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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1879
Page
2
In the Intelligencer clipping a commentator notes Congress previously spent vast sums on war prosecutions. as patterns change the approach appears altered and less aggressive. The piece reflects debate over wartime funding priorities and policy shifts.
A terse political note claims President Bayes drew inspiration for his final veto from the arraignment before the Senate on the Democratic army bill led by Senator Edmunds. The piece suggests Edmunds earned public gratitude for this influence.
Exenees lauds President Hayes for strong vetoes and anticipates action on the Supervisors and Jurors Test Watch bills with optimism. The note contrasts his veto record with a prior reference to a doctor and hints at future legislative confidence.
The piece notes the Democratic Congress hit a second barrier in passing revolutionary legislation due to President Hayes vetoes. It says the paper prints his latest veto for readers and endorses careful study of the decision.
The writer argues Gillett and Weaver were sent to Congress to relieve financial distress and secure war prices for farmers and their produce. It suggests their votes could help farmers obtain war prices and pay war taxes, warning against missteps in policy.
The House Democrats were pressed to attend to the extra session's business before adjourning. Iowa's Mr Deering offered a suspension of the rules to pass the Army Appropriation bill. the motion was defeated after a roll call. The episode signals Democratic aims to starve government to force political action, per the Chicago Tribune.
An unsigned critique argues that Tur Greenbackers of Story county and Col. Hoggatt misled voters in the last fall campaign. It questions party loyalties, accuses Hoggatt of denouncing Democrats while courting them, and jeers at the notion of Greenbacks aiding the South against the government. The piece cites Weaver and Gillette as doing noble duty now.
An Augustetta Chronicle editorial denounces Democratic performance in Congress, accusing them of blundering and inviting ridicule. It argues that separate bills should have carried the political measures, noting the shift from a Republican Senate to a Democratic majority in both houses.
Senator Ben Hill of Georgia delivers four hour speech defending the South’s attempt to secede. He argues the North forced the rebellion, and asserts only true Union loyalists fought against the flag from Bull Run to Appomattox.
The piece notes Hill's extreme statements delight Republicans and trigger Democratic embarrassment as Senator Chandler of Michigan recalls 1861. It claims Hill's gloss on the Lost Cause unsettled Southern allies, while contrasting a shorter, sharper critique from the Confederate opponent. Chicago Tribune.
The Tribune argues that Democrats in Congress and Brigadiers seek to starve the army by refusing any funding, either for the full army bill or for a separate bill. The piece decries the tactic as revolutionary coercion that would dissolve the national army and erase the United States as a nation, provoking a Solid South.
J A Fitzcarnick recounts Union prisoners' suffering at Andersonville in 1864. He argues rebel authorities ordered cruelties including hanging, stocks in heat, vaccination torture, and misused food, noting high death rates and lack of humane burial records. He condemns Confederate apologists and calls for accountability.
A letter recalls Confederate prison abuse at Andersonville and other camps with accusations of rebel guards and informers among Union prisoners. It denounces sympathetic excuses and details harsh punishments and executions by a New York spy named Stanton. The piece then shifts to a pension update, reporting Arrears of Pensions payments under Cummings, with timelines, district figures for Iowa and Nebraska, and the impact on Union veterans and local economies.
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