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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1879
Page
2
A listing of county offices including Representative Auditor Treasurer Sheriff Superintendent of Schools and other posts appears alongside a claim that A J Graves and Jessie Wood will support the Republican party if elected, suggesting the county party would gain nothing.
The piece urges voters to back the entire Republican ticket and not trade off candidates. It notes non-descripts want two picks: A. J. Graves to defeat W. D. Lucas and Wm. Lockridge to repay his campaign efforts.
The message asks Republicans to vote this fall to influence the ratio of delegates at upcoming conventions. It notes Story county population changes and recalls that several townships lost delegates last fall due to bolting and recalcitrance. It calls on readers to show their colors next Tuesday.
W H Stevens an independent candidate visited the city Thursday urging Republicans to vote for him as a Greenback party candidate. He claims every Republican vote for him is a vote against the party and warns voters to beware of bogus tickets while urging principled voting and ticket loyalty.
The Republican paper criticising Trimble loses Democratic patronage as merchants pull ads. The editor defends his stance, condemns democracy, and renews the attack, claiming the paper carries sand but no democracy.
The speaker contrasts last year's false prophets with Republicans and greenbackers, calling the gold payment claim a trifling scam. They accuse the greenbacks of spreading fear about gold payments and resumption, labeling it a spook and ghost.
Tas Boone urging district voters to back DeFore to ensure a Democratic Senator in 1962. He warns that a Gillette vote aids a Republican United States Senator to succeed Kirkwood and a DeFore vote opposes copperhead Johan P. Irish.
A letter-style critique questions Greenback claims on price declines after resumption and asks readers to compare oats corn wheat and potatoes with a year ago. It argues resumption stabilized business and denounces fiat-promised hardships, urging skepticism of Republicans and labeling them Independents of Story county.
Turaz names W H Stevens as independent Republican candidate for sheriff aiming to split the Republican vote. Stevens is seen as a pawn to aid Jesse Wood, with supporters mainly in Ames and Washington townships. Banks is the party choice and Stevens is expected to receive few votes, mainly from Republicans.
The piece profiles John D. Gillett a Boone County banker and lawyer with health limits as a potential U S Senator candidate. It endorses William D. Lucas Ames Story County as a Republican legislative hopeful and praises several county nominees including Jno R Haya Jay A King A K Banks W H Stevens L B Baughman Anson Ersland urging GOP turnout.
A political comparison notes rising bonded debt and falling interest from 1865 to 1878 while taxes and government expenses shift. The piece argues Democratic war costs shaped 1865 figures versus 1878 levels, urging judgment by results.
The Comptroller of the Currency report shows national bank stock is widely held by ordinary people. Only 767 stockholders owned $50 000 or more, with many holding $1 000 or less, and thousands across Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania Kentucky Ohio Illinois Georgia Virginia share smaller stakes. The distribution favors moderate holdings across regions.
Governor John H Gear proclaims the gubernatorial election set for October as well as vacancies for Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Judge Superintendent of Public Instruction and various Senate and Assembly districts. It lists district boundaries and representative allocations for counties. The notice also covers a U.S. House seat in the Fifth District and a Ninth Judicial District vacancy. Des Moines dates and official seals are included.
Sheriff Gillespie of Story County Iowa issues a proclamation dated September 16 1879 ordering legal voters to assemble in their townships on the second Tuesday in October 1879 to elect one Senator from the thirty third senatorial district comprising Story and Boone counties and other offices as listed.
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