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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1896
Page
1
The national democratic convention will convene in Chicago on Tuesday July 7. Delegates from across the nation will assemble to nominate a presidential candidate and address party platforms.
A Democrat faces pressure from within his party and plans to withhold support for McKinley, signaling a potential split over the presidential vote and highlighting intra party tensions ahead of the ballot.
The Louisa County Democrat highlights Hon. D. P. Stubbs for Congress calling him an honest advocate of free coinage.
In Fairfield the nomination was received in dead silence and the effort to ratify him failed. The party shows no enthusiasm for McKinley.
The Sioux City Tribune argues New York Democrats’ bid to calm western and southern voters with a moderate pro bimetalism stance will fail, likening it to tempting a Numidian lion with a porterhouse steak.
Excepting the gentlemen who were to address the meeting there was practically no one in attendance at the McKinley ratification meeting last Friday night. A prominent Republican said the party had knocked the enthusiasm out of the boys by declaring for the single gold standard.
The piece argues the German emperor has begun studying finance after ordering works on the subject. It recalls Senator John A. Logan’s brief claimed mastery and says he was miseducated like many Republicans while criticizing Senator Sherman for his role in financial policy. It urges learning to unlearn prior mistakes.
Free sample box of Dr King's New Life Pills sent by mail from H E Bucklen Co Chicago. Pills aid constipation sick headache malaria liver troubles and tone the stomach. Regular size 25c per box sold by Geo D Clarke druggist. Hall's Veget able Sicilian Hair Renewer promises hair growth health color and beauty.
The piece argues that McKinley’s act of endorsing a friend’s debt beyond his means harmed his resources and that relief came only from others. It labels this generosity as reckless and stresses that public trust demands both personal integrity and a high business standard for office.
J. R. Sovereign wires from Kansas City that Henry M. Teller would be the nominee with strong labor support. The Knights of Labor Western Federation of Miners Federation of Labor and Seamen's Union back Teller and free coinage of silver is urged. McKinley’s choice of Mark Hanna provokes organized labor opposition and the claim Hanna would be the real president if McKinley wins.
The Keosauqua Democrat and Sigourney Review oppose the 1 to 1 ratio. Hollingsworth argues for the gold standard as the sole viable international monetary basis, rejecting bimetalism and endorsing gold as safer and more economical than silver.
John W. Breidenthal, Kansas Populist chairman, proposes a strategy to unite free silver electors after November elections. The two thirds rule would allow switching to a cross party slate to secure a majority in the electoral college, with cross endorsements in key states.
An advertisement notes that persons with nightly coughing spells caused by a tickling throat may stop the cough with a dose of One Minute Cough Cure from Bradshaw and Thoma.
The gold standard Democrats of Texas meeting in Austin condemn greenbacks and fiat money. They blame the Republican Congress for financial miseducation and treasury strain, arguing fiat currency harms the economy and that McKinley’s gold standard platform bears sole responsibility.
The article states Venezuela ends free coinage and outlawed paper money as legal tender. A constitutional amendment bars any issuing of bank notes or paper value without congressional authorization and forbids silver or nickel coinage without prior law, signaling a move away from silver monometalism.
The article argues Russia will restore specie payments on a gold basis after decades of a weak paper rouble. It notes silver coinage remains for subsidiary use and compares Russia’s move to England's small-amount tender limits and the U.S. protectionist approach. It predicts Russia will avoid global credit drains and pursue broader monetary integration without a protective barrier like a Chinese wall.
Mr Gilman Brown of 34 Mill St South Garden Mass said doctors gave up on his son after typhoid fever and malaria. After spending 375 dollars on doctors he tried Dr Kings New Discovery and recovered enough to work again. He credits the remedy as best in the world for lung trouble and offers trial bottles at Geo D Clarke's drug store.
The New York Democratic platform backs gold and silver as the standard money and calls for repealing the Sherman act to establish a safe bimetallic system. It warns against free and unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1, arguing it would push gold out of circulation and polarize voters.
The Sioux City Tribune and O Brien County Bell critique McKinley as financially dependent on supporters who funded his debts. They label his tariff policy a failure and claim backers aim to control government through protectionist politics. The piece portrays McKinley as an instrument of trusts and monopolies, provoking voter indifference.
The State Line Democrat urges Democrats opposing 16 to 1 silver to form a separate ticket if Chicago adopts a populist coinage plank. It argues 350 plus delegates should retire to draft a distinct platform and nominate, to prevent disenfranchising millions who oppose free coinage.
The passage argues that a free silver candidate might carry southern and mining states and produce a House majority, improving chances of victory. It suggests uniting both party wings on state and county officers could avoid a hopeless election for straight Democrats, making a straight Democratic ticket a matter of principle and expediency.
A Washington dispatch reports President Cleveland plans to support the Democratic nominee and opposes free coinage. He fears silver policies could trigger a panic but will back the party’s chosen candidate, not McKinley, despite pressure from silver advocates. He warns Hannaized McKinleyism threatens prosperity and republican institutions.
United States Senator J H Gallinger of New Hampshire outlines a silver issue led strategy at his Concord home. He warns a 90 member Senate needs 46 votes for a majority though Kentucky’s vacancy through 1899 allows 45. He cites defections from Republicans and lists states with gains and risks including Maryland Ohio New York Illinois Wisconsin North Carolina Utah and the fate of Senators Pritchard Brown and Pettigrew.
The speaker notes the Dingley bill battles and the risk to incumbents in Colorado Walcott North Dakota and California. He concedes the party may lose seats in Kansas Illinois and doubts a clear path to preserving a protective tariff majority without a free silver rider.
Detroit Tribune editor James E. Scripps states he remains a Republican but opposes the St Louis convention shift to a single gold standard. He argues for bimetalism as a safeguard against price fluctuations and urges adherence to party platforms supporting both gold and silver. He links demonetization of silver to agrarian distress and economic hardship.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised as the world’s best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It claims to cure piles with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded priced at 25 cents per box sold by Geo. D. Clarke.
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