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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
2
Defiance Express Daily enter at the postoffice Defiance Ohio as second class matter. Daily 10 cents, weekly 10 cents per week. This edition carries a Bryan quote from Knoxville Tennessee dated September 16, 1896, arguing against the gold standard. The piece reflects political rhetoric of the era.
A reader notes the House rejected a constitutional amendment giving Congress power to define regulate prohibit and dissolve trusts. Final vote 154 yeas 7232 nays. Of yeas 149 Republicans 5 Democrats. nays 132 Republicans only two Republican dissents. Several named Republicans voted nay including Richardson Lentz Salzer and others.
Senator J B Foraker spoke at meetings Friday afternoon in Shedding and Van Wert, delivering remarks to local residents and supporters.
On Friday evening residents discussed protests and politics noting that Foraker's gathering was smaller than his address four years earlier. The piece compares past civic activity to current participation and the role of meetings in public life.
The Crescent News notes Valentine Lybarger as a long time trustee of Rakeille township and praises his fitness for Grimacy director. It argues his election would not ask Indiana’s poor to bear Defiance County taxes.
Ten Crescen-News notes farmers were too busy earning money to pay a new tribute recently levied by trusts. The gathering was said to be largely composed of WEecmecs and references a trust owning the press and seeking riches by squeezing the Democrat vote.
The Crescent News discusses workers paid 80 cents per day and the impact of strikes, noting factory demand and shortages. It claims many laborers now have income and food, contrasting with four years earlier, and criticizes Democratic management for destabilizing city employment.
A vintage ad touts Allen's Foot Ease powder to relieve swollen nervous feet and tired toes. It claims cooling relief for burning, sweating feet, blisters, and sore spots with a 25 cent price and free trial offer, available at druggists and shoe stores.
The piece denounces Judge Cantrill's Georgetown Kentucky court for trying Youtsey while the murdered Goebel victim lies in the jury room. It accuses a partisan Goebelite setup and asserts prior Powers and Howard trials violated fair play. It calls such actions un-American and revolutionary and condemns the attempt to swear in a man to sentence another to death.
A Georgetown Kentucky report notes Youteey's guilty verdict with life sentence recommended. The piece denounces Goebelism in politics and condemns court conduct, urging fair play and decency while condemning political manipulation of the Goebel case and Governor Taylor.
Senator Hoar advances measures on William Jennings Bryan’s political corpus, signaling strong anti imperialist ideas in a sharp policy push. The discussion suggests a contentious legal approach nearing a critical issue in the era.
The article notes Oom Peter Coreésel is dissatisfied with the Democratic spell binders used to canvass the county. He intends to form a speaker bureau and dispatch his own spell binders to rally support.
The report notes Bourke Cockran and Adlai Stevenson with failing voices and former Senator Gorman confined by a physician. It highlights how leading orators suffer from voice ailments, leaving audiences without expected speeches.
Bryan found the letter from ex President Harrison favoring McKinley a distinct disappointment He had expected more Grover Cleveland remarks Bryan now believes ex presidents should keep a dignified silence in political debate.
The speaker argues that the Democrats have reduced their positions on free silver and imperialism, pushing trusts as a top issue. They claim the party will abandon these points before the election and question Democratic efforts to curb big capital, noting a failed constitutional amendment to grant Congress power to regulate trusts.
The Van Wert Democrat and Van Wert Times merged yesterday under a stock company, forming one Democratic paper. Crescent-News notes the consolidation as part of a larger newspaper trust expanding in the Fifth district, signaling dominance in the local press.
The Toledo News accuses the Crescent-News of printing Bee libels about the News. It claims the Crescent-News backs Boss Cochran and Hanna as part of a Democratic newspaper trust in northwestern Ohio and aligned with the Standard Oil Company.
The Roosevelt gathering in Toledo on Wednesday drew crowds so large that traffic halted along many streets. Visitors hailed it as the greatest political meeting in northern Ohio and urged people to join the Republican movement while time remains favorable.
Advertises preparation for the Railway Mail Service examination in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Promises furnished books and maps and asks applicants to send a stamped reply.
The Crescent News defends a candidate for infirmary director while charging misstatements about Valentine Lybarger. It cites a road right dispute resolved by county commissioners and a court injunction, alleging the fault lay with the county, not Lybarger. It also questions allegations about Oom Peter Corressel and comments on Judge FL Hay’s 1898 probate race and 1896 re election as context for a likely strong Republican showing.
A drilling derrick at the central school building in this city collapsed on Thursday. Two workers narrowly escaped serious injury though the accident occurred during school hours with no children on the playground.
The trustees in adjourned session reject all bids for a laundry building and reopen sealed bids due by 9 o clock on November 7, 1900. They reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Specifications available at the Home office. F W Smith, President.
The piece argues Republicans led the drive to regulate trusts, citing the Sherman Act and a proposed constitutional amendment to give Congress power to regulate or dissolve trusts. It claims Democrats opposed, citing state rights as the barrier, and accuses Democrats and Populists of blocking the amendment. It also links Porto Rican tariff measures to sugar trust funding.
Senator J B Foraker spoke at the Citizens Opera House in Defiance to a large audience. He contrasted McKinley era policies with Democratic votes on trusts and imperialism, praising constitutional approaches to regulate trusts and recalling Jefferson and Jackson in defense of expansion.
A 500 reward offer states the liver pill Liverita cures liver complaints dyspepsia sick headache indigestion constipation and costiveness when used as directed. The strictly vegetable formula reportedly never fails and is sold in 25c 10c and 5c boxes with mail order and stamps accepted. Nervita Medical Co. Chicago and E. N. Lewis of Defiance Ohio listed.
A grand reception followed Senator Foraker's address at the opera house as crowds persisted until he finished. Floral fruit gifts, a Prosperity banner swung near Lynde's shoe store, and a backdrop featuring McKinley plus Foraker and Roosevelt set the festive scene. Henry County officials and the Ayereville band joined the Republican event.
A family question about dessert prompts a Jell O suggestion. The ad touts a quick no bake dessert prepared in two minutes with hot water and cooling. Flavors include lemon orange raspberry and strawberry offered at 10 cents at grocers.
The Paulding Republican reports that Hon. F L Hay of Defiance, Republican candidate for Congress, spent three days in the county addressing Batson Grover Hill and Oakwood meetings. Attendees included many Democratic voters and speakers A N Wilcox Baylis and Judge Snook.
Woodward's drug store offers Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for quick relief and prevention at first signs of illness. Price is 25 cents per box with free samples available. October.
In Washington DC a personal customer letter from C F Myers of Le Roy New York extols Genesee Pure Food Co Grain-O as superior to all beverages for health and children, praising its solid grain composition and urging others to use it.
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