Iowa GOP picks Minneapolis for next national convention
The Burlington Gazette reports that on the seventh ballot the national committee chose Minneapolis as the site for the next Republican National Convention. H C Wheeler has left for California for the winter. The piece notes Iowa’s 78,000 GARFIELD majority contrasts with the 1,700 Democratic margin in the first district.
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Burlington Gazette
Fairfield Ledger
Editorial Writer Praised Yet Bent on Free Coinage
The Dubuque Telegraph lauds a leading editorial writer praised for vigor and fairness though he persists in advocating free silver coinage, ready to sacrifice other issues for that policy.
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Ottumwa Officers Endorse Exposure of Captain Shields
The Ottumwa Democrat asserts Captain Duan Shields is a fraud and a temperance lecturer. city and county officials in Ottumwa and Wapello County endorse the exposure, labeling Shields a scalawag and a blackleg.
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Senator Wilson’s Campaign Return and Illness
Kellogg Enterprise reports Senator Wilson came home from Congress sick and stayed in Fairfield during the late campaign. Grinnell Herald notes he has grown sicker since the election.
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Governor Boles Votes Democratic Ticket in Principle
The Dubuque Herald reports Governor Boles voted straight Democratic. A Republican questioned his choice but he explained it was a matter of principle, not men. The Sioux City Tribune notes a Woodbine postmaster, a Republican, followed a late state candidate's speculative betting on the Chicago board of trade, with disastrous results.
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Sioux City
Pharisaeism Complains Ahead of Iowa Election
A sample from the Ottumwa Court seeks to sway voters by denouncing opposition as pharisaical and claiming the returns will reveal men’s regard for manhood and self respect based on support for the Republican ticket tomorrow.
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Iowa
Democratic Shift Solidifies in Big Eleventh District
The eleventh district moves fully into the Democratic column. Boies rises to 19 088 votes this year from 16 353 in 1889, a gain of 2 630, while Struble's Republican gains from 4 437 in 1886 to 6 259 in 1888 are surpassed by Hutchinson's 389 governor victory and Perkins' 907 prior plurality. Boies ends with a current clear 124 plurality.
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Perkins
New York Weekly World Sees Cleveland Nomination Strong
The paper favors Grover Cleveland for the national Democratic ticket next year. It calls him broader wiser and more experienced than in 1884 or 1888 and notes he commands public confidence even among conservatives not of his party. It says current congress may alter conditions but indications favor his nomination and election.
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Senator Sherman Denounces Prohibition Influence in Iowa
Ohio Senator Sherman tells Mansfield reporter that Iowa's push for prohibition failed and proves attempts to regulate appetite cannot endure. He says the Republican party should avoid carrying such “load” state by state, noting the lesson for national politics.
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Iowa
Young men drift toward Democrats says Dubuque Ledger
The Ledger argues youths align with the Democratic party for encouragement and recognition while charging the Republicans are ruled by aging political fossils. It claims older leaders denounce ambitious young men as insolent and push them aside.
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Republican Party
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Tribute Extols Judge Love by Opponent Judge Woolson
Judge Woolson in a tribute to the late Judge J. M. Love praises Love as judicial uprightness itself. He notes Love never questioned the court’s integrity or the sincerity of its logic, and that Love’s decisions withstood review with striking success. The tribute highlights broad bar confidence in Love’s legal principles.
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Iowa Republicans Face Democratic Push on Prohibition Reform
The speaker asserts Democrats aim to repeal prohibition and back a high license local option law. He warns Republicans must join Democrats in a bill aligned with the Ottumwa platform or face continued defeat and political ruin.
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Council Bluffs
Prohibition Burden Debate Echoes in Western Iowa
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil tracks the Republican stance on prohibition and election outcomes. It says the party bears the voters' will, may re submit or let counties decide under Iowa law, and predicts continued Republican firmness until the state is fully Democratic.
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Republican Party
Hatton Defends Iowa Result Criticizing Prohibition Crank Flights
Frank Hatton, former postmaster general and ex editor of the Burlington Hawkeye, now of the Washington Post, told a New York Times reporter he was pleased the Republicans were defeated in Iowa. He criticizes the party for adopting farmer labels and cranks like Wheeler, noting his own farmer record is limited to telephone farming and a few stud horses. Davenport Democrat notes Hatton published the Times interview in his paper after Iowa’s election.
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Knoepfler Wins Iowa Superintendent Race
The Fairfield Ledger notes the defeat of Superintendent Sabin and endorses Professor J B Knoepfler as a capable successor. It praises Knoepfler’s long public school work and urges support, arguing he will not let state education retrograde. The West Union Argo also backs Knoepfler despite previous opposition.
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Henry Sabin
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Democratic Party
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Interesting election figures from Davenport Democrat
The article notes Iowa's total vote on Tuesday November 3d reached 420,214 the highest in state history. It compares gains for Democrats and Republicans from 1880 to 1891 mentions Gov Boies, Lt Gov Bestow and Supreme Court judges with large vote differentials and regional variations including Davis county high prohibition counts.
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Remarkable Iowa Vote Tests Party Strength
The New York World notes no state election this year shows a stronger test of party strength than Iowa. The total vote is the largest ever cast in the state, close to the presidential year turnout. Iowa’s presidential electors in 1884 numbered 375,932 and in 1888 reached 404,140.
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Iowa
New York World
Congress to Tackle Bills and Speakership Fight in 1892
Washington notes forecast a lively 1892 session with Democrats pressing to limit or repeal portions of McKinley tariffs. Factional speakership contests center on Mills and Crisp, with Tammany Hall leaning toward Crisp. Reports suggest other candidates may prevail. The piece also covers Sherman Foraker tensions, Blaine’s stance, immigration probes, and reactions to state election results.
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Jefferson Flambeau Club Banquet Speech in Keokuk
Chairman C D Pullen of the Jefferson Democratic Flambeau Club in Keokuk delivered a banquet address criticizing Republican hopes after the November vote. He argued Republicans misread state sentiment, urged policies to curb intemperance, and warned that party infighting and laws of nature would shape future results.
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