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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1896
Page
1
Republican national ticket named William McKinley of Ohio for president and Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey for vice president. State ticket lists G. L. Dobson for secretary of state and C. G. McCarthy for auditor.
The passage argues that McKinley era protection laws boosted industry but led to unemployment and lower farm prices when modified toward freer trade. It warns that populism would hinder capital, reduce confidence, and urges voters to support the Republican party to restore protection and home production.
A discussion refutes a claim that silver is legal tender only up to five dollars. It cites the 1878 act making silver dollars and silver certificates full legal tender, notes deposits for certificates, and outlines circulation figures through 1895 to argue money supply growth.
The text notes that Governor Drake held a 97,188 majority over combined Democratic and Populist tickets, suggesting Iowa remains reliably patriotic and unlikely to swing to populist forces. It emphasizes cross-party patriotism among Iowa's Republican and Democratic voters.
Landlord Hazlet of the Lovell House observes strong sentiment against free silver coinage among travelers. He recalls only two who openly supported the Chicago platform.
The article quotes the Des Moines platform opposing free silver and bimetallism as ineffective harming money supply credit employment and producers. It cites Chas A Seaton of the Oxford Mirror urging Democrats to back McKinley and repudiating populist splits. It urges unity to defeat the party ticket for principle over faction.
The Marshalltown delegation refused to align with the Fifth district on Burnham for supreme judge and backed Weaver. When the split occurred most of the district supported the Ladd columns, and Marshall County chose its own path, missing a chance to help Burnham. The piece argues district unity matters in state conventions.
The Cedar Rapids Republican quotes an editorial addition claiming a Western man from Nebraska writing in the Manchester Democrat editorial column. The poem praises a silver supporter as a true to the manor American figure amid free silver rhetoric.
The passage states Mexico and China are on a silver basis due to free coinage. It argues that a Mexican dollar trades for about half an American dollar because the U S silver dollar is backed by gold.
The Minneapolis Times editorial argues that the 1896 contest will bury old political groups as people form new lines. It claims John Blanchard has shifted his paper toward populism and that the public now dictates the issues rather than party leadership.
In the Chicago Record Wm. 2. Curtis notes an industrious search of Bryan's speeches finds a parrotlike candidate. He accuses Bryan of relying on stock phrases repeated on the stump and in the house, calling him a declaimer lacking versatility or originality.
The straight-out populists convene in St Louis while Bryan supporters push for fusion. Tension runs high and an enormous clash is anticipated as populists act impulsively and emotionally.
Burrell of the Washington Press described Bryan's convention address as a non improvised, non new patchwork of stump speeches. He called it nothing but an iridescent dream and a string of prismatic soap bubbles.
Horace Boies announces he will not seek Congress in the third district leaving a scramble to find a candidate to face Henderson as party organizers report trouble recruiting a challenger.
Hon. John F. Lacy recounts his 1896 trip to Mexico to study the silver standard and free coinage. He notes exchange rates, wages, and poverty among Mexican workers, arguing the silver standard benefits Mexico but harms U.S. workers and would not bring prosperity here.
Col Henderson at the state convention extols Bryan in Chicago asking if the country will be crucified on a cross of gold or silver. He vows the Republicans will reject crucifixion and rally voters in November, praising the party and the nation amid applause.
Cascade and Dyersville contest for the largest telephone exchange. Publisher sold to Dorcas brothers of Tipton. Prof Lawrence of Clinton Schools suffered a facial injury in a runaway. Marion man Charles Carnagey arrested for assault on a girl. bond forfeited. Charles Baker bitten by a rattlesnake near Burlington. treated with whiskey. alive. W. W. and a Waterloo man jailed for mail fraud promising companionship for the elderly. $2 demanded per applicant. Linn county Teachers Institute to convene in Marion August 10 with noted instructors. Chris Kekerlebe’s murder trial continues with damaging testimony. revolver and other weapons linked to the case. defense may seek alibi.
In Cass County Iowa leading democrats boycotted Bryant and Sewall backing the sound money ticket. Bolters include D C Chase Ezra Willard L L Delano R G Phelps and T B Swan who favor loyalty to country and stable government over populist risk. If no neutral ticket arises they may back the Republicans.
The Sigourney Review, a leading Democratic weekly in Iowa, endorses McKinley and Hobart while pledging independence on other candidates. It condemns unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 as harmful to national interests and criticizes the platform adopted at the Democratic National Convention.
Jefferson July 16 Special Senator Russell a leading Iowa Democrat warns that free silver adoption would trigger a nationwide panic from center to circumference. He says money ticket nomination should be reconsidered to avoid upheaval.
The Marshall County paper declines the Chicago 16 to 1 platform and defends sound money. It argues against free silver and urges Democratic readers to reject populist policy for financial safety.
Secretary Herbert of the navy department says he will oppose the Bryan and Sewall ticket. He questions how any Democrat can back the Chicago platform and declines to say whether he would vote for McKinley and Hobart. He hopes to cast a vote for a sound money Democrat.
J. D. Richardson outswoken at the Hoffman House in New York declares he cannot vote the ticket. Richardson, a former Democratic National Committee member from Iowa, states his sentiments on party alignment and opposition to a second Democratic ticket.
Henry Watterson warns in an interview that the proposed platform signals national repudiation and spoliation and would unleash revolution. He fears readers gaining power would be purged by radical elements, risking civil war and federal intervention to curb mob rule.
Chicago Chronicle reports no Democratic newspaper in Chicago endorses Bryan nomination. A Pennsylvania postmaster sought copies of Chicago Democratic papers while claiming Democratic credentials, but the Chicago postmaster said none endorsed the convention platform or nominees.
John P. Irish, former editor of the Iowa City Press and a leading Iowa Democrat, traveled through Manchester Monday on his way to Oakland California. He criticized the Chicago convention platform as a radical departure and said no true democrat will support it. He predicted no third ticket and that sound money Democrats will back McKinley or abstain.
A neighboring Dyersville paper laments the 1896 Democratic convention decision, arguing it cedes long term power to Republicans for over twenty five years. It accuses Democrats of dividing the party, alienating friends, and choosing country over party as major papers condemn the chosen candidate.
The Independence Bulletin Journal published interviews with twelve top Democrats in the city last week, all of whom repudiated the Chicago platform and its candidates.
Des Moines reports the Staats-Anzeiger Col Kiboecks paper, a leading German Iowa journal, has halted endorsement of the democratic platform and ticket under the caption Out of National Politics. It states the paper, loyal to the party for twenty four years, cannot endorse this week.
Talks stir among Monticello bolting Democrats who favor national credit over party lines and discuss forming a Democratic McKinley club to back his policies.
They declare they will steer the upcoming Democratic county gathering and only place delegates who swear allegiance to the Chicago platform, excluding others from the guard.
In a reflection on party associations the source notes that no Democratic paper in Maryland endorses Bryan and Sewall, urging Maryland to be counted among McKinley aligned states.
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