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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1899
Page
5
Governor Shaw highlights the fiscal question as the main issue between parties at Center Junction. He argues over gold standard and silver coinage, cites Cleveland and Bryan, and notes Democratic splits on Philippine policy and expansion.
The notice lists GOP candidates: Governor Leslie M of Benispe, Lieutenant Governor J C Milliman of Logan, Superintendent R O Barrett of Osage, Railroad Commissioner Be A D Son of Waverly, Surveyor John O Irwin of Mason City, Senator 24th District John T Moffit of Cedar County, and County Representative F J Sokol.
Senator Allison to open Fifth district campaign in Marion next Saturday. A year from now dissidents who oppose the flag will be defeated. White defends the Democratic money position as unchanged since 1896. Cedar Rapids Gazette gains a new engraver. Cedar county GOP nominates Miller Bartley Ellyson Goodale at Tipton with no US senator instructions. Iowa State Register weather prophesy forecasts early severe winter. Loyal citizens denounce anti country rhetoric as Jerry Simpson backs Aguinaldo. Scott county Democrats list radical resolutions. two nominees withdraw. Germans favor money stability and loyalty to the government.
President McKinley will traverse Iowa from Sioux City to Dubuque on the Illinois Central line with brief five minute stops at Le Mars Cherokee Fort Dodge Webster City Iowa Falls Parkersburg Cedar Falls Independence and Manchester and a ten minute stop at Waterloo. The train is due in Dubuque at 10 45 a m Monday October 16.
The article says most Republican representatives and senators favor Gear’s reelection to the next general assembly. Adherents claim about two thirds of Republican members back him, with a majority generally conceded. Cummins papers, including the Fort Dodge Messenger, criticize their campaign and managers.
Cato Sells mobilizes the Cook county marching club of Chicago under city alderman leadership to join democratic campaign events in Iowa as part of river cities activities. The piece mocks Sells as inconsistent and ineffective in campaign management despite clever rhetoric.
The Iowa platform opposes convict labor leasing while a Democratic legislator who is a factory owner with 150 convicts faces questions. The piece notes perceived hypocrisy as Democrats denounce trusts yet back Standard Oil allies. It also covers Mason City dog poisoning complaints, Mary Livermore filing for divorce, and W F Stahl becoming Lisbon postmaster.
Henry Watterson denounces anti imperialism as a mere whim of Boston old women and unreflecting demagogues in the west and south. He argues a Democratic embrace would betray Aguinaldo and fail against progress, insisting the nation remains resolute and forward facing.
A Boston woman discovers a $2 bill bearing a red inscription recounting a man’s ruin from alcohol. The note claims a wife and children have died or suffered, a fortune squandered, and warns drinkers to heed the history inscribed on the bill.
A humorous reflection on marriage and love from the New York Press. The piece contrasts ideals of youth and marriage while poking fun at gender expectations and social rituals. It riffs on how men change after thirty and how women influence a husband’s behavior through domestic myths.
The Lenox College second football team lost 12 to 0 to Upper Iowa University second team in Fayette last Saturday. The first teams are set to meet again at the same venue on October 16.
The Wyoming Journal notes 226 tickets were sold at the station for Monticello on the day of Buffalo Bill's performance, reflecting strong local attendance for the event.
The Iowa Democratic platform of 1899 endorses the Chicago platform and calls for free silver with a 16 to 1 gold to silver ratio. It condemns the 1873 demonetization of silver, cites financial distress and taxation, and argues for coinage of both metals as legal tender. A brief ad for Weeks Break-Up-a-Cold Tablets follows.
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