan Keller leads Tammany Hall against Tilden while John M. Palmer as a northwest favorite and Sanford E. Church in New York emerge as key Democratic figures. The New York Sun endorses Palmer for the West and Church for New York, with Palmer seen as beating Grant in Illinois Ohio and Indiana.
The New York Times and Chicago Tribune praised Hon. E. B. Washburne as a leading presidential possibility last week. They argue Grant is unlikely to be nominated and Washburne could be elected,though not the first choice of a party minority.
The New York Tribune argues Democrats in Congress have wasted three months with no significant legislation or sustained debate. They accuse the party of violent efforts to block action and praise for achieving nothing despite effort. The piece frames the conduct as failed governance under Democratic control.
Tammany leaders focus on a campaign life of Tilden to portray him as frauds from early days. An inside Tweed Ring history is promised to cast Tilden in a less favorable light, with electoral struggles secrets included. The prospectus is entertaining but likely to disappoint if it yields little new information.
The New York Tribune notes real estate strength as a sure sign of durable business prosperity. Retail expansion downtown and a brisk market for building lots and homes upstate indicate a healthy metropolis. California capitalists move to New York seeking stability away from Pacific Coast experiments.
The Chicago Tribune denounces Congress for over three months in session with no significant measures passed. It cites inaction on appropriation bills and the Mar shales Deficiency bill, calls Printing Office closure a failure, criticizes tariff inaction, and labels the Democratic Congress cowardly and ineffectual.
The western Republican criticizes the New York Democratic Sun for pushing preferred views. The paper likens its stance to forcing unwanted foods on geese, suggesting leaders like Mr. Conkling and his followers treat NY residents as easily steered.
The article argues the GOP must select a candidate most likely to win doubtful northern states, noting southern states are firmly aligned. It warns against Ulysses S. Grant leading the ticket and urges preemptive bruising of the rival as political battle approaches.
The lower House debated bills on negotiability of commercial paper and fraudulently obtained notes. Advocates argued the innocent purchaser doctrine harms swindlers, while opponents saw it as protection only for con artists. The piece suggests enacting a law to safeguard the public and innocent buyers.
The New York Herald argues that the debt burden demands congressional action this session. It faults the House for blocking Fernando Wood’s funding bill and calls for a sensible substitute or passage of any effective measure. It deplores the limited hearing given to Wood amid partisan contrast with Sunset Cox and Harr.
A Scribner March piece criticizes socialism as a disease of civilization undermining true science of society. It argues equality rhetoric erases merit, fuels demand for luxury, and notes only loss through taking wealth, with war as the inevitable consequence of socialist aims.
Luther Laken drilling near his residence at Lakin s Grove struck coal at about 100 feet while Peter Ryberg nearby found coal at about 80 feet. The reports reinforce the belief that inexhaustible coal beds underlie much of Hamilton County and promise future gains for the county coal interests.
The item is a corn stalk cutter offered in single and double row configurations by J Mitchell based in Nevada.
Secretary Sherman reports on pleuro pneumonia in cattle detailing its contagious nature incubation period and distinguishing symptoms. It argues against domestic de novo development urges strict quarantine vaccination bans and destruction of diseased stock and calls for a veterinary sanitary commission with federal funding and authority to isolate slaughter and compensate owners.
A Monona Gazette extraction argues hogs need tame pasture, especially clover, to prevent disease and poor growth. It notes hog pastures are scarce but profitable, and suggests sowing clover with timothy or barley, with fencing costs weighed against long term gains. Colonels Abernethy cited.
A Times editorial urges Democrats in the district to seek a strong candidate. It notes Webster Monona Story Kossuth and Emmet counties each contributed a representative over ten years and suggests Woodbury county could supply a challenger capable of closing a large Republican lead in a presidential election campaign.
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