03 Apr 1894
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1894
Page
1
Governor Northen appoints Patrick Walsh of Augusta to the U S Senate vacancy caused by Alfred Colquitt's death. The editor and Democrat stood praised by supporters statewide, with Walsh accepting and pledging to back Chicago platform reforms.
Washington April 2 Special Georgians in Washington hail Pat Walsh as the ideal choice for the vacant U S Senate seat. Congressmen including Speaker Crisp Judge Lawson Colonel Ben Russell Major Black and others endorse Walsh praising his public spirit party service and readiness to vote in the Senate.
Augusta Georgia April 2 1894 telegrams congratulating Hon Patrick Walsh on his senate appointment poured in from across Georgia and beyond. Atlanta leaders Clark Howell and Rapier ofMobile Register voiced praise while friends in Charleston and Gainesville sent warm greetings with notes from Mayor Goodwin and others.
Washington reports that C. H. J. Taft, chosen as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, is contested by Washington citizens who denounce the appointment as a negro appointee. The action follows George Forbes’s rejection and marks a clash over patronage as Cleveland faces Senate scrutiny. Georgian news notes Emory Speer and Charles R. Crisp visiting and returning from Atlanta.
A marching edgefield company led a parade along Main Street in Columbia South Carolina toward the governor's mansion. Gratings blared as crowds gathered, while authorities noted continued activity at the penitentiary with further details promised on later pages.
Washington April 2 The Pollard Breckinridge case resumes this afternoon with cross examination focusing on an alleged letter addressed Dear Sister Louise The defense seeks to prove the letter written in 1686 by Joseph’s asylum in Norwood Cincinnati and a claimed baby birth to Mill Pollard in February 16 1866 The proceedings will continue through tonight and likely into tomorrow tied to the sister Louise alibi and related testimonies
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