Tariff Bill Faces Threats From Laboring Men
Dix reports receiving harsh letters from laboring men who threaten to hang him in the capitol rotunda if his Tariff Bill passes.
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Dix. Woop
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1878
Page
2
Tax National and Republicans blamed for actions
A Watchman note equates the Tax National party with communists and the Breecher Tilton matter with Republicans. It asserts Beecher and Tilton are Republicans and the Communists are Nationals.
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Tax National Party
Startling affidavits promised from Louisiana Florida and beyond
Reports indicate affidavits and confessions will be released within days, promising revelations of startling importance. Some come from Louisiana and Florida, with others anticipated from Mississippi or other regions amid ongoing disclosures.
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Frau
Louisiana
Florida
Mississippi
Ames Voters Seek Congress Nominee Beyond Phelan
In Ames residents debate the national party’s fate and ask who will be nominated for Congress. The local question remains whether Phelan stays or leaves, as faction names and plans emerge amid uncertainty.
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National Party
Congress
Phe-lan
Editor predicts dissolution of the national party
The Watchman editor warns readers the national party may soon dissolve and lose control of government offices, urging readers not to cry as they still have municipal com munes to rely on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner
National Party
the Watchman
Fellows
Clerk James B Mix Denies Beecher Scandal Conspiracy
James B Mix a New York post office clerk formerly with The New York Times claims he was the constant of Tilton and Moulton and has papers proving a conspiracy to ruin Beecher. The Herald calls the story well backed and says proof will be made public soon.
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James B. Mix
New York Post Office
New York Times
Mixes
Tilton-Beecher
Tilton and
Moulton
Beecher
Herald
Indiana Republicans Rally for State Victory and Harrison Leadership
Indiana Republicans show strong enthusiasm for the upcoming campaign. They aim to carry the state and win a legislature majority to oust Voorhees from the Senate. General Harrison is seen as the party’s natural leader and likely to preside over the nominating convention.
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Taz Republicans
Indiana
Voorhees
Senate
Harrison
Pressman Hewrrr Urges Calm Over Frauds Yell
The article credits Hewrrr as a level headed pressman in his party whose judgments irritate peers by being un-Democratic. He says the current fraud accusation will only prolong national unsettled conditions and suggests focusing on winning the Fall elections and the next Presidency rather than overturning immovable plans.
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Hewrrr
Debunking Greenback Arguments in Chicago Tribune
The piece contends that greenback claims are false and that resumption has financially benefited the public. It notes over 300 million dollars added to circulating gold, asserts no depreciation of greenbacks or national currency, and argues there is no room for a greenback or national party with a leadership.
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Chicago Tribune
Dan Voorhees
Proposal for Caucasus withdrawal from Constantinople stalls
Prince Bismarck’s plan for simultaneous British and Russian withdrawal from around Constantinople appears doomed due to mutual distrust. Britain resists leaving the Dardanelles while Russia demands a free zone around the city. General Todleben is expected to mediate, though his role may heighten vigilance rather than ease suspicions.
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Prince Bismarck
Constantinople
Gortschakoff
Dardanelles
Porte
Todieben
Turbulent Labor Movements Split Into Secret Militias
The Enquirer reports growing worker militias in St. Louis and Pennsylvania coal regions. An organized group calling itself the Workingmen's Protective Association drills with Springfield rifles, while a reporter was briefly detained during an upstairs drill session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Workingmen’s Protective Association
Volkestime Des Westens
Washington Hall
Pennsylvania
James
Regeman
Curtain Imagery Marks Opposition Scene in Strange Report
The fragment describes opposition to remonetization with curtains and changes. Avas and Nionese are mentioned with odd imagery. Hoggatt stands bold with a meat-ax as the Watchman editor sits behind a stump awaiting events near the county capital.
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Rane
Hoggatt
Southern Democrats Demand Treasury Claims and Rail Plan
Southern Democrats grow clamorous for their claims on the National Treasury and threaten revolt against the Northern Wing. An editor in Vicksburg calls for a Southern transcontinental railway and levee protection as an appropriation demand, urging the South to use its power in national politics.
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National Treasury
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Political morality and jailhouse revelations prompt public outcry
A Marshalltown letter urges exposing dishonest politicians as political capital. David Bryan Burt, Labor Advance leader, is jailed on charges involving two young girls in Clearland Ohio. Iowa Governor Gear vows full probes into penitentiary mismanagement at Fort Madison, naming Dr. Craig and bondsmen, and pledges criminal action against aides in the alleged fraud.
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Marshalltown Greenbacker
Ames Greenbacker
Marshalltown
Clearland
David Bryan Burt
National Party
Labor Advance
Burt
Davernport
Fort Madison
Iowa
Gear
Craig
Reading Railroad in turmoil with Greenbackers gains momentum
Nearly a thousand gather in Shenandoah while headquarters operate in Flittsville. President Gowen of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad deploys private detectives as the movement grows daily and defies detection, with the Reading company aligned with the Greenbackers on the memo side and facing verbal opposition.
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Shenandoah
Flittsville
Gowen
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Philadelphia & Reading Pany
Stack
Greenbackers
Inconsistencies of Voorhees on Resumption Act Debated
The piece argues Voorhees wrongly blames the Resumption act for five years of distress and value shrinkage. It notes no currency contraction since 1873, cites Treasury data, and shows government money in circulation near 406 million in 1878. It criticizes drawing cause from effect and mocks his need for repeal to avoid a future peril.
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Woornees
Voorhees
Treasury
United States
Chicago Tribune
Stalwart Republicans to tour Iowa this fall
A private Washington letter says Blain Conkling Ben Butler Banks and Townsend will tour Iowa for a week each to preach pure unsurrendered Republicanism. If they come the reception will feel like Fourth of July in Iowa all year, per the Register.
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Washington
Blain
Conkling
Ben Butler
Banks
Townsend
Greenback movement weakens in the East
The Greenback movement, a separate political group, appears to be fading in the East. It was reported to gain strength in Pennsylvania but advices now say the party there will likely collapse before fielding candidates. It cannot become the country’s controlling party and remains impractical as a distinct organization.
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Greenback
Pennsylvania
Burlington Gazette
Democrat
Resumption of Specie Payments Marks End of Inflation
The piece argues that the return to specie payments ends currency inflation and triggers a rush of ruined speculators to bankruptcy courts. It recalls 1863 to 1873 when speculative excess and depreciated paper money undermined conservative business and rewarded reckless operators.
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Chicago Times
John Morrisseys Ambition and Public Notoriety
John Morrissey rose from modest origins to notoriety in New York politics and public life. The text portrays him as a compelling yet flawed figure with ordinary faults and coarse virtues, noted for violent crimes that first brought him to prominence.
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John Morrissey
Bill on animal transportation gains compromise in House Agriculture panel
The House Committee on Agriculture bars long car holds for animals and sets 24 hours with food and water, 7 hours rest if unloaded, and 30 hours for first run to reach feeding points. Swine exempt from the 24 hour rule. livestock may have federal oversight, with humane societies allowed on cars to observe and report, lien rights for feed, and railroads may set reasonable rates.
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D. C
House Committee On Agriculture
Ewine
Seaboard
Chicago
United States District Attorneys
United States Marshals
Humane Societies
Representative Page
California
House
Clarkson Potter
New York
Tilden
Judiciary Committee
McMahon
Springer
Bisbee
Florida
Pictorial History of the World by James D. McCabe
Advance sheets released by National Publishing Company of Chicago announce The Pictorial History of the World. The 1260 page volume features 650 engravings, covering ancient to modern times, with battles, portraits, and world views. sold by subscription only.
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National Publishing Company of Chicago
James D. McCabe
Old World
Ne BP Ag
Turkey
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