Monticello Express Letter and Political Commentary
The Monticello Express reports on a Treasury draft of 5 600 000 dollars paid to Her Majesty's Government for fisheries awards and a protest by our Government. It critiques temperance politics and lauds the New York Tribune for fraud investigations and Republican vindication, predicting long term political impact.
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Treasury
United States
Welch
Lord Salisbury
Sam
The
New-York Tribune
America
Potter Committee
New York State
Tribune
The Blundering Democracy in Crisis and Decline
A critical examination of the Democratic Party argues it has blundered from triumph to failure. It cites repeated missteps across Congress and campaigns, contrasts with Republicans, and laments the party’s loss of public confidence and leadership. The piece condemns recent actions including the Potter Committee inquiry as another fatal error.
Prohibition Politics Grow in Iowa Des Moines Letter
Our Des Moines letter reports Prohibitionists gaining support and forming strategy ahead of the gubernatorial campaign. It notes secretive organizing, debates over Blue Ribbon clubs, and the expulsion of radical temperance advocates as sentiment shifts toward active prohibition efforts in Iowa.
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Des Moines
State Register
Blue Ribbon
Temperance Party
Blue Ribbon Club
Petticoats
Towa
Hon H Price Responds To Critics In Iowa Contest
Hon H Price defends October election as legal for Iowa’s Second District seat and opposes a November contest. He cites Republican strategy to outvote opponents, vows to defeat any contest at the polls, and calls for harmonious GOP action to avoid Prohibition splits. The piece also notes the Cole Dillon scandal and looming winter in La Porome.
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Bprron
the Gazette
Iowa
Republican Congressional Committee
Democratic
Greenback
Democratic House
Sec’v. McCrary
Congress
Sach
H. Price
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Cole-Dillon
Cole
Cate
Dillon
J. B. Grinnell
la Porome
Democracy in peril warns of party infighting and 1880 defeat
The author claims the Democratic Party is self-destructing through internal strife, poor leadership, and cipher dispatch revelations. It argues a midterm Congress majority would ruin the party by exposing its blunders and obstructing a presidential election, marking a political death at the national level.
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Aesure
Enrneat
Congress
Educational Column Promotes County School Progress
The column urges community teachers and patrons to unite for better schooling, stressing punctuality, regularity, cleanliness, and avoidance of class crowding. It notes local staffing changes, enrollment, and upcoming events while inviting nationwide educational input and ideas.
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Jones County
Oxford Mills Lyceum Debates Next Friday At School House
From Our Own Correspondent reports local news in Oxford Mills where Mr Enoch Jones and wife visit Ida county. A lyceum is fully organized and will hold its first debate next Friday night at the Oxford Mills schoolhouse amid other notes on local figures and distant remarks.
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Oxford Mills
Enoch Jones
Ida County
Wim, Davis
Hankinton
Davis
Davenport & North-Western
ILC
Tribune Appeals for Wider Circulation in 1879
The Tribune touts its year of influence defending the Republican era and opposing Southern demagoguery, urging readers to boost circulation. It championed currency stability, civil service reform, and Treasury support while denouncing Democratic leaders and the Southern coalition. It argues unity of Republicans is essential to curb a future Democratic win and highlights its telegraphic reach and foreign correspondents.
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Tribune
Solid South
Tammany Hall
Party of Freedom
Republican Party
Hop Han
Republian
Ribune
Grevenbackers
National Capitol
Washington
London
George W. Smalley
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