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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1886
Page
2
An advertisement touts a fifty cent bottle of Wough Cure as a safe pleasant remedy for coughs and lung troubles. Sold by J. H. Pickett & Co. 16.
The Knights of Labor Secretary reports the union now spans every State and Territory with 1,300,000 members in good standing and a treasury balance of 128000. He notes a 75 percent growth in the past year and cites new Southern Black membership amid broader national impact and reform potential.
Col onel R G Ingersoll is reported stricken with a fatal cancerous affection similar to General Grant's. Physicians say he may live only a few months. Many hope the report is exaggerated.
The Chicago Tribune long opposed Blaine as corrupt and pro free trade. After Blaine’s son courted Joe Medill’s daughter, the paper became a strong Blaine supporter and abandoned its free trade convictions, turning protectionist in stance.
Senator James F. Wilson spoke in Sioux City calling the tariff a bonus foreign manufacturers pay to access American markets, not a tax on the American people. He argued it marks the wage gap between pauper labor in England and American workers.
Mr Powderly argues the colored man should be a wage worker to lift all labor. He asserts Richmond mechanics share interest with Chicago and New York in maintaining high wages. His points earn respect and suggest organized labor can become a nationwide force for justice.
Major Conger spoke at the Ames Opera Hall on Tuesday night to a full house. He defended the Republican Party and attacked the Democrats for breaking faith with the people over the past twenty five years, praising the party’s history from 1861 to 1886 and urging young men to join the Republican cause for progress and national development.
The county canvass progresses with local speakers including Dyer McCarthy McCall Carrell Dana Smith Wilson and others working to build up the party. Republicans are said to have fences in good repair and Story County is expected to perform well.
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