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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
6
Republican ticket lists Albert B. Cumming as U S Senator candidate with state officers slate under the party banner. Other names appear in the ticket for state posts, reflecting a party slate presented for election.
The Hamilton press bureau exposes deceptive literature inflating tax claims and shows a tax receipt for 1913 totaling 13 7.30 with 5 percent funding state projects including Capitol Extension and universities. It argues capital extension funds are minor and local taxes dominate, criticizing democratic complaints as misleading.
A vivid note on a colonel driving across Iowa fields, his spring toothed harrow stirring soil and leaving marks quickly obliterated by the progress of planting and weather.
The administration advances a two cent per gallon gas tax as a potential levy if the Senate approves the bill, following House action. The plan frames the tax as a revenue tool tied to fuel pricing.
The piece argues a two cent per gallon war tax awaits senate passage, targets travelers traders and smokers, and criticizes a county boss and patronage tied to convict labor. It urges Republican support, election awakening, and notes war news overshadowing local politics with bankers defending reserves amid McAdoo’s policy.
Friends hail a young man as the most brilliant Democrat in Iowa. He argues his senate election hinges on following President Wilson's wishes. The town constable suspects the upholding of the administration mirrors broader political support.
President Wilson and Col Bryan express shock at the new insurrection started by Villa. The text notes Villa has long been seen as a bandit and will likely remain so until granted power to rule Mexico.
The remark notes a new supplement to the code, delayed by a year, could be overtaken by upcoming session laws if not completed soon. A critic says someone is taking too long, implying bureaucratic obstruction or slow drafting.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court ranks highly in nationwide citations per the West Publishing Docket. Over the last five volumes from eighteen states it shows 1,243 citations, about 60 per state and near 14 per volume, with Iowa among the nine most cited and leaders in western states over the past fifteen years. Three justices, Scott M. Ladd, Silas M. Weaver, and W. S. Withrow, sought re election in November.
Hugh Owen a Johnson county farmer was killed instantly when his car drove into a washed out bridge chasm. His neck was broken in the fatal accident caused by the flood damage to the bridge.
Neighborhood notes recount Wm A Keithley Springville postmaster dies of cancer. P H Jurgensen appointed postmaster at London. John B Kurt sells cattle in Chicago for 2696.54. Dramas of deaths, marriages, and civic events fill the page across Dubuque, Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids and beyond.
The article notes Germany's vanished world trade after war declaration, with German liners gone in 24 to 30 days, fleets sunk or captured, and colonies quickly seized. It highlights $5,006,000,000 in foreign trade loss, worldwide Hamburg Bremen routes halted, and German possessions in Samoa West Africa and China concession lost.
The New York Sun denounces Democratic pledges and current administration extravagance. It condemns Congress for failing to reduce expenditures while the executive pursues far reaching reforms. The paper encourages citizens to study government actions and seek a capable leader to restore fiscal restraint and patriotism.
Washington correspondent William M. Ivins, counsel for William Barnes, brands Theodore Roosevelt as "the police man of the universe" in opposing a venue shift from Albany. Ivins argues Roosevelt cannot prove Albany unfair due to Barnes’s Albany appointments and broad local support.
The Des Moines Register argues Governor Clarke will win as he did when nominated. It says voters favor a steadfast leader who promotes a bigger, more progressive Iowa and warns against a retreating, “little Iowa” campaign. It notes Iowa’s high stakes as wartime trade shifts reshape the nation.
Des Moines reports officials cannot fill the Cedar Rapids district vacancy caused by J. W. Jamison's death. Four candidates remain on the ticket with only three seats to be filled.
Out of 41 candidates statewide who sat state examinations last week for pharmacy certificates only 12 achieved passing scores.
The Methodist Episcopal Conference released next year’s appointments, naming Rev. Roy V. Porter to Greene and Rev. J. W. Turner to Monticello plus a full roster across the Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Davenport districts. The list includes many pastors assigned to churches in Manchester, Cascade, Dubuque Center Grove, Edgewood, Epworth, Greeley, Independence, Jesup, Lamont, Mt. Vernon, Oelwein, Solon, Springville, Urbana, West Branch, and Davenport, with several to be supplied.
The Marshalltown Times-Republican argues Roosevelt’s progressive party is spent as a political force. It cannot win candidates or set issues by itself, but can aid Democrats and defeat Republicans through alliances. Roosevelt works on hobbies instead of advancing a strong party program.
In Des Moines opponents push to set up Billy Sunday's revival tabernacle outside the fire limits. The trouble stirred before his arrival heightens interest and boosts support for his meetings.
The piece argues that Democrats in Congress have spent about $10 per person in Iowa and plan hundreds of millions more while Iowa state taxes total only a tenth of that amount. It claims the national expenditures are excessive relative to the state tax burden.
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution notes a contrast in interpretation when a woman or a man wraps a towel around the head and calls for water. The woman signals the start of a big day while the man signals the end of a big night.
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