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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
2
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The Times-Herald backs McKinley for president and Altgeld for Illinois governor while discussing jury law changes and hats in Ohio. Iowa races feature E. D. Chastel for Secretary of State as Marshalltown seeks the next Republican state convention, urging fair access for distant spectators and regional balance.
The piece argues against a Fort Des Moines appropriation, calling it unnecessary and wasteful. It criticizes military spending by lawmakers as self serving and urges defense improvements on the coast and borders rather than central Iowa.
In a rousing call the author backs William McKinley as the ideal 1892 leader over Reed Allison and Morton, arguing the nation needs patriotism, virtue, and a strong, capable statesman to restore prosperity, trust, and national strength. The piece praises McKinley’s public and private character and his Americanism over mere party advantage.
The piece argues that the Favorite Son and State Rights ideologies threaten the republic, contrasting Andrew Jackson’s threats against Calhoun with Civil War era secession, urging national unity over state-centric pride. It denounces narrow Iowa Favorite Son notions, praising a united nation from ocean to ocean and stressing the dangers to the Constitution and public welfare.
Des Moines reports the March 14 convention crowd swelling hotel capacity as the Allison faction gains momentum toward the St. Louis 1896 Republican Nomination. It notes Spaulding’s embezzlement case, legislative activity, and debates over prison funding public warehouses and education reforms amid state news and new science on photography from sunbeams.
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