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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1896
Page
1
Ottumwa hosts a weeklong democratic convention expected to unite all silver forces on state and congressional tickets, consolidating support for the commodity and related policy.
The tariff issue offers no appeal to voters this year and the protectionist party suited to push higher protection has been forced to abandon its campaign.
The county democratic convention met last Saturday and adjourned until September 26 to name a county ticket. Many hope the ticket will draw support from all opposition elements to the Republicans.
Community notice invites residents to form the Fairfield Bryan club in the park Thursday evening at eight. After organization, Mr. J W Damon of New London will attend and speak, described as a good speaker by locals.
Democratic presidential candidate Hon W J Bryan travels by train to New York City to be formally notified of his nomination. He is met by large crowds with the Des Moines outpouring described as the greatest ever and a vast Chicago gathering.
Ottumwa jurist Hon Joseph C Mitchell addressed a large audience in the park last Saturday afternoon on the money question. He spoke as a pronounced free silver advocate asserting a big silver victory this fall and presenting a logical earnest argument from that viewpoint.
A community of Swedish farmers near Ethel Missouri in Macon county long Republican now leans toward free silver and William Jennings Bryan. Influential locals A C Peterson Emanuel Anderson and Peter Lundeen publicly declare themselves converted to the Democratic platform and ticket.
The Burlington Gazette notes Sound Money Democrats will support local Democratic tickets across Iowa just as Free Silver Democrats do. It cites the Chicago platform and a populist nomination provoking revolt, arguing both sides share democracy’s success and accuse wandering Democrats of turning to a populist shrine.
At Marshalltown last Saturday the county convention adopted Resolved to view with alarm the republican press for trying to deprive citizens of the right to assemble on streets for political discussion. It condemns such actions as unrepublican and monarchical.
Eugene Debs says Bryan will win almost all eastern states except possibly Pennsylvania as unrest grows among workers. He notes railroads pressuring employees to back the gold standard, a move he calls counterproductive, citing actions by the Louisville and Nashville and Grand Rapids lines targeting Detroit Mayor Pingree.
Free sample box offered by H E Bucklen & Co Chicago for Dr King s New Life Pills. They claim to ease constipation head ache malaria and liver issues and to tone stomach and bowels. Regular size 25c per box sold by Geo D Clarke druggist.
The Iowa State Fair offers a transferable pass in exchange for advertising as the fair runs September 4 to 11. A total of $50,000 in premiums will be awarded with daily attractions promised, and railroads provide a round trip fare.
On August 3 in Brunswick Maryland a Republican majority of around 590 shifted to a Democratic 400 after a campaign focused on the silver issue. Despite backing from B and Q president John K Cowen the race stayed competitive.
In Canton Ohio home of McKinley a Bryan Free Silver Club forms with six hundred members at the first meeting and tally expected to double soon. Col Holloway a G A R member and ally of McKinley endorses Bryan and the silver cause predicting Ohio will back the Chicago platform by about fifty thousand votes.
A complete list of Iowa Democratic newspapers declining support for Bryan and Sewall includes Sioux City Tribune Des Moines Leader Sigourney Review Marshall County Statesman Davenport Democrat Burlington Tribune Des Moines Staats Zeitung Keokuk Post Davenport Der Demokrat Dubuque Herald Monona Leader Fayette Postal Card Jones County Times Waverly Independent Waterloo Tribune La Porte Progress-Review Denison Bulletin Keosauqua Democrat Williams Reporter Wright County Democrat Charles City Citizen Burlington Gazette Donison Herald Oxford Mirror Carroll Der Germania Orange City Der Verije Hollander.
Republican stockholders owning under one third of the Journal veto future pieces on the silver issue. The editors will not publish material favoring free coinage. The piece implies a shift in party stance under Mark Hanna and recalls past notions of a free press.
Mr Gilman Brown of 34 Mill St South Garden MA faced his son’s long Typhoid Malaria and doctor verdicts costing 375 dollars. After using Dr King’s New Discovery the boy recovered enough to work. Brown credits the medicine as the best for lung trouble and offers trial bottles free at Geo D Clarke’s drug store.
The Tribune notes hostility to Edw Campbell's remarks at the democratic convention. Campbell argued for local party unity and criticized protectionism, praising Bryan while opposing Sewall. The paper defends free trade and cautions against coercing voters to align with a single faction amid diverse opinions.
A Des Moines committee led by Senator Teller denounces the St Louis convention platform. They argue gold monometalism would shift burdens to gold, raise its value, and hurt the price of goods. They challenge silverphobia editors to demonstrate the claim and aid readers in monetary debate.
After Union victory parades, Abraham Lincoln warned veterans of a coming crisis. He feared corporations enthroned, corruption in high places, and wealth concentrating in few hands, risking the republic's destruction and the people’s prejudices. He urged divine help to prove his fears groundless.
A republican column reveals a Chicago addressed appeal seeking a wide awake McKinley man in every county who will earn twenty five dollars a week and hustle for the ticket. The notice argues it is a bid to hire voters and to swing support for McKinley and Mark Hanna despite public opposition to the gold standard.
The extract from Mr. Bryan's August 16 1893 house speech contrasts corporate wealth with the common people's cause. He portrays Republicans and business interests as merciless and invites the Democratic Party to champion the laboring majority amid growing inequality. He cites Jefferson urging the party to serve humanity over property.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. Guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Geo. D. Clarke.
A letter to the editor argues that a Fairfield businessman used a past due note to disrupt a free silver discussion. The writer condemns the act as political intimidation and defends free speech against creditors shaping public opinion. The piece questions whether the Ledger's report was an actual event or a canard.
A comparison of old and new eras highlights stagecoach travel and electric cars, old fashioned remedies versus modern science, and Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as a contemporary cure by its modern preparation and blood cleansing claims.
Hall's Hair Renewer attracts global patronage as people use it to restore and maintain a natural hair color across many regions.
A political essay argues for coalition between the democracy and the peoples party to back Bryan and Sewall. It discusses price levels, money supply, and cheap money as essential to agricultural and labor prosperity, critiquing gold standards and citing Mexico as a contrasting example.
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