Democrats Name Ticket and County Convention Details
The Jefferson county Democrats meet at Fairfield court house on September 19 1891 at 11 AM to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Judge Railroad Commissioner Superintendent and Representative. Delegates allotted by township with two per precinct and one for every 25 votes for Chamberlain in 18. Partisan slate includes Boiles Bestow Kinne Dey Knoepfler.
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Jefferson County
Court House
Fairfield
Town
Board of Supervisors
W. H. Chamberlain
Saurday
Fairfield Tribune
County Central Committee
W. G. Spalding
McKinley Bill Seen Raising Iowa Living Costs
The Chicago Tribune reports the McKinley tariff will raise living costs in Iowa by at least six to seven million dollars annually, affecting consumers and households across the state.
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Iowa
Chicago Tribune
Pierce’s Pick for Party Nominee Praised Despite Loss
Despite severe defeat last Saturday, J. K. remains confident that the party’s chosen ticket is the best possible. Pierce notes the outcome but endorses the nomination as the strongest option for future success.
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Pierce
J. Kk
Democrats Urged to Pick Strong Delegates for County Convention
The appeal calls on Democrats to attend the primaries and choose delegates who will deliver a strong, clean ticket from top to bottom.
Campbell Bradley Nominated for Democratic Senate Seat
Campbell Bradley is nominated on the Democratic ticket for senator in the Appanoose and Davis counties district. Bradley’s activity and the district's Democratic leaning suggest an easy election victory.
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Campbell Bradley
Appanoose
Davis
Bradley
Farmers and Halifaxes Divide Iowa Republicans
The Republican stance in Iowa bans farmer related political talk and favors eastern manufacturers. Farmers are told to go to Halifax and any suggestion of improving farmers' conditions is labeled treason to the state.
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Republican Party
Iowa
Halifax
War era moves of Mr Wheeler to Canada
Des Moines Register notes that Wheeler did not take part in the war but left Chicago for California around the war’s start and, in early 1864, moved to Canada where he stayed until after the war’s end, according to older friends.
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Wheeler
Chicago
California
United States
Canada
Des Moines Register
Clarkson Denies Prohibition Statement Attribution
The Tribune publishes J S Clarkson denial of a quoted statement that he must back prohibition to save his paper. The paper emphasizes fairness in politics and business and vows to treat political opponents with honesty.
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J.S. Clarkson
Prohibition
Cranks
the Tribune
THE
Tribune
S. S. Crane Re-nominated for Sheriff Despite Opposition
Despite poor breaks and Republican doubts, S. S. Crane was renominated last Saturday. Nineteen delegates from Penntownship refused to endorse him, yet the party chose to back him and let the electorate decide.
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S.S. Crane
Penn Township
Re nominated Sheriff S. 8S. Crane letter controversy
An archival letter from S. S. Crane, sheriff of Jefferson County Fairfield Iowa, to Deputy Sheriff Albia Iowa, includes a coercive request for a cut of plunder from a county incident. The missive asserts money motive and threats silence if compensation is received.
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Crane
Monroe County
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Iowa
Albia
Drak Sin
Bonner
Conventions Echo Partisan Chorus From Capt Watkins
Capt Watkins at the convention declares loyalty to the Republican party dating from the rebellion era. He vows to vote for Republican interests and to the best of his ability support the party and state. He questions if such loyalty is the best recommendation for a candidate.
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Watkins
Republican Oe
Republican Party
Delegates oppose Loehr in county convention vote
Forty Republican delegates from Walnut, Penn, Blackhawk, Brookville, Liberty township and other areas rejected John Loehr for nomination. Opposition centers on Loehr’s third term push and his past support for extending terms for others.
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John Loehr
Walnut
Penn
Blackhawk
Brookville
Buchanan
Round Prairie
Cedar
Liberty
Loehr
Abbott Sermon in Creston on Gospel Power and Legislation
Dr Lyman Abbott argued that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation and dismissed the idea that legislation alone can reform morality. He criticized attempts to use prohibition to cure intemperance and said no state can be saved by law or force. He noted both Jew and Gentile testify that human law cannot redeem the world.
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Lyman Abbott
Creston
Paul
East
Lowa
Egister
Register
Kansas
Nebraska
United States
Iowa
Wheeler
Ile
State Central Committee
Lhe Republicans
van Houten
van Flouten
Keokuk critic Clark attacks Gov Boies on Cherokee speech
Sam Clark of the Keokuk Gate City criticizes Gov Boies for his Cherokee speech. He says they share ground on prohibition but accuses the governor of serving saloon interests. Clark derides anti prohibitionists as having no stake in the fight.
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Sam. Clark
Keokuk Gate City
Boies
Clark
Political fealty attacks and tariff trust critique roil Iowa papers
A Sioux City editorial targets Governor Boies as a Democrat and condemns Wheeler as a party renegade. It recalls Wheeler’s 1882 Senate bid, his stance against Hutchison, and party loyalty claims, while contrasting with the Fairfield Ledger and Muscatine News Tribune on tariff and trust issues.
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Wheeler
Iowa
Boies
Republican National Committee
Canada
Europe
State Register
J. S. Clarkson
Senate
Sac
Crawford
Monona
Ida
Harrison
T. M.C. Logan
Denison
Logan
Yeats
Hutchison
Mr. Hutchison
Northwestern
Sioux City Tribune
New York
United States
Fairfield Ledger
Rep
Republican
Fairfield
Hfairfield Ledger
McKinley Party
Muscatine News-Tribune
Two Rev edies Which Is Best Des Moines Leader
The Des Moines Register accuses Governor Boies of slander from a New York City speech. Supporters note Boies speaks against monopoly and that his name is widely associated with a possible vice presidency. The piece defends Boies as prudent and not a fool.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Register
Boies
New York City
United States
Jtegister
Iowa
Governor Boies
Wall Street
Tariff argument and Wheeler campaign disclosures in Iowas politics
A collection of editorials and letters critiques tariff as tax and condemns Farmer Wheeler as a stealth campaigner for Iowa state offices. It cites McKinney era tariff shifts, sugar and tin prices, and calls Wheeler unfit, revealing confidential outreach to Republican precinct leaders and anti prohibition tensions.
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Grover Cleveland
McWinney Congress
Farmer” Wheeler
Ile
Mr. Wheeler
Odebolt
Sac Co
Monticello
Iowa
State Central Committee
Peoples’ Party
Hl. C. Wheeler
The Case Against Protectionism from a Public Debate
The article argues protection is marketed as beneficial but is actually harmful, a legal robbery of the many for the few. It acknowledges plausible protection arguments yet labels them sophistries and cites a Mr. George to illustrate the point.
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George
Boies Defends Iowa From Tariff Attack in New York Speech
The Fort Madison Democrat reports Gov. Boies praised Iowa as a top producer of beef pork and dairy but argued tariffs harm farmers. He rejected claims of slander toward Iowa and blamed federal taxation for hurting western agriculture, supported by Census data.
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Lowa
Sele
Boies
New York
Pennsylvania
East
Porter
Fort Madison
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Horace Boiles
S. L. Bestow
Lucas
L. G. Kinne
Tama
Peter A. Dey
Johnson
J. B. Knoepfler
Allamakee
TION
Buchanan Cedar
Fairtie
Rene Te Lockridge
Polk
Pairfield
Locust Grove
Batavia
HL. Watkins
Fred White
Alliam C. Wheeler
Percheron
Shire Stallions
America
John Stewardson
Coy
Brickett
Lynn
Mass
Hunsgary
Poland
Italy
Ano Mtn
Harris & Cuddy
U. S. Gov’t
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