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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1884
Page
2
The Chicago Journal reports the next House will stand 177 Democrats to 148 Republicans, a Republican gain of 29 members. In Iowa districts, Speaker Carlisle’s tariff stance during the campaign produced unusually strong Republican gains.
The Keystone State reports an official majority of 80 538 in favor of the candidate born and bred within its borders, answering slanders from mugwumps.
Among Republican returns to the New York Assembly is Rev. William H. Olin the Prohibition Amendment author. The St John faction is cited as having attempted to defeat Mr. Olin as proof of their folly or insincerity.
Democratic Representative William A. Duncan of the Nineteenth Pennsylvania district, long ill at re election, died at his Gettysburg home last week. Known as Coughin Bill, he was a cousin of the INTELLIGENCER editor and remembered as a genial man who inherited the illness from his maternal line.
Report notes 1400 Republican ballots in Cleveland thrown out and 1700 Butler votes counted for Cleveland while hundreds of fraudulent Democratic votes were cast in Kings and Westchester Counties. Blaine won the presidency but was allegedly defrauded by reform Democrats and mugwumps.
A historical note claims Cleveland’s seduction of a trusting woman may aid his bid as party members who nominated him see benefits. The passage mocks opposing songs and highlights popular supportive verses among Democrats praising Cleveland and urging rallying support.
The returns show Cleveland with 219 of 401 electoral votes as the State’s ballots are counted. The speaker says Blaine would win a broad national majority if every legal vote were counted, criticizing fraud in New York and Virginia and urging free ballots nationwide.
A critique argues ex Governor St. John betrayed temperance aims by backing the Democratic party, warning that his actions empowered saloon interests and harmed prohibition efforts. The piece calls for treating him as a marked traitor and shunning his meetings. It contrasts this with Blaine’s strong 1884 presidential bid and Republican gains.
The piece argues time and money are wasted on useless medicines for rheumatism. It claims Athlophoros works directly and quickly, saving time and money by avoiding futile trials and delays.
Prof Knapp delivers a baccalaureate sermon on the virtues of a strong character. Attendance runs below previous years with a catalog note showing 67 fewer students. The administration turmoil follows the departure of a past president and several officials. Seventeen degrees are awarded in general studies, civil engineering, and agriculture with two veterinary graduates. Alumni member H McGue of M Pa pursues hay-related studies under faculty direction.
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