Free Trade Tariff Debate Shapes 50th Congress
A leading advocate warns that the Morrison bill to place wool, lumber, fish, flax, and hemp on the free list and cut duties on manufactured goods is pending in the House calendar. He argues the election will instruct the majority whether to pass the measure next December, urging voters to back the Democratic ticket to free trade and alter American policy.
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Congress
House of Representatives
House
Ways and Means Committee
President Nixon Vetoes Pension Bills Amid Veteran Criticism
General Ed. F. Noyes condemns President Cleveland for vetoing pension bills after committees in Congress approved payments to old soldiers widows and orphans. He cites Cleveland's frequent vetoes and disrespectful remarks, reflecting the bitterness of a Missouri veteran who was denied a pension and nearly blind from service.
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Cleveland
Ed. F. Noyes
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Grover Cleveland
Pension Bureau
Missouri
Prohibition as Nonpartisan Policy Urged by Bishop Merrill
Bishop M. Merrill argues that prohibition must stand nonpartisan and above politics. He warns that tying it to any party weakens the cause and urges advocacy in pulpits and homes without party prejudice. The note mentions Grover Cleveland and patronage concerns amid Democratic complaints about state favoritism and unfair patronage distribution.
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Bishop Merrill
M. Merrill
Grover Cleveland
Pension and Revenue Service
Cleveland
New York
Governor Foraker Paints Battle Over Ballot and Policy
Governor Foraker contrasts Robinson with McBride, urging support for a free ballot, fair count, liquor-taxation reform, and honest administration. He accuses McBride of endorsing ballot fraud and extravagance, citing Hoadly era deficits and rising state liabilities as evidence of reckless governance.
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Aioe Robinson
McBride
Foraker
John McBride
Hoadly
Democratic accusations over skinning dead convicts in campaign
The piece accuses the Democratic state executive committee of defending ex‑penitentiary officers by publishing affidavits alleging skinning of corpses. It cites names like Foraker Montgomery and Nye, notes a mismatch of testimony, and questions the timing of the affidavits as the campaign nears its end.
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Democratic State Executive Committee
Foraker
Joel S. Skillen
Columbus
Dr. Montgomery
Nye
Kinsman
Montgomery
Obetz
Deaf and Dumb
General Robinson and the Eighty Second Ohio at Resaca
E L Auten of the Thirteenth New Jersey recalls Gen J S Robinson at Resaca war scene. Col Robinson rode along the line cheering the Eighty second Ohio and urged the Thirteenth New Jersey to join the charge, forging lasting friendship between regiments in the Second Brigade, First Division, Twentieth Corps.
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Robinson
Kesaca
National Tribune
J. 5. Robinson
Ohio
J. 8. Robinson
Atlantic
New Jersey
Union
Resaca
Twenty-seventh
Indiana
Jersey
Eighty Second
Col. Robinson
Thirteenth New Jersey
E. L. Auten
Deposit
N. Y
Balloon figures and political defamations in 1880s campaign debates
A critical letter by Hon. Edward McPherson refutes Democratic charges about Treasury balances and defalcations. It argues balances cited by the National Democratic campaign book misstate losses, noting pre and post 1861 periods, and cites misinterpretations of official reports to paint Republicans as defaulters less than claimed. The piece contrasts alleged Democratic misdeeds with apparent misreadings of government accounts.
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Register of the United States Treasury
United States
Edward McPherson
Register
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Russia
Daniel D. Thompkins
Andrew G. Curtin
Augustus C. Dodge
Spain
Alexander H. Everett
Ninian Edwards
Mexico
Caleb Cushing
Hudson Bay Commission
James Gadsden
John Lothrop Motley
Great Britain
Joseph A. Wright
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska
James W. Nesmith
Oregon
John Armstrong
Paris
James A. Bayard
Ghent
Reverdy Johnson
England
Francis Lieber
American and Mexican Commission
Henry Middleton
John E. Ward
China
E. W. Stoughton
Democratic Campaign Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Register of the Treasury
Daniel Manning
Henry W. Hoffman
Baltimore
Manning
Hoffman
Ohio Soldier's Widow Veto Sparks Public Outcry
A Cleveland veto of a widow’s pension for Sallie Arm Bradley, widow of Thomas J. Bradley, prompts strong critique. Four of her sons served. two killed, two maimed. Senator Harrison cites the veto as a troubling example of using public funds for non principle based gifts amid war sacrifice.
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Ward
Cleveland
Harrison
Washington
Sallie Arm Bradley
Thomas J. Bradley
Twenty-fourth Regiment
Ohio Volunteers
Tober
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Commissioner of Pensions
Workingman's Party Eidolic Arraignment of the Democratic Party
A. D. Fassett of Youngstown denounces the Democrats for broken promises since 1880s campaigns, praising Republicans for labor support. He cites convict labor battles, mill disputes in Cleveland, and a sheriff's $5,000 bill as Democratic faults, accusing John McBride of siding with labor opposition and deriding labor leaders as enken loafers.
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Labor
A. Fassett
Youngstown
Akron
Cleveland
Treasury
United States Senate
House
McBride
Republican Party
Democratic Party
John McBride
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Ball
Allen O. Myers
Ienken
John Meliride
Ant
Eta
Foraker's Tax Message Sparks Democratic Attacks
The piece defends Governor Foraker's taxation message, arguing it would reduce farmers' taxes by at least one fourth if enacted. It rebuts John McBride and Democratic committees for misrepresentation, cites praise from the Cincinnati Enquirer and other papers, and notes concerns over uniform property valuations and bank taxation.
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Foraker
Cincinnati Enquirer
General Assembly
Buncombe
Allen O. Myers
The
Enquirer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio
Cincinnati Post
John McBride
Ireland
Cumberland
England
Senator Sherman on Protective Tariff Features and Effects
Senator Sherman defends protective duties, detailing how wartime taxes shifted to duties on imports. He argues against a horizontal tariff, cites steel rails, wool, lumber, and metal ore protections, and notes how duties boosted American production, employment, and lower consumer prices, with emphasis on wool and farming interests in Ohio.
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Sherman
Republican Party
United States
Australia
South America
Ohio
State of
Veterans Home for Ohio Soldiers Highlighted by Foraker
The Ohio legislature under Governor Foraker established a state home for needy veterans with a $50,000 appropriation and trustees guiding its construction. A pension plan funded by counties for veterans unable to support families is also described, alongside a harsh critique of Democratic senators who fled the capital to derail reforms. The piece endorses the Republican administration and calls for electoral rebuke of the deserters.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Foraker
Penitentiary Crookedness Exposures Spark Political Reaction
The exposes of penitentiary crookedness under the prior Democratic administration provoke loud protests from the injured, as critics denounce the exposers and attempt to attack Governor Foraker to weaken impact. The Democratic management is said to have harmed convicts and taxpayers alike.
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Foraker
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Supreme Court
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President Cleveland
Workingman’s Party
Grand Old Republican Party
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Fassett
Knight of
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London Times
Stark
Kentucky
Canada
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