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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1892
Page
1
Iowa Senate weighs Schmidt license bill as vote uncertain
The Des Moines Register argues Democrats may remove Secretary Cliff, while the Schmidt license bill faces unsure fate in the Iowa senate. Some Republican senators might join Democrats, but no certainty exists until votes are counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
Senate
Cliff
Iowa
Seerley Bill Extends Pension Testimony to Privates
The Sioux City Tribune reports Congressman Seerley of Iowa proposes that private soldiers in the Civil War have their testimony treated the same as officers by the pension department. It praises the measure as a boon to deserving soldiers and criticizes Republicans for class legislation that denied privates equal testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Seerley
Iowa
Sioux City Tribune
Pension Department
Seerley
Republican Party
Harrison
White House
United States
Ben
Blaine
Iowa City Press
New York Voice Prohibition Paper Faces Postmaster Pushback
The New York Voice, a prohibition paper, reports postmasters across the country refuse to deliver copies. A fund was raised to pay for distribution and names come from local prohibitionists. Many papers were returned with no stated reason except a partisan motive to block the paper. The Voice cites reader letters denying orders to stop delivery and notes authorities in Washington are reviewing the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Voice
The
Voice
Washington
Boies for President Rising in Democratic Circles
Governor Boies gains national prominence as a presidential possibility. An editorial from the New York World urges unity among factions and suggests Boies could unite western states with true Democratic principles, praising his courage candor and wisdom. It argues he might reconcile factions better than any New York aspirant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boles
Gov
Boies
Denver
Gov. Boies
New York
Empire
Horace Boies
Lowa
Drunkenness in Mt. Pleasant Draws Prohibition Debate
An exchange between the Mt. Pleasant Incaustious and Evening News questions enforcement of prohibition in the city. The Evening News defends local Republican control and duty, urging officers to uphold the law amid concerns over street drinking and public order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Prohibition Not An Issue Says Republican Editor
A Republican editor argues prohibition is not an election issue and asserts that drunkenness on streets is rising, claiming the truth is that prohibition does not prohibit and the party will eventually admit this truth nationwide.
Republican civil service reform critique and districting sketch
Iowa Republicans face reform criticism as John Merckens attacks delinquent office-holders in Washington and calls for purges. A 1886 Iowa district map is cited as gerrymandered, amid broader complaints about Harrison era policies and patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Merckens
Washington
Iowa Republican Association
District of Columbia
Merckens
Iowa
Lown
John
Washington Notes on Investigations and Legislation
National Capital dispatch reports House Democrats pushing probes into the World's Fair pension office and bank failures in Philadelphia. A five member select committee would examine pension methods and potential civil service violations. Other topics include river and harbor funds, immigration anti Chinese measures, and debates over free coinage of silver. Rumors circle about a clash between Mr Harrison and Secretary Tracy over wartime costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Washington
House
Philadelphia
Pension Office
Committee On
Enloe
Cooper
Board of Pension Appeals
Morton
W.M. Grinnell
House Committee On Rivers and
House Committee On Imigration
Mills
Senate
Finance Committee
Bland
Harrison
Tracy
Iowa Gerrymandered Maps and Fair Redistricting Proposal
A historical critique argues Republicans maligned Iowa districts in 1886 to lock in six GOP seats. It presents maps of 1886 gerrymandering and a proposed Glattly bill redistricting by county groups, showing population variances and party majorities across eleven districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Congress
Republican Party
House
Wm. Glattly
Chickasaw County
Reverence Called Antidote to Era of Skepticism
The Indianapolis Sentinel quotes a prominent rabbi urging reverence over liberal preaching in an age of intolerance. He argues skepticism fuels the crowd and urges workers to take up the trowel, stressing reverence as a universal bulwark of character against perpetual mysteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Indianapolis Sentinel
The Democracy in 1892 at Denver Banquet
Gov Boies reflects on the western expansion and the future of the Democracy in 1892. He praises western growth, notes population booms in Colorado cities, and argues the party must defend individual rights, oppose class favoritism, and promote revenue taxation limited to necessities while expanding free trade in agricultural markets.
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Des Moines
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Cedar
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Jackson
Dubuque
Delaware
Buchanan
Blackhawk
Grundy
Hardin
Franklin
Butler
Bremer
Clayton
Allamakee
Fayette
Winnesbick
Howard
Chickasaw
Floyd
Mitchell
Worth
Cerro Gordo
Poweshiek
Jasper
Marshal
Benton
Limp
Davis
Appanoose
Lucas
Wapello
Warren
Marion
Mahaska
Guthrie
Cass
Audubon
Shelby
Crawford Carroll
Hamilton
Webster
Calhoun
Sac
Buena Vista
Pocahontas
Humboldt
Wright
Hancock
Winnebago
Kossuth
Palo Alto
Clay
Emmett
Dickinson
Monona
Woodbury
Ida
Cherokee
Plymouth
Sioux
O'Brien
Lyons
Osceola
Greystone Club
American Desert
Central West
Egypt
U. S. Gov't Report
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