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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1900
Page
5
Local postal notice announces delivery details for the Latty Blog on Court Street near the Court House in Defiance Ohio. Second class mailing, weekly price listed. telephone numbers for long distance and Western lines provided.
Announcement states the ExPRESS subscription will cost 1 dollar per year if paid in advance and RL.50 if not in advance, with the price to be adhered to inflexibly.
A 1900s-era tract argues anti Bryanism and pro McKinley expansion. It contrasts Lincoln and Grant eras with Bryan’s imperialism charge, praises Philippine acquisition and farmer expansion, and cites German-American editorials favoring McKinley while warning of economic turmoil if Bryan wins.
Wtevan denounces tracts and avoids NYC protest against S ots Croker's ice trust, calling it a local affair. Mr. Krpan also opposes curtailment of civil liberty but has no time to protest the Democratic leadership's actions affecting hundreds of thousands.
James L Price, elected years ago to the circuit court, third judicial district, praised as a model judge and urged for re election. The piece argues voters should consider merit over partisan bias and notes Price would leave office untarnished. It appeals to Seneca County to give him a strong majority as approval of his course.
Speech recalls Buchanan’s era of waste and free trade, credits Republicans with protective tariffs and a growing home market. Denounces Bryan as demagogic, claims 1893 97 free trade harmed the nation, asserts continued expansion and lending abroad as national progress.
Readers are urged to support Judge James L Price of Lima Ohio for a second term on the circuit court. The editorial notes his six year record, wide legal experience, and a unanimous party renomination, arguing it is vital to keep judiciary politics divided and asking Republicans to actively canvass and vote to re-elect him.
A Chicago Times-Herald writer mocks overuse of Lincoln quotes and cites a fable about an Indian princess who asks a scribe to write her dead lover’s eulogy. The princess replies that her lover was stabbed fifty times, highlighting the irony.
Hon F Hay the congressional candidate will address audiences in Scott Paulding County Grover Hill and Oakwood on successive evenings. The candidate is widely known across the district and has drawn strong Democrat interest as he campaigns on campaign issues.
WD Gil will speak at Milford Center this evening where Mr Hill is urging support for the Tagals in the Philippines. German Democrat residents in Milford township report sons serving in the American army there. Three sons appeal to their parents to back the government cause, calling the Tagals murderous wretches unfit to govern.
In a late Democratic primary Caressel won 744 votes with 1887 opposed out of 2631 total. Opponents labeled him incompetent citing graft concerns, while supporters saw him as frugal. Voters note the protest came from Democrats, not Republicans.
W F Dolke formerly from Defiance now in St Louis heads a Dayton firm branch store there. He notes strong McKinley and Roosevelt sentiment in Missouri and believes they will carry the state. Roosevelt spoke at a large St Louis meeting Tuesday and a careful canvass suggests a Republican win in Missouri would be surprising but likely.
Washington dispatch notes Republican leaders across states growing confident ahead of the November 6 election. Party chairmen in Nebraska Wyoming Utah Idaho Oregon Washington California and South Dakota report solid gains and expect McKinley Roosevelt to win. West Virginia surveys show a 15000 vote majority for the national ticket.
The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday overruled a motion to file a petition in error in the case of Frank Zuber convicted of murdering Enos Rath in Hickville. The ruling affirms Zuber’s life sentence, part of a joint conviction with Edward Johnson and Floyd Rumbaugh who received life for Zuber’s murder. Rumbaugh got twenty years. The decision follows a recent prejudice affidavit in Johnson’s case against district circuit judges. Sam C Carr nearly collapsed Tuesday after a dayslong search for a landlady to hire for.
Miss Violet Kittner returns from Cleveland and will start a dancing school once a hall is secured. Miss Ritered is praised as a fine instructor with a successful teaching record.
Uncalled letters for the week ending Oct 9 1900 in Defiance Ohio include Mrs Alta Lidy Miss Bertie Kepler Giles Jackson Miss Rebecca Peiffer Miss Mre diucy C Mathews Miss Hezikiah Welles Walterhouse Nies Geo Wombs Ida Willamon and others. If not claimed within days they go to the Dead Letter Office. Postmaster C J Thompson notes to say Advertised and date when calling.
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