01 Apr 1897
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1897
Page
1
The Chicago city election next Monday looms as a hot race among Republicans gold democrats and free silver republicans with the gold-backed faction seen as vulnerable. Prairie views note Iowa dairy efforts and curfew debates in Des Moines while national figures like Dolliver praise independent enterprise and McKinley’s policies.
The piece notes new administration public printers, Congress debates tariff and free trade, Hanna and Perkins salaries, and the Kinetoscope plans to display life size fight scenes. It asserts prize fighting is brutal but suggests Kinetoscope exhibitions could draw large crowds nationwide.
The report highlights Dolliver of Iowa delivering a standout tariff bill speech during a special congressional session. It asserts he is capable and that Iowa takes pride in him, noting the session's firm start and a cyclone of events in Texas as background.
President McKinley declared business first policy as he addressed office seekers in Washington. The crowd quickly dispersed home as he pledged to run the government with a focus on business before political appointments.
The fragment mentions persistence of an extent at least and notes that examples continue to appear at the front, implying ongoing repetition or emphasis without clear specifics or context. No names, dates, places, or measurable outcomes are provided.
The anti fusion election bill clears both houses and will likely become law, banning any candidate name from appearing on the ballot more than once. In South Dakota a liquor license law passes after a failed prohibition effort widely echoed from Iowa. The Times notes Harry Boyce of Howard township will seek a legislative seat before Story county primaries, joining Fred McCall of Nevada in the race.
Wheat rose to a dollar in St Louis while silver continued to fall. The text counters free silver arguments from the campaign era claiming that silver and wheat move together.
Chicago voters face a hot race with free silver Democrat banner led by Carter Harrison son of the late mayor and Gold Democrat under Wash ington Hessing postmaster, plus a straight Republican slate led by Judge Sears and a few minor issues.
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