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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1896
Page
5
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The Cass county Republicans invite delegates to convene at the Atlantic court house on Saturday June 20 1890 at 1 PM to elect twelve delegates to the state convention at Des Moines on July 15 1896 and to select delegates for the Ninth Congressional District and Fifteenth Judicial District conventions. Officers to be nominated include county Auditor Clerk of the District Court Recorder County Attorney and Supervisors in the 3rd and 5th districts. Representation is one delegate per precinct and one per every fifteen votes or fraction over eight cast for F M Drake for governor in the Nov 5 1894 election. Township and ward quotas are listed, and caucus date June 13 1896 is noted. W A Foucett and R M Murray sign as secretary and chairman.
A list of declarations from Cass County Republicans announcing candidacies for county Clerk auditor Recorder and County Attorney. Names include W I McConvicx Henry W Farron R H Smerer Frank Herbert Saar Swankee C W Andrew Frank Aylesworth Rank Q Jackson and H M Boorman with notes to seek party support and convention decisions.
The piece laments how life in the current era reflects rapid, regular progress from the old lamp to electric light and global communication. It lauds Franklin Morse Edison and others for shaping a world of unprecedented discovery, predicting further advances beyond a single lifetime.
A dense editorial argues for a golden mean monetary system with gold as unit but silver kept on parity, opposing pure gold or silver standards. It links currency policy to tariff and reciprocity, predicting mills, jobs, and higher farm prices if the balance of trade favors domestic production, insisting workers share in prosperity.
The Missouri faction grumbles as Boies seeks front seat in the free silver efforts, arguing Bland, elder statesman of silver advocates, should keep the top post. Democrats use the move to push a new recruit forward, while Bland and followers are urged not to protest the party’s traditions.
The editorial rejects a possible dark horse candidacy as a danger to an open contest. It praises four present candidates led by Mr. Curtis, noting his strong county support and urging delegates to rally behind a fair fight rather than maneuvering for a surprise nominee. It warns that any outsider would misread Curtis supporters and jeopardize united backing.
The Chappelle glass factory in Ottawa IHS. shut indefinitely, laying off five hundred workers as free silver agitation harms the economy. Editors warn wage earners suffer most if silver becomes party policy, arguing capital and jobs would be sacrificed to maintain a 50-cent dollar. The piece critiques Democratic reforms and Cleveland era policy.
R. M. Murnay visited the city and addressed reports linking him to the county auditor race. He said he does not decline office before it is offered, yet he is not, and has not been, a candidate for county auditor.
W D Haight reports from Edgerton on Mexico showing silver depreciation lowering wages, raising prices, and acting as a de facto tariff. He argues free coinage would ruin American labor through a devalued dollar, higher costs for meat and staples, and unequal pay, urging U S readers to see the evident harms of free silver.
A World’s Fair dream city vanished quickly leaving only nature’s restoration. The White City’s grandeur vanished and Langie considers a stone walk through the park. City council favors the project and seeks southwest residents to fund most of it.
Residents reported a surge of political chatter on the streets Saturday, saying the topic dominated conversations more than any time in the past month as opponents and supporters pressed town issues.
Report notes Renn is described as a parliamentarian with power to dictate which bills pass in the House at Washington, yet he has not shown how he will stop the Ohio Bill from advancing at the St. Louis convention.
At the Dubuqne convention yesterday the Tar boys held the floor while aging Democratic leaders occupied the galleries. The scene was quiet with little yelling or whistling as Boies gave the call signaling support for the party, though the overall impact remained modest.
A fragment recalls Iowa Democrats who mocked William Boies when he left the Republican Party over prohibition and joined the House. The speaker notes that they got along without him then and could do so again, hinting at political appetite for a different alignment.
Tar Democrats press for free silver to divert from tariff concerns yet insist the tariff issue stays alive until national revenue covers ordinary government spending.
Some state papers adopt unusual views of the congression al situation in the ninth district. They say readers will understand better after the convention.
The county discusses expectations of two weeks of sun to finish corn planting before hay harvest, with Iowa predicted to yield a record crop. A local silver advocate, known as Ox, explained 16 to 1 as coining sixteen silver dollars per gold dollar in a recent question on the policy.
C. C. McCase and Earl Cranston were selected as the church's new bishops by the Methodist general conference in Cleveland after a lengthy contest.
The speaker recalls a remote Japanese teahouse visit four or five years earlier and discovers modern posters and American goods appearing in villages. Posters proliferate across teahouses and bazaars with a new drawing style and an awareness of perspective, as noted in Japan War Posters by D P B Conkling in Century. Grace leads the right way. If you choose the wrong, take it and perish, but restrain your tongue. Charge not, with lights sufficient and left free, your willful death by own action on God's decree. Cow per.
Originating in Germany and England, the gauntlet spread to America as military punishment for mis conduct. Soldiers faced two facing lines and were struck on the bare back by switches under an officer’s watch. Native Virginians reportedly adopted the practice after observing English sailors, giving rise to a belief that torture was Indigenous to North America.
Masham resident James Carter describes a rare event observed at London Field where a starling in flight struck a rook, its beak piercing the rook’s head and causing instant death. The Field notes such a midair incident is unrecorded in over 25 volumes of a leading sportsmen’s publication.
The West Point owner of a four-animal Berlin menagerie including a lion, tiger, wolf, and sheep explains in confidence that the animals had lived together about nine months, the sheep being renewed occasionally. The London Fan notes that Pell that to the marines illustrates sailors’ contempt for soldiers on a man of war.
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