10 Nov 1898
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1898
Page
1
The Fifth district counties vote Republican across the board with large margins. The Jones county tally shows state ticket plurality of 552, 127 more than 1897, while Congressman Cousins leads with a 524 plurality. The Express defends its campaign stance and urges principled voting over mere flattery.
Returns from malet petitions are incomplete and the county may miss the 65 percent voter threshold. Townships show varied signing with Anamosa 85 Monticello 70 Stone City 90 Wyoming 40 Castle Grove 65 Richland 70 Scotch Grove 40 Madison 80 Oxford 85 Cass 70. Rome township canvass paused for B H Miller amid fears of offense.
Republican Jones County expands its plurality to 552 and selects a Republican county ticket. Bob Cousins returns to Congress with a margin over 5 000 in support.
County results show a Republican plurality around 60 000 electing GOP delegates to Congress. McKinley sustained by a Republican majority in Congress as Dobson secures state roles. Cousins reelected in district with large margin, carrying every county including Benton. table of precincts to appear on page six.
Complete returns show Iowa 60 675 plurality for the Republican state ticket and large congressional majorities, with Kansas New York Minnesota and Ohio also voting Republican. The piece notes specific district shifts and confirms a sweeping GOP victory in multiple states and legislatures.
Des Moines reports Chairman C T Hancock received a telegram from J W Babcock of the national Republican Congressional Committee in Washington. It states 185 members elected with eight districts still to hear from, predicting a Republican majority of fifteen to twenty in the house.
In Jackson and Linn counties Republicans won key county offices with sizable margins while Dubuque and Delaware counties favored Democrats. Benton and Cedar counties also secured complete GOP tickets, with Linn and Jackson showing notable party planks and large plurality margins across the state.
The New York Independent announces its fiftieth year with a magazine style format and price cut from 3.00 to 2.00 annually. Single copies drop to 5 cents. It promises 3 640 pages yearly for half the cost of rival magazines, asserting superior value and reading matter. Free specimen copies are offered by mail from 130 Fulton Street New York.
The text praises a public conscience guiding American history from Sam Adams and Franklin to Garrison and Lincoln. It cites the Lexington spark and Emancipation Proclamation as moments when collective conscience spurred independence and abolitionist progress, applauded in New York amid political turmoil.
County public school libraries hold 2625 volumes, a net gain of 686 from last year. Monticello leads towns with 877 volumes, Hale tops the townships with 179 books, and Pleasant Ridge an d Pine Haven districts lead independent districts. The piece urges boards to spend at least ten dollars per school to boost collections and double total volumes.
The text questions Will Cato Sells’s role in the sick soldier issue and cites the Great Lick telescope claiming it would take 30,000 stars linked to be visible, illustrating vast distances and cosmic scale.
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