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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1899
Page
1
Judge T. M. Fee of Centerville is urged for the supreme bench on the Republican ticket. The piece notes growing opposition to Senator Gear and asserts John Henry’s strong hold on the office, hindering change.
The text predicts a future canal cutting South America from its north and a Pacific cable, marking long steps toward expanding the United States’ commercial ties with the Far East.
The Washington Democrat notes William J. Wilson, author of the Wilson tariff bill, has been chosen president of Yale University with a yearly salary of 25000 dollars. It mocks Democratic literacy with satire and questions the value of education for Democrats.
Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford, told a San Francisco audience last Friday night that Providence does not guide expansion and criticized McKinley as inept in separating politics from statesmanship. He called McKinley a fool in his cabinet and a blackguard in charge of the commissary department.
The Seymour Leader reports plans to reorganize and enlarge the Democratic State Central Committee to include a member for every senatorial district. The Tribune calls the idea poor and suggests sticking with county chairmen and keeping the current size. The piece notes distrust of the committee over the 16 to 1 issue and funding concerns about the chairman's campaign contributions.
The inquiry into Gen. Miles’ charges regarding beef supplied to the army has begun. Miles claims his officers reported the matter to him and he is not personally charged. He had been accused of improper talk for publication but presents a letter from a reporter acknowledging he was not responsible for the article. If wrong, Miles bases his charges on the officers’ testimony, and he shows the evidence to back his stance. He earns praise for his courage in speaking out.
The letters argue against subsidizing American ships. Proponents say subsidies make freight profitable for ship owners. Opponents warn farmers and manufacturers would fund the scheme through higher costs and taxes. They call for avoiding a new trust and rising prices that hurt common people.
The Hampton Globe enters its ninth year edited by M Bilderback. The paper is praised as a valuable local newspaper, neatly printed and well regarded in Iowa, with the editor formerly linked to The Tribune and noted as an excellent printer and journalist.
The Tribune presents statements by the national chairman to show the head of the party line. The piece notes strong free silver support and compares the current 16 to 1 stance to that of 1896, while questioning its magnitude.
Lord Beresford tours the United States en route from China and Japan to England to promote an open door policy. He argues for united pressure by England Germany Japan and the United States to uphold Chinese imperial integrity and free trade for all nations. The public reception in the U S is warm and hopeful that global commerce will shed artificial barriers and favor a spirit of brotherhood among nations.
The paper prints Mr I T Flint’s expansion views to offer fair play and free speech. It argues against his premises on territorial growth and the Philippines while noting progress and civilization’s advancing influence.
Senator James K. Jones, chair of the Democratic National Committee, argues the 1896 fight over bimetallism will be the central issue in the next presidential campaign. He contends the party will refuse a gold standard and push for silver coinage to raise prices and boost prosperity amid economic distress and Wall Street speculation. He cites past missteps and backs Chicago platform gains as evidence the party will again take a clear stand.
A PR News feature promotes light flaky pie crusts made without butter using Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder. It claims crusts are wholesome digestible economical and easier to prepare with options using less flour shortening or lard. The secret payoff is the powder's rising action and the resulting crumb.
Official tests at the World’s Columbian Exposition and the California Midwinter Fair found Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder to have the highest leavening power, purity, and wholesomeness with the best keeping qualities. It was proclaimed The Foremost Baking Powder in all the World.
An op-ed decries the Spanish American War as imperial aggression driven by syndicates and greed. It argues Cuba’s liberation was betrayed, the Philippines suffer under American rule, and that conquest serves money and power rather than noble aims. The piece warns against annexation, denounces hypocrisy, and calls for true self-government.
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