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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1877
Page
2
The Greenback candidate for Wisconsin governor argues half the voters stayed home or would not vote, claiming non-voters favored him. He says this explains his defeat and offers his party a reason to back a more popular candidate in the future.
A group of eminent Massachusetts gentlemen visited the President and declared they had no axes to grind. The President responded that Massachusetts people do have axes and grind them finely. The remark follows praise for Simmons and policy endorsement.
The piece notes a pause in campaign maneuvering with Congress stalling subsidy disputes and key figures like Mr. Tilden, Mr. Randall, and General McClellan out of contention. Senator Thurman is seen as a potential entrant as observers await a new political issue.
A group of litigants and counsel in the Vanderbilt case dominates current local reporting and crowd interest in the Surrogate's chamber. William H. Van derbilt is a large burly English looking man with red side whiskers. Cornelius J Vanderbilt, his contending brother, is tall and thin with brown whiskers. Judge Jereiah Black, chief counsel for the contestants, is a very large man with a flushed face and a high forehead. Scott Lord appears large with iron gray hair and whiskers. Henry L Clinton is tall and angular and very nervous, given to detailing and technicalities.
The Cincinnati Enquirer liberal estimate places Allen with a possible thirty votes on the first caucus ballot, needing forty seven to nominate. It assigns twenty seven to Ewing, nineteen to Morgan, eight to Hard, and minimal votes to others, suggesting none of the three leading candidates can secure nomination if the contest grows bitter.
The Case of Robert L Case, late President of Securi ty Life Insurance, convicted of perjury, signals a warning about trust in money custody. The piece notes rising offences by trusted managers, urges indictments for criminal acts and civil suits for negligent mismanagement to restore losses.
The Missouri election dispute over a district seat for Mr. Metcalf ends years of court action with the Supreme Court backing certification. Democrats in St Louis attempted to block the order, prompting a mandamus from the state Supreme Court to compel issuance. A Chicago Times telegram discusses the silver bill and Senate finance committee moves toward favorable action with amendments limiting legal tender, coinage, and bullion funding.
Attorneys for Mr Metcalf contest the paper as irregular and push for a corrected certificate. The court granted the motion unanimously, and the legal certificate should be issued within a day or two.
The New York file editorial argues Iowa railroads show no dividends from Iowa operations under state rate controls. It notes losses at Chicago and Northwestern and Illinois Central, with several lines in deficit or in arrears while eastern capital remains scarce. The piece suggests New York funds may not be forthcoming for completing a Des Moines to Webster City link.
The Boardman scandal has mostly subsided in Marshalltown, with occasional references tied to the likelihood of the involved parties remarrying in the near future.
The Lawkeye commends W. W. Junkin for State Printership citing his long service and printing expertise. Mrs. S. B. Maxwell seeks State Librarian appointment after her husband’s death, while Frank M. Mills of Mills & Co. is named as a candidate for State Printer with a record of republican service and prior printing leadership.
The Senate confirmed Hon. Jas. T. Lane for a re appointment as United States District Attorney for Iowa. Lane, first appointed in March 1873 by President Grant, has consistently served with zeal and efficiency. His work on the Rhomberg distillery case secured substantial Treasury revenue and earned broad respect from the judiciary and public.
The report notes holes about one-third inch diameter in the ground where insects bore up from deep subsoil. The eggs are said to have been rain in since 1861, indicating a long-established subterranean life cycle observed after digging a few inches below the surface.
An Eastern lament notes winter's approach and a nationwide shift as autumn fades. It recalls a lingering November with green apples and tomatoes blooming, while chestnut burrs resist frost. Storms strip trees and heliotropes darken as hardy plants endure. The weather recorder would mark 1877 by rosebuds open on election day.
An editor argues that current township wide ballots invite fraud as voters from various road districts cast votes for supervisors. The piece cites dishonest acts selecting district numbers and urges changing the law to require district level voting at district meetings similar to school meetings to elect road supervisors.
An early afternoon earthquake struck Boone at 12 08 PM affecting Holmes Reynolds office Chandler's jewelry store and the Railway Diving Hall. Tremors lasted about two to two and a half seconds with swinging lamps and cracked plaster as witnesses described the event and its west to north trajectory.
The commercial travelers threaten to withdraw patronage after Hubbard's attack on runners. The Register reports Hubbard has long been a regular boarder at the Savery House in Des Moines.
The publishers outline forthcoming issues for the year including John Burroughs on Farm Life in New York Maurice Thompson on Western farming and American Sponts stories of the West Middle States South New England and Canada. Richard Henry Stoddard will contribute Literary Portraits and Dr R Shelton Mackenzie will provide Mome Letters with notes on figures such as Mrs Barrett Disraeli and others. Subscription price remains annual with increased pages and publishers claim steady circulation growth. BCRIBNER & CO 748 Broadway New York.
A notice to EK B Campbell and others lists desert land parcels in townships 84 and 85 N range 24 W. Des Moines and Minneapolis Railroad Co seeks 100 foot wide right of way and related lands for construction. Damages must be claimed by October 10 1577 with appraisal on November 7 1577.
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