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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1896
Page
6
The Chicago Chronicle argues economic revival hinges on productive effort and stable finance. It predicts no rapid tariff changes or currency degradation, ensuring credit remains sound and commerce can prosper through honest money and global trust.
The 1896 election on November 3 produced a landslide for William McKinley of Ohio, sweeping a vast union and breaking sectional barriers. The Chicago Times-Herald notes the victory revives confidence, stabilizes currency and tariff policy, and signals a steady, long term national prosperity under McKinley.
Chicago Tribune summary of the election results praising the victorious Republicans and denouncing Bryan. It lauds the gold standard, fiscal responsibility, and the return of prosperity while warning against demagogues and social unrest. It links the outcome to national honor and contracts, urging stable government and industry revival.
The national honor is saved and public debt reissued in honest money. Debts will be paid at face value in commerce dollars, benefiting wage earners and the broader productive class. The move restores confidence and foundations for business, trade, and vast enterprises across the economy.
The Chicago Journal argues that business interests favored a Republican victory to restore prosperity. It cites merchants and manufacturers aligning with McKinley to safeguard investment, reopen factories, and boost employment, framing the election as a choice for home and family.
The piece proclaims a sweeping victory for sound money and a crushing defeat for the silver trust, citing a popular repudiation reported by the Chicago Times-Herald as the deathblow to the great silver trust.
London reports recount Lord Salisbury defending the Venezuelan controversy in a Guild Hall banquet speech. He argues arbitration be universal but limited to settled districts, praising U S mediation and stressing British rights. UK papers hail the settlement as satisfactory to Britain and the United States.
A banker led drive in Indianapolis aims to convene financiers to propose currency reform. The plan envisions banks issuing circulations equal to their bond deposits, expanding money supply while maintaining solidity. President Wilson of Capital National proposes a convention via the Board of Trade and Commercial Club in the city.
The supreme court in Ottawa declared the Torrens land title not unconstitutional in the quo warranto case People vs Samuel Chase. The county court decision was reversed and the case remanded to continue.
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