Political Candidates Listed for Statewide Offices
Voters see a slate of candidates including W. L. Harding for lieutenant governor William Allen for secretary of state John L. Bleakly for auditor W. C. Brown for treasurer George Cosson for attorney general A M DeVoe for superintendent of public instruction and two supreme court judges Frank R Gaynor and Byron W Preston with N B Ketchum running for railroad commissioner in Woodbury Jefferson Ida Wright Hancock Audubon Plymouth and Mahaska counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams. Allen
Fairfield
Jefferson County
John L. Bleakly
Ida Grove
Ida County
George Cosson
Audubon
Audubon County
A. M. Devoe
Garner
Hancock County
Supreme Court
Frank R. Gaynor
le Mars
Plymouth County
County Officers and Hospital Board Nominations Listed
The document lists candidates for county offices including Auditor H. W. Benn Treasurer J. H. Squire Clerk of the District Court Henry Eagle Sheriff Recorder Ruth Latta County Attorney Chas A. Dewey County Superintendent Minner Conner Coroner Geo W. Hay and Supervisor seats with terms starting January 1913 and 1914 for W. A. Gibson and O. H. Dunlap. Hospital Board members John B. Wilson W. P. Gardner J. Dautremont J. T. Matthews and Kalona Wellman Riverside precincts are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Benn
Washington City
J. H. Squire
Washington Township
Henry Eagle
Ruth Latta
Chas, A. Dewey
Minner, Conner
Geo
W, Hay
Board OF Supervisors
W. A. Gibson
O, H. Dunlap
Kalona
John 8. Wilson
W. P. Gardner
Wellman
J. Dautremont
Riverside
J. T. Matthews
Washington
Vote for Munro in Senate race to curb tariff threat
A call to voters urges backing Munro over Kenyon in Iowa influenced contest that could decide control of the Senate. The speaker argues a Democratic victory may bring a tariff law similar to 1893, contrasting revenue aims with protection, and notes Taft veto history and woolen industry impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munro
Kenyon
Underwood
Taft
William Howard Taft
Free Trade debate and farming prices in 1896 Iowa
A letter quotes wage distribution in England and links voting choices to trade policy. It lists typical weekly wages across wage brackets and voices support for Wilson, opposition to Taft, with Roosevelt framed as an indirect pro free trade vote. Separate date and market prices for Maxwell Iowa deliveries include prairie hay and corn per ton and bushel prices.
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Maxwell
Iowa
Richard Dawson
Monticello
Timothy
County ticket praised as worthy Republican nominees
County Republicans nominate a capable and efficient slate. Supporters urge voting for the nominees as fit representatives and urge party voters to back them in the tally.
Taft and Prosperity in the Nation’s Unwritten Law
Democratic Governor Horace Boies of Iowa in 1890 argues that current conditions show prosperity and sound business, urging reconsideration of century customs and unwritten laws guiding national policy. The excerpt questions whether times of prosperity ever existed alongside entrenched precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Boies
Iowa
Appeal to Young Men for Republican Leadership and Duty
A persuasive piece urging young men to join the Republican Party praising its century of progress under the flag. It contrasts dawn and sunset imagery, invokes Lincoln and Grant, and calls for passing the torch to the next generation to continue lawful, principled governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
The Republican Party Endures Amid Attacks and Hope
The passage extols the Republican Party as sacred and righteous, with enduring principles and inspiring achievements. It emphasizes its grand record, great need to the country, and patriotic leadership, asserting resilience against external and internal assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Hearst argues tariffs fail to curb living costs
William Randolph Hearst contends that protectionist tariffs do not lower living costs and worsen unemployment. He contrasts wages and prices in England and the United States, asserting higher costs and shortages abroad and urging reliance on free-market facts over tariff rhetoric.
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England
United States
Magland
Germany
America
Great Britain
Australia
Wm. Randolph Hearst
Republican Iowa campaign platform outlines reforms and prosperity
A broad GOP program pledges regulation of freight rates and coal mining, tax and banking reforms, anti trust enforcement, public schools and colleges support, dairy and agriculture promotion, road and drainage legislation, and nonpartisan state institutions. It praises Republican leaders for making Iowa a model state.
Republican Iowa Urges Ballot For Town Election
A local urging readers to support Republican candidates at the June 3 1912 primary. It stresses honesty progress and loyalty and explains marking the ballot with an X in the square beside a candidate. It notes the first column lists all Republican nominees and calls party members to honor their nominations.
Change and labor price questions bow to voters
A fragmented local note recalls 1898 change and warns against voting for change. It questions fair prices for farmers and wages, urging residents to avoid risk and keep things as they are amid concerns about jobs and prosperity.
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William H. Taft
Ohio
Jamess. Sherman
New York
Marsh W. Bailey
Washington, Washington County
Frank P. Clarkson
J. S. McKenney
Alex McLennan
Marengo
Iowa County
Carlos, Newcomer
Eldora
Hardin County
Paul Brorby
New Hampton
Chickasaw County
Ward Woodbridge
Central City
Linn County
Ellsworth Rominger
Bloomfield
Davis County
Fred L. Barnett
Des Moines
Polk County
James H. Jamison
Osceola
Clarke County
William Cochrane
Red Oak
Montgomery County
L. Voss
Denison
Crawford County
T. M. Zink
George W., Clarke
Adel
Dallas County
W. L. Harding
Sioux City
Woodbury County
W. C. Brown
Clarion
Wright County
Byron W. Preston
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Ketchum
Marshalltown
Marshall County
Congress
Charles A. Kennedy
Montrose
Lee County
David R. Munro
West Chester
Washington County
The
United States Senate
Senate
House
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Hearst
Republican
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