29 Oct 1896
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1896
Page
1
Era editorial tone urges voting and learning the Australian ballot law. Mentions Senator Hunt, Bryan, Populists, and a station meeting with Ex-Gov. Frank Jackson and State Treasurer Herriott. Discusses rice as world’s staple, silver coinage, and a tariff dispute on hides. Concludes with postal card contest secrecy assurances.
Fray on street corners over Bryan and McKinley ends with a Norfolk news item. John R. Hays, noted Story County figure, campaigns for McKinley in Nebraska and presided over a Republican rally where Senator Thurston spoke to about 10,000 people. A glee club performed a patriotic song by Mrs. N. A. Rainbolt.
The piece mocks populist claims that Mark Hanna funds a five million dollar push to sway Iowa votes, lift wheat, and depress silver, and that he financed all special trains to Canton. It argues the charges exaggerate the magnitude of a million and urges readers to reconsider these assertions.
The article depicts a heated campaign framing McKinley as key to protective tariffs and a Bryanite congress as a threat. It details fusion candidates, silver wealth backing, and disputes over Evans, Wright, and Prohibition ties, plus voting instructions under Australian law and admonitions about ballot marks. It cites figures alleging bullion wealth and cites reactions to Bryan and Evans, with references to Tilden.
The Popocratic press labels Bishop Ireland a church bug after his letter warning against the free silver conspiracy. It questions why a minister should speak in politics while noting Frank Evans left the pulpit to seek office for the silver syndicate over God.
A letter dialogue discusses the immutable law of supply and demand and predicts a reversal if Bryan is elected. The exchange notes wheat and corn rising while silver falls, contrasting perceived economic inevitability with political change. The Herald is cited in agreement.
The notice urges voting next Tuesday and praises the good weather for corn husking. It mentions Mr. P. C. Compton noting Bryan's election in the Intelligencer last week and claims the matter settled, urging action regardless of politics.
A public rebuke of William Jennings Bryan's Chicago speech condemns the cross of gold metaphor as blasphemous. The piece urges voters to return home and vote in a pivotal presidential election to defend monetary standards the supreme court and protective tariff, stressing labor and national values.
A message urges all eligible citizens to vote next Tuesday, stressing the duty to participate in the upcoming election and cast ballots for the country.
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