Ohio Republican State Convention Set for Cleveland August First
The Republican State Convention will meet in Cleveland on August 1, 1877, to nominate candidates for governor lieutenant governor and other state offices. Delegates are to be chosen by July 2 with representation based on Hayes votes, Athens County allotted seven delegates.
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Republican Central and Executive Committee
Columbus
Ohto
Central Committee
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Yutees Court
R. B. Hayes
Athens County
A. T. Wikoff
Rep
J.C. Donaldson
Newspaper miscellany from the era with political notes
The column surveys diverse items: support for restoring silver dollars, steamship delegates to the Presbyterian Council in Edinburgh, the Paraguayan president's assassination, closures of national armories after June, a bumper Maryland Delaware peach crop, mass German emigration to the United States to avoid conscription, submarine tunnel feasibility between France and England, editorial quips on economic policy, Texas politics with Dennison mayoral result, planned executions of Molly Maguire members in Pottsville, Austria-Russia tensions, Brigham Young as former Indian Agent and possible prosecution, and cabinet satisfaction amid rumor of discontent.
Debates on currency and politics in the South
The piece rails at Democrats for opposing Greenback currency and praising Republican silver policy. It argues for restoration of the American silver dollar, criticizes capital punishment, notes Indian and Western hostilities, and previews next electoral strategies and financial policy under Sherman. It asserts public credit improvements under Republicans and hints at looming political maneuvers around Hayes and Tilden.
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South
Washington
United States
Europe
Union
Secretary of the Treasury
Republican Party
Allen, Carey & Co
Congress
Hayes
Tilden
Hendricks
Manhattan Club
East
Senate
Death of Former Indiana Senator Dante D Pratt
Hon Dante D Pratt ex United States Senator from Indiana died suddenly in Logansport Indiana from heart disease. He was at his office Saturday and dictating a sketch of pioneer life to his daughter when a fatal attack occurred. He was in his 64th year.
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Dante. D. Pratt
United States
Indiana
Logansport
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Taft
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