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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
6
The text discusses President Wilson gaining a congress aligned with his party and the Republican view that tariff policies will impact the nation. It notes Republican expectations of a fair trial for his policies and speculation on future conservatism versus early administration optimism, with doubts to be resolved by events.
Read of a long and bitter struggle as Iowa Democrats split over Wilson era patronage. Pro-Wilson factions push to replace Judge Wade and State Chairman Reed, while conciliatory camps expect Wade to stay influential and Iowa congressmen seek a share of recommendations.
A recent Omaha blaze killed many travelers who chose a cheap hotel over safer, pricier options. The piece argues that savings on lodging cost lives, urging readers to value safety over minimal costs for accommodations.
Congress votes over two thirds to pass the anti liquor shipment bill despite Taft veto. The act forbids shipping intoxicants into dry areas from other states and awaits Supreme Court ruling on interstate traffic in liquors. Enemies of bootleggers hope the court may reject Taft’s constitutional view.
The article credits President Taft with a stronger standing with the people than at election time, noting his honesty and conscientiousness were overlooked amid troubles caused by a rival whose vanity surpassed friendship or gratitude.
The last state auditor statement shows Iowa state banks hold 300,192,616 dollars on deposit while national banks in the state hold 111,658,487 dollars. The number of state banks is three times that of national banks in Iowa.
Iowa Democrats traveled to Washington seeking promises for office but returned home frustrated after chasing promises in a circle. The new president offered to help if they sought him out, a development described as shocking.
About one hundred hungry and clamorous Iowa Democrats demanding quick political dividends attended the inaugural ceremonies in Washington last Tuesday. The writer laments Wilson as poor.
The Independence Bulletin Journal quotes the Cedar Rapids Republican praising Taft criticizes Postmaster General Hitchcock for conflicts with publishers. It notes his repeated attacks on second class mail rates and how free franked matter impacted post office revenues, arguing the public press faced political hostility.
Mrs. Robert Scott learns of her husband’s heroism as he nears Wellington on the ship Aorangi. The king has promised to honor him with the Knight Companion of the Bath if he survives the polar journey, leaving Lady Scott to bear both sorrow and pride.
Editorial condemns a house bill that would force the nine member board of education to re vote under stricter majorities. It argues the move shifts responsibility to Gov. Clarke and signals cowardice and meddlesome politics. The piece calls for a clear senate vote to sustain or reject the board and for legislators to face the issue.
The new President Woodrow Wilson, elected from New Jersey, becomes the nation’s twenty eighth chief executive. He is the first president born in Virginia to take office, the first Princeton graduate to win the office, and the first educator by profession. He is 56 at inauguration and born in December. He will also be the first president from New Jersey.
Cascade region reports 835000 raised for a proposed railroad. Across town a Franciscan monastery in Dubuque is dedicated, and a string of local notices lists land transfers, deaths, wrecks, and possible electric plant changes affecting Anamosa, Oxford Junction, and surrounding towns.
Uncle Peter Guthrie, Hopkinton’s oldest resident, celebrated his 90th birthday with a Saturday afternoon reception at the Guthrie home. Friends and relatives from Dubuque and Sand Spring joined in, sending 160 messages of congratulations as the community honored his long life and Covenanter values.
In Sions City Journal Dr Lyman Abbott warns that strength comes from silence not noise His stance risks estranging the paper's editor and raises tensions between contributor and publication across the column.
The first man promised a reap appointment by President Wilson, naming his cabinet, is Republican K. B. Clark of the Commerce Commission. He is a good man, but his appointment will be a shock to hungry Democrats.
The Iowa country spent about forty years under Spanish rule with grants to settlers by the Spanish government. Dr Louis Pelzer notes in The Iowa Journal of History and Politics that Spanish policy favored individual titles and discouraged speculation, contrasting it with U S land practices described as systematic versus Spain’s chaotic approach.
The final roster includes William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State, William G. McAdoo as Secretary of the Treasury, Lindley M. Garrison as Secretary of War, James Reynolds as Attorney General, Albert Burleson as Postmaster General, Josephus Daniels as Secretary of the Navy, Franklin K. Lane as Secretary of the Interior, David F. Houston as Secretary of Agriculture, William Redfield as Secretary of Commerce, and William B. Wilson as Secretary of Labor with multiple state affiliations.
Fremont Tribune contemplates whether U S intervention could succeed and reflects on who would bear the duty of dealing with the Mexicans amid ongoing tensions.
In Washington debate a pork bar congressman is quick to call for a warship to shield his hometown during a war scare. The Chicago Record-Herald reflects on sacrifices amid public criticism of opportunistic rhetoric.
A Monticello notice promotes a new dining room near the depot lunch room offering regular meals for ladies and gentlemen. Others advertise carpet and rug weaving services near the pumping station. An estray red sow of about 150 pounds is at Tobias Rieken’s farm and the owner is sought. A Davidson of Ames offers an 40 acre farm west of Monticello with alfalfa and improvements.
The undersigned will sell at public auction at the Wills homestead in Monticello Friday afternoon March 14 at 1 30 o clock p m all the household goods of the late Nancy J Wills including beds bedding carpets chairs tables dishes rockers bureaus refrigerator new kitchen range kitchen utensils and all other articles of personal property belonging to said estate J W Doxsee Executor
For sale is a nearly new seven room house with furnace bathroom hot and cold water and cement floors. The property includes 245 acres of land with sidewalks fruit trees and a storage building. Possession April 1st if sold. Call and inspect. Mr and Mrs W Brown已
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