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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1896
Page
6
The item notes a publication schedule stating it is issued every evening except Sunday. It mentions containing general news and market reports authored by Tim Dane Trexcrari.
Atlantic resident D. W. Wilkin is the candidate for Supervisor in the Third District. The race centers on local governance and development issues affecting Atlantic voters.
The sheep raisers and wool men see tariff as Bryan’s influence fades with silver decline and rising Republican majorities. Democratic arkansas margin falls from 60,000 to 38,640 as Sevarok Tilman accuses the press of garbling his speeches, though change seems unlikely without improvements.
A Maine election item notes Bryan, unable to provide comments, as he refused interviews. The situation was described as significant enough to dampen other chatter and influence coverage.
The report states Bryan will not wear an unpike tailed coat nor kid gloves when next in New York. He will speak openly, present a Western wind in motion, and cut loose in a vigorous tail ender style.
A protest spreads nationwide as hens cluck against the Wilson-Gorman tariff cut of two cents per dozen eggs. Farmers and housewives feel the impact while Bryan advocates removing the remaining three cents to allow Canadian eggs to enter free.
A speaker argues that no country using silver has labor wages comparable to the United States where earnings buy more. asserts no nation pays workers half as much in silver and with silver value in goods as in the U S.
A defense of the current monetary standard arguing it has sustained sixty years of growth and prosperity. It warns that experiments have failed elsewhere and could bring disaster, urging preservation of the existing money system even if improvements are possible but risky. The speaker stresses stability over untested changes.
A passage denounces Mr Bryan and his followers for stirring labor disputes to mislead workers. It argues that past calls for free trade and silver harmed labor and industry, citing Harrison versus Cleveland as a lesson, and warns voters against repeating that policy with 50 cent dollars and false promises.
Maine delivered a decisive victory applauding national issues and opposition to silver policy. The report hails Maine workers and unions rebuking “boy orator of the Platte” and “revolutionists” while warning Republicans of a November cyclone. Itframes the result as a rebuke to free silver and a return to confidence and prosperity.
In Ottumwa Kerr from Colorado denounces gold supporters as traitors, threatening possible conflict if relief is not won. In Omaha Populists threaten Bourke Cockran and sound money advocate J J Shea faces calls to silence him, signaling rising tensions in the campaign era.
A Yorke crowd hissed and name called at a hall as police restored order. One disruptor was clubbed, bloodied, and subdued before Cochran spoke truthfully. The Register urges sound money supporters to keep calm, argue, and preserve peace and national integrity.
The piece challenges populist claims about prices by listing market quotes from December 9 1892 and February 5 1893 and September 19 1892 and 1896 for hogs wheat corn and oats. It argues large price declines prove McPherson’s statements true and links price drops to the Wilson Gorman tariff and factory closures, urging Cass county voters to consider employment effects.
A sharp Irishman in the Times-Republican denounces free trade as ruinous to Ireland and warns Irish voters to back McKinley. He calls Bryan supporters traitors to their race and urges all Americans to unite for McKinley’s victory for prosperity, employment, wages, markets, and homes.
White and his campaign allies claim the money question is key but fail against solid facts and history. They retreat from their position and avoid the tavilt topic by stoking sectional prejudices. Their speeches are empty harangues lacking reason or prudent policy for the people.
In the estimation of the popocrats, political wisdom is confined to the skulls of Bryan Tillman Altgeld Weaver Mrs Lease Debs Sovereign Tom Watson and a few Atlantic statesmen whose renown is ample without naming them.
The incident in Lincoln and Omaha, led by a Bryan aide, drew universal condemnation outside the World Herald. It reflects Chicago platform rhetoric and appeals to hoodlum passions. The Omaha event may cost Bryan votes. Garoger asks why Hager halts in Atlantic. Hager keeps busy with daily speeches, promising useful information upon attendance.
The report contrasts William Jennings Bryan who seeks audiences with crowds that form spontaneously at his events and William McKinley who attracts large crowds traveling long distances to hear him. Bryan denies promising support after an invite, while McKinley speaks from his porch to about 50 000 weekly supporters.
Joan Sherman delivered a masterly money question speech followed by Senator Allison and Carl Shurz, all prominent in financial debate. They refute free silver ideas, but no silverite has dared answer. Critics say capable rebuttals are not the silverites’ campaign style.
The article suggests surveying town leaders to gauge support for Bryan and free silver, arguing that business men reflect community judgment. It notes their dependence on farmers and implies policies harming farmers would hurt these leaders and the town.
Four years after backing a tariff policy that harmed the nation, the speaker now promotes absolute free trade and the silver policy to shift from the tariff debate. He tours the country stirring class and regional tensions and asks voters to support him.
The popocrat chairman Jones claims Bryan will win all middle and western states including Ohio Indiana and Iowa. The passage argues they lack confidence in those figures noting Maine as precedent and predicting Bryan will not carry many of the thirty six claimed states, wagering against Iowa's Republican majority.
At a Louisville rally on Monday night Senator Blacksunn delivered a fiery harangue when challenged with the question of the anarchist leader. The crowd answered "Bryan, Bryan" prompting Blackburn to mutter about Herr Most, take a drink, and denounce the crime of 1873.
Tom Watson argues that after the election all silver men will align as populists and the sole democratic party will be Palmer and Buckner’s. He claims no room exists for two democratic parties in the nation.
Thousands crowd Canton to hear the next president William McKintey speak and seek encouragement and guidance from his words, highlighting the mass enthusiasm and hopeful energy surrounding his appearances.
The article argues Bryan cannot win without Illinois Michigan Minnesota and Jews as fighting grounds. It claims Iowa offers little hope for Bryan while McKinley could garner about 75 000 votes there, with Republicans aiming for 100 000. It reflects campaign persistence and party strategies.
The speaker contrasts Jefferson’s method with modern practice, noting that true principles should ignore legal ratios and focus on market prices of gold across connected countries, using an averaged rate to guide mercantile decisions.
Four years ago critics recall Mr. Bryan claimed free trade would lower prices while now he argues free silver will raise prices and ease cost of living. They note his platform remains free trade and question why he does not advocate both policies to move prices up and down together.
Bityay claims workers and farmers are slaves for twenty five years and will sell them at auction for personal gain. Voters will reject his ownership of their votes on November 8 in a decisive rebuke.
A reader predicts McKinley will carry at least 24 states with a fair chance for four or five more, totaling no less than 275 electoral votes and possibly exceeding 800. The note notes Democratic opponents may scoff but urges close attention to final results.
A speech claiming the U S mints would open to free silver coinage is challenged for practical steps. The speaker asserts 70,000,000 people could obtain silver and mint it, but the critic asks how this silver would be acquired and brought to the mint.
The Lincoln Nebraska article notes five presidential candidates are visiting the city, though ordinary streets give little hint of their presence. In contrast Canton Ohio visibly marks the home of the next president, making the political moment unmistakable to passersby.
The people of the United States invite Mason McKINLEY to deliver a speech from the steps of the Capitol in Washington D C. The event is set for March 4 1897 with twenty weather postponements anticipated.
A sharp column notes Lu Gee Nun proposed forcing acceptance of cheap money, implied by gunpoint if needed, and observes General Weyler applying the concept now without giving Nun credit in this Nonpareil mention.
About thirteen hundred prominent Des Moines business men organized a sound money club. The group includes a vast majority of those solicited, with only a small fraction declining to join.
A clipped political remark questions Richard P Bland's current stance, urging him to back Bryan and not abandon the campaign as metaphorical ship sinks. It contrasts Bland with Altgeld, who has not yet deserted.
Populists, trying to align with silver democrats, absorb harsh accusations and feel deep regret. The party plans to retreat, shedding strong rhetoric as it dwindles from public view and loses credibility. Strong entities include populists and silver democrats, with the scene set in political infighting and public disillusion.
The silver market shows little faith in Bryan's theory or prospects for silver rising. At nomination, silver traded at 60 cents per ounce with a silver dollar worth 68.34 cents. Today market price is 642 cents per ounce and the silver dollar 606-100 cents.
The text warns that a Bryan presidency would enable his choice of Governor Altgeld for the US Supreme Court at the first vacancy. It calls that prospect a calamity and a national disgrace that the people would not allow by their votes.
A speech contrasts farm wealth from hens with silver mines criticizing democrats for a two cent per dozen egg tariff. It notes Bryan’s claim that he would repeal all tariffs if president, as he claims to champion farmers and farm wives.
JumpinG Jia insists on $25 in his fist prior to discussing free silver. He reads his crowd and believes advance pay secures his response. Jim has had bad experiences and will demand payment before any speech. Cedar Rapids refuses to pay and he will not speak.
The democratic counting machine appears tangled as full returns show a shrinkage on a 40,000 Arkansas majority. Republican figures from Maine and Vermont hold firm. they do not shrink under scrutiny.
The commentary urges Bryan to hurry to deliver a speech on the east steps of the Capitol in Washington before a rival acts flaws. It warns he may not get another chance to inspect the White House while there.
A speaker named Lu Gee Nung receives praise for a graceful bow to Griswold residents. The writer hopes he can repeat the gesture at his next appearance and ultimately bow out gracefully on November 8. The note emphasizes conformity with populist sentiments and personal decorum.
ChainMAN JONEs increases the number of states the popocrats will carry and the size of the majorities by which they will win as their chances recede. They are now whistling to keep up their courage.
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