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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1896
Page
5
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The piece surveys the St Louis platform praising protection, sound money, pensions, and foreign policy. It endorses naval strength, a canal, Cuban independence support, and civil service, while opposing lynching and low wage foreign labor. It notes the Utah election context and a July 15 state convention.
A speaker argues the government resembles a failed business under incompetent management. He warns against borrowing and repudiation tactics, denounces free silver plans as dishonest, and endorses William McKinley’s businesslike platform as the path to restoring solvency and credit.
Gen Horace Porter reports the middle west Republicans created and promoted the financial plank later adopted, with minor changes by the McKinley advisers. He asserts the East did not dictate the plank and credits midwest Republicans for shaping a strong bi metal friendly position.
Mr Forbanks as temporary chairman at the St. Louis convention called for sound money and a tariff to fund current expenses and interest on the debt. He framed this as a core belief guiding the Republican stance in this campaign. The tariff is pitched as the mechanism to secure a solvent treasury.
The Montana Democrats chose delegates led by W. A. Clarke a wealthy banker and mine owner and instructed for free silver at 16 to 1. The miner interests appear united for free silver, a fact readers should note. Democrats outside mining may influence by adopting planks from St Louis to craft a stronger Chicago platform.
The report recaps the appointment of a labor commissioner by Gov Boies in Town with a noted ally of the Waterloo faction. It contrasts their political disagreements while in office and follows Sovereign’s stance in Anaconda urging free coinage, bank abolition, debt payment terms favorable to government, and government money issuance. County caucuses nearby show broad turnout and representative delegates to the county convention.
Business leaders nationwide watch St Louis for a platform pledging honest money and business honor. The piece argues Democrats in Chicago cannot be trusted, urging defections from past loyalties toward the Republican line. It warns against free silver, citing Mexico and China wage distortions, and recalls Kansas’s financial crisis as a cautionary tale.
England objects to the republican platform saying it will hurt trade while Democrats and Populists follow suit. The Omaha Bee predicts a win for the platform and celebrates the paper's silver anniversary as a golden era of prosperity tied to protection and sound money.
The Free Silverites face a bid to nominate candidates despite internal strife. Delegates express willingness to be sacrificed for the country’s good, hoping to capture two chances to embrace leading figures seeking exit from the St. Louis gathering amid a flood of tears.
The Davenport Davenport newspaper Der Demokrat argues that if the Chicago national convention fails to nominate sound money candidates for president and vice president, German democrats should vote for the Republican ticket.
The remark suggests Teller would not be swayed by mining interests if he were not from a mining state and largely focused on mining concerns. It implies his conscience and emotional reaction align with the Republican financial plank.
Local party members reflect on not selecting Allison for president while noting a strong linkage to Allison through McKinley’s mother, highlighting persistent ties and influence within the community.
The piece argues Republican policy benefits Americans by favoring domestic manufacturing and wool products over England’s, urging protection to employ workers who then buy farm goods. It notes Cuba’s dire conditions from water famine and Spanish disease as insurgents disrupt supplies, hoping for an end to suffering soon. It also satirizes Senator Teller and the free silver movement, predicting their decline as hopeful rivals emerge.
Mr Warmney urges Democrats nationwide to reject a free silver platform at Chicago and warns of likely defeat. He favors a sound money stance if possible, else a financial straddle. The Omaha Bee marks its silver birthday with a historical edition praising Rosewater and the paper's progress. Republicans McKinney and Hobert are praised on a strong platform. the party must unite to defeat free silver forces and advance public rights and government betterment.
The quote emphasizes that currency in active circulation benefits the public more than funds sitting unused in a till. It argues for a fast-moving dollar economy where money rapidly changes hands through commerce and daily business.
Report notes Senator Teller and many Republicans leaving the convention in protest while Pettigrew and others oppose. The little cake walk did not derail the St Louis gathering as McKinley was nominated anyway amid tensions and warnings of further political divisions.
The Fort Madison News quotes a truism about slavery and free silver splitting parties and argues the Republican ticket advocates true Americanism and prosperity. It questions whether Democrats or Populists will defend the nominee as bosses’ choice and warns against free trade versus free silver policies.
Des Moines based Hon A B Cum mins is chosen to replace J S Clarkson on the national Republican committee for Town. Cum mins is praised as able active shrewd and well informed and expected to faithfully represent party interests. Comments on Tom Praty and New York followers suggest limited impact at St Louis and a note predicting future scrutiny of Tollers status.
A sensational claim touts a “Mystic Cure” that supposedly cures rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 3 days. The ad promotes immediate benefits after the first dose at 75 cents, sold by F. Parson & Co. in Atlantic Iowa, and includes a dissemination note about populist platform planks and odd agricultural hybrid ideas.
Vendors tout De Witt's Little Early Risers as gentle yet effective for indigestion dyspepsia and constipation. Adds that Rock Island playing cards and popular ecards cost 10 cents per pack with stamps or coin paid by order. Orders for five packs ship with 50 cents total and extra 2 cents per pack for engraved whist rules. Address in Chicago to G A Senagrian.
A Washington Star reflection on a brave boy who gives up his seat for a one legged gentleman, praising good mothers and improved boyhood manners as a scarce yet admirable virtue in public life.
In Burwinoroy on June 24 a Chicago Burlington and Quincy fast mail crossed the Burlington bridge with engineer W B Giddings dead in the cab and a fatal wound on his forehead. Fireman Sam Main escaped injury as the train neared the draw despite a possible missile. The engine did not stop to signal the draw.
A sharp reminder of the recent disaster struck St Louis at 3 30 in the afternoon. The sky was cloudless and hot as a mass of dark clouds swept in from the tornado area. Winds reached forty miles per hour and rain lashed the city, damaging several houses that had been partly repaired after the earlier tornado.
Kansas City curfew is enacted with state line packing houses and stockyards affected. Armour’s packing house whistle marks curfew hour as stages near the line are audible fifteen miles away. Frank H. Weade of Omaha, a known insurance agent, was killed by a Lake Manawa motor train around 10 PM Saturday. He belonged to an Epworth League group with other members.
F H Weade of Atlantic dies after a wagon struck by a motor vehicle at a railroad crossing near the lake while a party from the First Methodist church and Omaha Y M C A had been picnicking. The driver failed to hear the approaching train due to splashed singing. The accident occurred about a quarter mile north of the lake. Weade’s body was taken to Atlantic cemetery.
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