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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1896
Page
5
William McKinley spoke to vast crowds in Canton after Chicago records show Bryan at about 25 percent of the vote. Cousins and Dolliver joined McKinley in Vinton tonight as Bryan’s rhetoric grows bitter and less confident.
The two colored five cent humor journal Snap has just appeared in Des Moines. Editor and manager is W. E. Stockwell. The sixteen page issue is credited to both the editor and the printer and is praised as very creditable.
The Record notes a stingy act aimed at Bryan supporters by printing a poor cut of Bob Cousins with the name Bryan on ribbon badges sold for ten cents each. The badges reportedly sold quickly, described as going like hot cakes.
The Minneapolis Times editor John Blanchard notes Iowa will give McKinley a large victory in the electoral vote, dismissing doubts. Local residents report bets on the McKinley margin, with figures from 20,000 to 60,000 cited and a challenge to prove a smaller plurality drawing no bets.
A patriotic appeal urges sound money advocates to work for three weeks to win support against populist critics. It cautions against revolutionaries and socialists while stressing opportunity to convert honest men toward national honor and prosperity in the free silver debate.
Walter Wellman of the Chicago Times- Herald declares Iowa as safe for McKinley, with Republicans and sound money Democrats likely to win by 30,000 to 60,000. The column also criticizes populism and Bryanite polarization, warning of socialism’s spread and reform debates.
Iowa law gives landlords a lien on crops grown on leased land and on tenant property used on the premises for rent. The supreme court in Blake vs Counselman Co held buyers can be liable for the value of crops sold by tenants who owed rent, even if buyers did not know they were grown on rented ground. The doctrine was reaffirmed in a recent ruling, urging caution for purchasers from irresponsible tenants.
In Jones county the Republican slate is praised as honest capable and devoted to duty with unwavering belief in sound money They criticize the Democratic candidates for loyalty to silver coinage and the Chicago platform John B McQueen Harvey S Richardson Miles Cook M W Herrick E K Peet and F J Sokol are named as solid incumbents and trusted county officers with a record of diligent service and crime-busting prosecutions.
In a rousing Chicago speech, the speaker praises McKinley as a trained, honest leader and attacks Bryan as a socialist and impractical. He extols the Republican Party as labor’s friend, urges votes for protection and prosperity, and cites Lincoln and Grant to bolster party loyalty. The talk ends with calls to uphold law, credits, and national unity.
A city resident recounts John Welch delivering a lengthy free silver speech at a public meeting and notes a survey of attendees found no Bryan supporters among those present.
The case involves nearly 8300,000 at stake as heirs contest whether Matt Watson’s illegitimate son should inherit. Key testimony recounts Watson’s prior dealings with the Decker house and the Niles family, and whether a contract for support bound Watson and Mrs. Niles.
The claimant seeks to prove his right to the estate of Mott Watson against so called legitimate heirs. Attorneys from Clinton Maquoketa and Davenport lead the defense while a 27 year old claimant, then in Texas, travels to Iowa for evidence. The case has involved hundreds of witnesses and six states and is described as one of the keenestly fought in state history.
Chicago report says E W Barrett of the free silver party claimed Bryan will carry Iowa. General Grosvenor offered bets up to 1000 to 100 on McKinty carrying Iowa, but Barrett hesitated and refused.
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