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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1899
Page
5
Unofficial Jones County results show Sheriff Arnold winning again by 253 plurality over Voorhees, with Republicans praising the campaign effort and Democrats suffering losses. The piece notes lengthy contests, past court intervention, biennial election talk, and minimal unfriendly sentiment across communities.
The report highlights splendid majorities and great gains for the Republican party, outlining strong electoral performance, increased seats, and broad support across key regions. The piece emphasizes momentum and potential policy influence following the results.
Iowa voters in the fifth district affirm Shaw with a 446 margin in Jones County as Republicans sweep every candidate. The outcome doubles prior plurality and signals strong party support for the era's endorsed figure.
Jones county votes show a Republican plurality near five hundred for the sixth straight year. Democrats ran their county ticket but failed to gain endorsements against White and Bryan positions. County results list Governor White 66 Treasurer 260 Miller Sheriff Scroggie Senator Leffingwell Representative Voorhees Superintendent Moore and Supervisors, with incomplete totals.
Returns from ninety of ninety-nine Iowa counties show Republicans won the fifth district and elected a solid delegation. Governor Shaw leads by about 60,000 with an overall 48,000 majority, the largest gubernatorial margin in state history.
The Democrats will hold at least 32 votes in the house and senate with 14 in the senate and 18 in the house, a drop of twelve from two years ago. Gear has 76 to 84 seats of 118, Cummins 28 to 34, and Gov Gear receives praise from his home county for electing a Gear representative despite the county choosing Democrats overall.
Ohio Republicans report unofficial statewide totals showing Nash 50 364 ahead of McLean based on county tallies. In 57 counties Nash leads by 84 399 and in 31 counties McLean leads by 84 035. Jones vote may reach 100 000. legislature figures show House 61R 45D 38 doubt, Senate 18R 11D 2 doubt.
From Louisville reports the Republican gains suggest a Taylor plurality of 6 000 to 8 000 for governor. In the Eleventh district seven of nineteen counties show Taylor leads by 12 062, with Goebel supporters claiming about 5 000.
Revised returns show Republicans winning 14 to 15 state legislative seats, solid majorities in New Jersey and several other states. Massachusetts governors race went to the GOP by 65,000, Pennsylvania elected a Republican treasurer by about 110,000, and Ohio support ranges 55,000 to 60,000.
In Linn County Republicans sweep all but one supervisor seat while Cedar County shows a large GOP plurality. Shaw leads in Delaware and Scott counties, Moffit runs for senator, and Aurora appears among the successful candidates for county superintendent. White wins Clinton County plurality, Democrats take the legislature, and Hancock loses in Dubuque. Jackson County flips GOP, while the Fifty first regiment reaches Iowa amid a delayed train due to a wreck two hundred miles out.
The September term district court naturalized the following individuals Harm W. Gerdes Michael Corcoran Gerhard Alferts Martin Geiken John Topken Jacob Seiber Albert Hartwig Alex GC Hutton Henry Ricklefs Carl H Behnker Sonke H Peterson Fred Keseberg Harm Belinken Howard Ehrismann Gerd Athen Gottlieb Grau August Wesemann Gerd J Dirks Herman Topken red Schone Theodore Behrends Lewis Wolf Wm T Reid.
Hon. George E. Roberts, director of the mint, selects the imagery for the La Fayette silver dollar. One side features Washington and La Fayette, the opposite depicts a monument to be erected in Paris by Americans in honor of La Fayette. Fifty thousand coins will be sold for the prevailing premium.
The Dubuque Herald reprinted material from the Clinton County Advertiser and passed it as a Republican paper. The author suggested the Dubuque Telegraph better reflected republicanism than the quoted piece.
James R. Frisbie's county organization era column in the Anamosa Journal drew groans. The paper printed his piece beside a wolf image with the heading Still on Earth, a juxtaposition noted as apt by readers.
Dr. George D. Herron resigns from Town college Grinnell leaving the chair of applied Christianity vacant. The socialist scholar may devote time to writing and public speaking while the college is praised for parting ways.
Judge Kinne criticizes county care for the insane as reported to the legislature. He cites a patient chained to a wall and a couple cooking for seventy inmates earning $50 monthly. In another county the insane and paupers shared a building separated by dry goods boxes. He says the full report will detail these facts.
A letter reflects on Jesse Hicks a State University of California student who died from a football injury and argues football’s dangers rival prize fighting while noting other hunting seasons for various game from prairie chickens to ducks and geese with dates.
Prof C A Young of Princeton University writes in Lippincott's magazine about the November meteor displays. He predicts a brilliant Leonid show in the early hours of November 15th or 16th and possibly another shower later in the month, noting visibility depends on weather and location along the Atlantic coast. He recalls the 1833 meteor storm and cautions there is no reason to expect earthquakes tides or perilous events from the shower.
A collection of wry maxims on work luck honesty and prudence. It plates sly statements about slander self preservation deceit and imagination. The quips hint at human folly and social norms through brief aphorisms.
The published vote list records party tickets and results for 1898 races including Secretary of State Claude Porter and others. It shows party affiliations and vote counts for positions such as Congressman, Judge, Clerk, Recorder, Auditor, County Attorney, and Supervisor, with totals indicating Republican and Democratic tallies.
An advertised medicine promises to cure a cold during sleep with a two week supply. The notice notes no cure no pay terms and a price of 25 cents. O H Soetje is listed as the sole agent.
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