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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1913
Page
6
Cascade celebrates passage of a legislature bill requiring standard gauge tracks for railroads, ending years of narrow gauge inconvenience on the Cascade to Belle Vue line. The article also notes education and tariff items in a broader political scene involving Ames and state politics.
President Wilson read his message in person to a joint session of Congress, breaking the old Jeffersonian custom. Congress approved actions reluctantly as members from both parties deprecated the president. The piece notes Wilson’s autocratic stance contrasts with Taft and Roosevelt and warns dissent could rise into strong disapproval.
The senate passed a five mile limit bill barring saloons in towns with state schools or within two miles. It aims at Iowa City where shopkeepers favor saloons. Licenses run to September 1915 and breweries require a public vote for elimination.
A critical voice questions whether women can be good citizens if they approve of dynamite, property destruction, and law breaking by suffragettes in England, noting John Bull’s tolerance as a fault of gallantry.
The Marshalltown Times Republican notes general support for the six mile limit law except in Iowa City. It calls the ban on saloons near the university city sensible and urges careful traffic handling. Democrats pledge lower living costs and consider Congress actions, while Jones County legislators gain credit for restraint.
London reports Miss Zeilla Emerson, the American suffragette jailed for crossborder offenses, again showing mental instability. Congress and the tariff bill linger as wool prices fall on the free list. Assembly bids adieu to Des Moines while Hugh C. Wallace is named U S ambassador to France and donates $5,000 to the Wilson campaign.
A report notes Mr Wilson intends to hold congress with him until after the distribution of jobs, reflecting a political maneuver tied to patronage and employment. The text emphasizes the timing and potential implications for supporters and rivals.
Representative Good asks Iowa senators to block confirmation of Democratic post office appointments in the fifth district. Taft appointees faced Democratic obstruction last year, and Republicans may respond by limiting access to vacancies before March 4, 1913. The piece frames the issue as restoring balance and denying theft of patronage.
A Cedar Rapids Republican essay argues legislators err when they defer to claimed public wishes or vote to refer all matters to voters. It stresses lawmakers must use their judgment and vote based on duty, not fear of repeal or popular demand.
A witty observation on marital talk where a man may reveal little in minutes while a wife speaks long hours and still learns much more than she shares.
The Cascade Electric Company is granted a 25 year franchise by a vote of 102 to 8. Other items note Dubuque flood relief fundraising, hotel sale in Cascade, and a planned rail line through Cedar Rapids with limited freight traffic. The region also reports school and church changes plus a large fire at the Julian house in Dubuque with substantial losses.
The Chicago city election produced a progressive slump without a GOP landslide. Democrats won most offices while Republicans outvoted progressives more than two to one across the city, challenging progressive party recognition as a minority force.
Both chambers pass or lay on the table a range of bills. A new 10th district judge is proposed for Delaware Buchanan and Blackhawk counties. A daylight hours bill tightens saloon hours from 7 am to 9 pm. Other measures include gravel pit condemnation power for road building and anti disease bee imports. A commission to study European agricultural conditions is approved.
New York Tribune and Omaha Bee debate political and economic ideas. The Tribune discusses living on an $18 000 annual income and the need to focus energetic reform, while the Bee questions appointing an ambassador candidate and notes US senate considerations.
Listings show vendors advertising windmill repairs for Perkins Eclipse and Star mills with pumps and pipes for sale, plus guaranteed work by Leroy Clark. Additional notices promote Y W O Y A M W A L S tea room in Cedar Rapids offering dinners, barber trade training by A B Molter, and Nalzarx Million Dear potatoes with Early Ohio seed potatoes offered by D G Brazelton.
Reports say promoters intend to run the Cedar Rapids and Farley train on Sundays with baseball promoters in Cedar Rapids backing the plan to boost Sunday attendance.
The patronage committee forwarded 50 prospective Iowa postmasters to the postmaster general last Friday. For the Fifth district names include Olin, Frank W. Miller of Mechanicsville, H Vary of Traer, J S Guynn of Vinton, and H G Kruse. A certificate signed by Wade, Read, and three Democratic congressmen accompanies the list praising loyalty and competence.
A Boston traveler notes a six bedroom style prime rental in New York offering twenty four rooms and seven baths at fifteen thousand dollars a year. The remark also pivots to a discussion about the idea of a minimum wage.
A brief that Californians face a tough challenge to drive out Japanese owners from an estate and repurpose it as an exhibition site for the Panama Canal show. The note frames property and display duties in a wartime public context.
The Monticello Iowa city treasurer will offer at public sale on April 19 1918 at 2 pm in Monticello State Bank ten refunding bonds numbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 10 each 500 with 5 percent interest payable semi annually. Bonds dated March 1 1913 mature January 1 1920 with city option to prepay after January 1 1916. Minimum price at face value plus accrued interest. Signed April 1 1913 by City Treasurer H C Boblken and City Clerk Fred W Koop.
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