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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1888
Page
2
The column surveys tariff reform debates in Congress and reports on Democratic gains in Louisiana. It notes talk of renomination for President Cleveland, reports on the South Dakota and North Dakota bills, and comments on Senator Sherman, Br own, and Georgia politics. It covers local rail plans, prohibition debates, and voter poll tax disparities in Georgia.
The U S Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a lower court ruling upholding Arkansas law restricting railroad passenger fares to three cents per mile. Plaintiffs in error challenged the statute as unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, but the high court rejected the challenge.
The piece argues all Republican aspirants carry records that could be used against them in a nomination battle. Sherman opposes Chinese immigration restrictions and wavers on silver, Stanford has rail interests, Allison is seen as soft on money and tariffs, Hawley led the American Exchange Bank of London, among others. It concludes the best strategy is to nominate a man unknown to fame and politics.
A political pamphlet voices anti Republican tariff critique accusing the party of siphoning earnings from farmers and laborers. It enumerates widespread taxes from clothing to everyday goods, claims of government debt maneuvers, and condemns a supposed plot to misprice bonds and debt, ending with distrust of reforms that would burden the treasury.
The article praises growing attention to stock raising in Georgia with favorable climate and pastures. Randolph county residents J J McDonald and D R Stewart are buying high priced improved stock in Tennessee and Kentucky. A subcommittee member notes possible changes to the National Republican Convention timing due to hotel rate tensions in Chicago. Mrs Bloomfield Moore plans an Austrian hospital using electricity and etheric force on incurable patients.
A reader responds to Saturday's Republican communication citing J C Matthews as an example where the office seeks the man. The writer argues the offices failed to find him, noting Matthews outpaced several offices in past races and remains a formidable runner against any office.
The Shin Nippon, published by Japanese students in Oakland, is suspended after editors harshly criticized the Japanese government. Copies sent to Japan were seized and destroyed, cutting income and forcing the paper to quit. A separate note mentions a $5,000 premium to Georgia counties for a county display at the state fair, supported by a railroader and Agricultural Society. Also referenced are Senator Reagan of Texas, and an advertisement for Electric Bitters praising liver and kidney cures with a price of 60 cents and 1 per bottle.
President Northern of the Georgia State Agricultural Society arrived in Macon and spoke on the State Fair and Central Railroad's Immigration Bureau. He predicted the fair would be the largest and best, with many county exhibits and a growing foreign display, plus new premiums and a statewide drive to improve counties.
A warning on disease from constipation and dyspepsia with a list of symptoms and a recommendation for Shaker Extract of Roots or Seigel's Syrup as the cure. Includes testimonials from R. F. Grace and others praising the remedy and urging purchase through A. J White, Limited in New York.
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