Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-07-25
DECLARE FOR M'KINLEY,
Laporte City Progress-Review and Mo
mona Leader win support Repub-
lican Ticket.

Laporte City Progress-Review and Mo
mona Leader win support Repub-
lican Ticket.
During the past week the Republican
cause in Iowa has been the gamer by
the addition of several well known
newspapers, which have heretofore been
Democratic, but whose editors cannot
indorse Bryan or the Kansas City plat.
| form.
The editor of the Progress Review of
Laporte City, Ia, announces in strong
editorial that his paper, formerly Dem.
ocratic, will support the Republican
ticket as named in Philadelphia. In
making this announcement, Mr.. f.
Duke Maven, its editor. says:
"Mr. Bryan predicted all kinds of
calamity should gold become the stand
ard of this nation" says Mr.. Maven.
"Gold is, by law, the standard of this
nation today and not one of the calami-
ties predicted by Mr.. Bryan has come
to pass. On the contrary, we are in the
midst of unexampled prosperity. The
tramp of the hobo and the unemployed,
which four years ago was echoing
across the continent, is heard no more
in the land, but instead, full dinner
pals are within the reach of every hon.
est man who is willing to labor"
The Monona Leader, Also.
In the last issue of the Monona Lead
er, its editor, Mr.. George H. Otis,
hoists the Republican national ticket
and says: "The Leader is no longer to
be classed as an independent or Demo.
cratic paper. 1t cheerfully throws
aside all pretense to the former and
wholly discards the latter. In the fu-
ture our best efforts will be for the wei.
fare and prosperity of the Republican
party. We are Republican,"
Mr.. Otis was brought up in the Dem.
ocratic faith.
-Four years ago he could not stand the
free silver heresy, and voted for Pal
mer and Buckner, hoping that Bryan's
defeat then would teach his party les
son. OF the result Of that election, the
subsequent attitude of the party and
its present declarations, Mr.. Otis says:
"The defeat of the party then was so
decisive that we did not believe it pos
sible it would again in a national con-
vention embrace the dogma, but at the
domination of one man, it commits it.
self to the dangerous doctrine of '96,
and in long string of resolves, simply
condemns the acts and purposes of the
party in power, offering nothing in the
way OF a constructive policy. The
prosperity of our country has been the
natural result of the restoration of con.
fidence brought about by the election of
1896, and the enactment into law of
leading Republican principles.
Champ Clark Gets Enough.
Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri, the
prominent Bryan and free silver advo-
cate, was in Des Moines Saturday night,
and in an idle moment offered to bet
500 that Bryan would be the next pres
ident. The bet was taken in an instant
and offers were made to take the bal.
ance of the money he had ON the same
terms. After putting up $3.50 he con.
cluded he had enough, but to let him.
self down easy, he posted q forfeit of
$50 more to put up 5000 ON Monday
morning. Monday morning came aud
he found $500 Of Mckinley money wait
ing for him. He concluded that the
Republicans Of Des Moines had too
much money and too much faith for
him, and SO he forfeited the $40 and
left town on the first train.