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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1900
Page
4
For President William J. Bryan of Nebraska. For Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois. For Attorney General T. G. Harper of Des Moines County.
For district electors the first eight names are A R Miller of Washington, F D Kelsey of Jackson, John Elwanger of Dubuque, M J Carter of Winneshiek, H M Rebok of Tama, J C Williams of Mahaska, C C Loomis of Polk, W B Maring of Appanoose. Further names include J J Shea of Pottawattamie and L T Anderson of Carroll with W W Stowe of Dickinson noted.
For County Clerk Clyde G Sparks of Batavia For County Attorney J D Jones of Fairfield For County Auditor L C Phillips For County Recorder W H Ratcliff of Fairfield Township For Member County Board of Supervisors Frank P Ball of Cedar Township
The document discusses Croker’s plausible authorship on the conquest of the Philippines as a commercial venture. It cites imports from the United States to the islands from 1886 to 1898 averaging about 140000 dollars annually, and last fiscal year shipments totaling 2640000 dollars, mainly army supplies and purchases by soldiers and families. It notes 1897 Philippine imports around 16100000 dollars.
The Chronicle notes Croker's calculation that American trade profits from the Philippines were tiny compared with costs. He cites a $264,000 net gain on a $185,000,000 outlay and warns the subjugation has yielded little tangible value, urging imperialist critics to confront the moral and financial failure.
The piece argues the choice is binary between the republic and the empire with Bryan winning seen as ending conquest and upholding liberty, while McKinley’s victory would prolong war, betray American ideals, and endorse oppression. It warns a vote for any rival weakens free government and hastens the rise of imperialism.
The piece notes a Republican campaign folder defending trusts as workers’ allies citing Carroll D. Wright statistics. It contrasts claimed good and bad trusts, criticizes Wright as discredited, and warns the folder signals an open GOP defense of trusts amid labor and McKinley era rhetoric.
The Boston report notes Harvard President Eliot will not vote for McKinley’s re election. It cites his opposition to private monopolies and a perceived failure to commit to peace terms, marking a shift in political sentiment. Professor Laughlin of Chicago supports Eliot, signaling a growing wave of honesty in national politics.
Annie E Springer of Philadelphia hails Dr King’s New Discovery for curing her years long hacking cough. She credits relief from chest pain and better sleep after tried remedies failed. The product promises to treat throat chest or lung troubles. price 50c and 1 trial bottles free at George D Clarke’s drug store.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a permanent remedy for constipation. It promotes quick relief and offers a druggist refund if not satisfied.
A polemic accuses Mark Hanna linked trusts of coercion and intimidation to force votes for McKinley. It alleges mass lockouts and wage cuts in steel and coal industries across Illinois Ohio West Virginia Indiana Pennsylvania with threats of starvation and strikes if results favor Roosevelt and McKinley.
The piece discusses Republican and Democratic strategies, trust costs, elections, and figures like Col. Arthur Lynch and Senator Beveridge. It notes fears of ballot corruption, the push to claim campaign gains, and Republican anxieties over Bryan's likely cabinet. It mentions Kruger, Croker, Hanna, and McKinley in a charged political frame.
The piece notes Hanna pressuring for scare tactics to aid McKinley with a large campaign fund. It accuses Chinese actions, Sultanate gifts, and Persian hospitality while failing to pay missionary claims. It cites Carnegie backing McKinley and Long on armor contracts, plus a Texas storm relief fund tally and bribery charges against four Cleveland council members.
The piece notes that after bleeding the trusts, republican leaders move to purchase phase of the campaign. It states the United States ordered 100 fourteen pound field guns from an English firm. It argues Mr McKinley uses arms purchases to show friendship to England. Government has
The Philadelphia Record questions Governor Roosevelt's stance on the Bering Sea dispute and a peaceable arbitration treaty. It argues he would prefer war with Great Britain over property claims and jurisdiction, portraying him as reckless and dangerous for the presidency.
Reporting from a few miles away Hanna shouted against trusts and denounced the electric trust as a monopoly, claiming it was draining workers and suppressing an entire town as the World noted.
Lieutenant Governor J H Fletcher of Santa Clara South Dakota praises Krause's Headache Capsules as a cure for head aches and suffering. He reports promises from Aberdeen Hecla and Britton druggists to stock the remedy and plans to recommend it to miners in Colorado.
The Rock Island Wall Map of the United States is the best offered to the public. It is very large and adapted to school use. It will be sent post paid for fifteen cents in stamps or coin. Address John Sebastian Chicago Ill. Farmers should read the Western Trail published quarterly by the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railway. Sent free for one year. Address by letter or postal card. Cain's new book is available at this office for current political issues.
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