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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1900
Page
4
The ticket names William J. Bryan for President and Adlai E. Stevenson for Vice-President. Also listed are J. M. Gibson as Auditor and H. L. Williams as Treasurer. Electors named include Joseph Eiboeck of Polk County and H. Mackey of Keokuk County.
POR DISTRICT ELECTORS. First A RK MILLER Washington. Second F D KELSEY Jackson. Third JOHN ELWANGER Dubuque. Fourth M J CARTER Winneshiek. Fifth H M REBOK Tama. Sixth C WILLIAMS Mahaska. Seventh C C LOOMIS Polk. Eighth W B MARING Appanoose. Ninth J J SHEA Pottawattamie. Tenth L T ANDERSON Carroll. Eleventh W W STOWE Dickinson.
County slate names Clyde G. Sparks for Clerk J. D. Jones for Attorney L. C. Phillips for Auditor W. H. Ratcliff for Recorder Frank P. Ball for Board of Supervisors Cedar Township Fairfield Township Batavia Fairfield listed as the candidates seeking county office in the upcoming election.
A 1900 letter from Cantril Iowa asserts W R Wherry and local Democrats G S Gurnsey and S E Irish support Bryan and the Democratic ticket. The writer disputes an article alleging opposition to Bryan and cites a private reasoned defense for county attorney nomination.
A letters page includes W R Wherry of Lebanon Iowa defending Bryan and rebuking a critic. W A Jones argues Populists aided western reform against corporate greed and urges voters to back populists on state tickets. The Iowa constitution ratification is noted for November 1900 elections.
The article presents the Joint Resolution No. 1 proposing to amend Iowa’s constitution to institute biennial elections. It outlines extended terms for many officials and judges, specifies initial election dates, and notes required legal adjustments for timing. The piece includes critical editorial stance against the measure and discusses local political figures O Connell and Hedge.
Brief, terse selections cover Republican fears about Minnesota voters and Bryan Stevenson prospects. Mentions Census Director Merriam ordering voting, Turkish indignities to Americans, and party battles over trusts. Notes Frank L. Stanton’s Dixie Land book and Chandler versus Gallinger in a race, with hints of New Hampshire dynamics.
A forecast notes that in the coming month men with opposing political views can mingle indoors without the odor of smoke from contact, signaling a calmer era of discourse and shared space.
A sharp pre election forecast predicts a Balkanized party collapse after Hanna news. The comment implies Factional splits and voter sentiment tilt against Republicans ahead of the November 7 vote.
The question asks whether a party that denies the existence of trusts can provide effective anti trust support. It examines political posture and potential policy implications for enforcing competition law and curbing monopolies.
The piece notes Harvard University faculty nearly all supporting Bryan, while Republicans depict reforms as a tactics for political gain. It mentions Croker’s opposition, Teddy Roosevelt’s book push, and speculative foreign policy angles around McKinley and Lipton, all framed as partisan theater.
Annie E Springer of Philadelphia reports relief from a long standing hacking cough after using Dr King's New Discovery. She says it removed chest pain and helped her sleep, praising its unseen cure. The ad notes guaranteed throat chest and lung relief, with trial bottles free at George PD Clarke's drug store.
The story presents W J Bryan’s rebuttal to a War Department letter by Acting Secretary Meiklejohn dated October 6 1900. It frames Bryan’s reply as exposing imperialist bias in prominent outlets like the Ledger and highlights calls to end slavery amid Philippine ogili war context. It notes the internal U S Army communications with Maj Gen Otis regarding the 1899 Jolo agreement and slavery references.
In Kalamazoo on October 10 William Jennings Bryan acknowledged Meiklejohns letter and prepared a reply. He argues the Sulu treaty was approved subject to Congress action and questions the reach of the thirteenth amendment to the Philippines and Porto Rico while criticizing presidentially asserted powers in handling colonial affairs.
Meiklejohn notes confirm and approve terms of a treaty with Spain ceded territory. Congress will determine native civil rights and political status. The sultan of Jolo must be told the agreement does not permit slavery in the Sulu archipelago under the thirteenth amendment. Presidential approval is needed for the Sulu treaty to be valid.
The Rock Island Wail Map of the United States is the best offered to the public. It is very large and specially adapted to school purposes. Every teacher of geography and every business office should have one. It will be sent post paid to any address on receipt of fifteen cents in postage stamps or coin. Address, JOHN SEBASTIAN, G.P.A , Chicago, Il).
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