09 Jul 1896
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1896
Page
1
The Times notes a staunch free silverite who would not want heaven without street paving material change. Senator Pettigrew arrives in Sioux Falls after leading the St. Louis convention, welcomed by 300 supporters while opponents hiss.
Readers in and around the 7th district rally to Captain Hall and the silver issue. Opinion pages claim free trade hurt revenues under Wilson and cite Cedar Rapids and English prosperity as contrast. A Boone waterworks comment and the value of the American silver dollar tied to gold finish the spread.
Tur Prairie City News reports Tom Bidwell defines Free Silver as a system where a person with a gold dollar can exchange it for sixteen silver dollars at the bank. He argues such a plan would be the most popular platform ever conceived.
The article lists four contenders for secretary of state in Des Moines: G. L. Dobson, S. G. Burkit, Ed. Chas sell, and G. L. Hanford. Dobson and Burkit lead the field, Chassell is expected to contend, with Hanford also in the mix. State Auditor C. G. McCarthy has an unopposed path, while Supreme Judge draws thirteen candidates. The party convention is in Des Moines next Wednesday alongside the presidential electors selection. Hon. E. F. Conger is mentioned as a potential elector at large.
A political column recounts W J Bryan speaking in Nevada and Iowa towns, blaming the 73 tariff era for current ills, contrasting free silver rhetoric with past free trade promises, and noting reactions from Altgeld and Hanna while detailing local editorial views and a July 2 Huxley debate setup.
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