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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
5
Republican ticket lists for Congress with Robert G. Cousins of Tipton as congressman candidate, F. F. Merriam of Delaware County for auditor, G. B. Gilbertson of Winnebago County for treasurer, and E. E. Reed of Monticello for county attorney.
In Jones county a call to vote the entire Republican ticket stresses support for local officials alongside national issues. The piece praises candidates J. A. Hartman and W. S. Barker as honest and capable, urging Republicans to vote straight and avoid scratching to preserve GOP principles.
The piece urges voters to back Republican candidates for recorder and county attorney, lauds incumbents and model supervisors, and promotes a 600 to 800 vote margin in November. It links party success to McKinley era prosperity and warns of Bryan’s potential disaster, noting Democratic and Hearst yellow press skepticism.
The article discusses partisan views on a constitutional amendment for biannual elections. Democrats oppose, arguing elections would cluster in even years and national issues could dominate state matters. Some Republicans may vote against too. Proponents favor less politics and more business, while opponents prefer ongoing political engagement and doubt a constitutional convention is needed. Iowa’s current constitution is deemed sufficient.
The article explains that voters will face two separate constitutional questions. A yellow ballot will present a proposed constitutional convention and a proposed amendment for biennial elections with Yes and No squares. Voters mark their choice by placing a cross in the corresponding box.
Central Committeeman Babcock posted a sharp cartoon titled A foolish call lesson to labor, depicting two boys driving two cows while a calf chases a steer. The caption has a laboring men theme tied to a Cousins campaign tale about labor and supper in 1892.
The Twenty eighth general assembly amended the law to have road supervisors cut weeds near the surface on public roads in their districts from July 15 to August 15 each year. Landowners retain right to harvest grass along their land in season. Complaints arise that many supervisors neglected the change due to lack of awareness.
The New York Herald reports a postal canvass in Manhattan and Brooklyn predicting a Republican statewide plurality larger than any prior prophet. It notes gold Democrats in 1896 largely back McKinley, with 8 of 186 favoring Bryan. Judge Remley orders naturalization papers issued. many voters intend McKinley Roosevelt. Washington township Democrats field an independent ticket after caucus dissatisfaction.
Congress member Robert G. Cousins sets a speaking tour with stops in Belle Plaine October 15 Muscatine October 16 Boone October 18 Reinbeck October 19 and Marshalltown October 20 for community outreach and Q A sessions.
Senator Allison departs for Michigan today to deliver two speeches and plans three talks in Ohio and two in Indiana before returning to Iowa.
Senator W. B. Allison spoke at Anamosa in the opera house before a packed crowd and standing room. He defended Republican prosperity and attacked Bryan’s free coinage plan, noting strong bank deposits in Jones County and warning that a Bryan victory could tilt the Senate toward free silver.
A speaker argues Bryan will not win and warns against calamity. He accuses Democrats and Republicans of muting trust curbs during Bryan’s House term, notes opposition to a trust controlling constitutional amendment, and defends McKinley and U S policy in the Philippines while predicting stability for colonial subjects.
Des Moines attorney E R Evang spoke in Anamosa Monday night delivering a democratic address. He had a fairhouse but offered no rising enthusiasm and did not discuss the immediate issue of free silver.
A correspondent notes Democratic papers discuss a corruption fund and possible vote buying. He asks which party adherents are for sale and who can be bought, reflecting concerns over political integrity and influence in the current discourse.
Friends of a Democratic candidate on the county ticket say heavy votes will go for McKinley. The assertion is unofficial and not for publication, but supporters understand the stance.
Daniel Kerr claims he did not leave the Republican Party but that the party left him. He suggests the GOP moved forward in its progress and cast him aside as a stone by the wayside.
Louisv ille Ky October 12 Grover Cleveland responds to John H Green of the city about whether his financial stance has shifted since his Chicago business letter of April 18 1895. In a letter from Buzzards Bay dated October 7 1900 he states he has not changed his opinion in the least since then.
Hon Alf Rissler a Adams township farmer and stock buyer renounces Bryanism and declares support for President McKinley administration. He previously ran as a Democratic candidate for the legislature against State Auditor Merriam. Several local German Americans who backed the Democrats may follow his lead.
The 1894 tally shows Mr Boies filling King's room to standing room and Democrats losing in Buchanan county. last week the congressional candidate against Henderson drew under sixty. The editors conclude the Republican majority will exceed 1 000 this year.
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