Democrats Ramp Up Free List Fight in Senate Caucus
A crowded Senate caucus pressed to place cotton mill machinery on the free list amid tariff wrangling. Leaders and Brice sparred over a sugar duty, with the party eyeing a largely united path while eastern Democrats threaten to withhold votes to force concessions. Reed wins praise at a Washington gridiron dinner as Northcutt is named Marietta postmaster.
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House
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Brice
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White
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Hill
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Eratic Party
Atle
Tom Reed
Gridiron Club
Wormley’s
Turtle Bay Beefsteak Club
New York
London
Congress
Reed
Washington
The Day in the House Quorum Question and Pence Apology
In a Washington session Chaplin Bagby prayed for Rep Wilson’s health. A new print of the anti option bill was ordered. Rep Pence apologized to Rep Hainer after a misreport, reading a letter of apology to the house and promising correction in the press. The house debated seigniorage and silver amid staffing, calls for quorum, and procedural votes.
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Hatch
Pence
Colorado
Hainer
Nebraska
Mr. Hainer
Mr. Pence
Cooper
Cummings
New York
Wheeler
Alabama
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House
Yeas
Reed
Mr. Bland
Bowers
California
Olneys Opinion and Talmage Stay Brought to Light
New York February 26. Attorney General Olneys ruling on silver certificates draws sharp critique from banker W P St John who argues silver as legal tender and bank reserves threaten a gold standard. Meanwhile Brooklyn tabernacle trustees plan for Dr Talmage to remain after rising collections and debt payments. Also noted is health officials isolation order for consumptives and Norman L Munros cheap literature fortune, plus Erastus Wiman relations and cautious business sentiment.
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Treasury
United States
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Talmage
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Tabernacle
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Brooklyn
Harl
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Erastus Wiman
Nw York
Wiman
Allen on Hewitt and Patterson in Congress Standoff
Private John Allen of Mississippi mocks Abram Hewitt in a New York speech while repudiating Colonel Patterson’s apology. He touts southern support for free silver and criticizes New York bankers. He defends Democratic principles and denounces filibustering as unworthy.
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John Allen
Mississippi
Blane
Mr. Allen
Abram Hewitt
Southern Society
New York
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Congress
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Calhoun
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Soule
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Mny
Tennessee
Hewitt
Patterson
Hardiman County
Grover Cleveland
Colonel Patterson
Carlisle
Baltimore
Kaufman County
Texas
Cone
Committee On the
Wilson
West Virginia
Southern Association of wholesale druggists names officers
Memphis February 27 special report: the Southern Association of wholesale druggists completed a two day session. Officers named: B P Vanvleet Memphis president D D Phillips Nashville first vice president M A Falls Atlanta second vice president F W Schumacher Waco third vice president A G Cassells Vicksburg secretary J C Lyons New Orleans treasurer. Next meeting set for Atlanta mid February. The body declined to back New Orleans bids to lobby against sugar bounty removal but urged Congress consider tariff effects on alcohol raising costs for pharmaceutical and chemical works.
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Southern Association of Wholesale Druggists
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D. D. Phillips
Nashville
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Atlanta
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Waco
Tex
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Vicksburg
Miss
J. C. Lyons
New Orleans
Congress
Colorado Seeks Peaceful Secession From United States
Colorado residents petition to withdraw and form an alliance with Mexico. They denounce federal policy on silver demonetization and debt, arguing it ousts the people and breeds plutocracy. The request seeks permission to exit the union with a peaceful path to independence.
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Mexico
Telegraph Brevitles Report of Several Local Incidents
Charles Harlan shot and killed Charles 7. Moore at Allaway Missouri. The National Electric Light Association holds a convention in Washington. Three men frozen to death in Obion river bottoms north of Jackson Tennessee. Cardinal Gibbons will travel to Charlotte North Carolina on April 10 to attend the dedication of a new Catholic church.
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Charles 7. Moore
Allaway
National Electric Light Association
Washington
Obion River
Jackson
Cardinal Gibbons
Charlette
N.C
Gladstone Resigns Rumors Sweep London in 1894
London reports say Prime Minister Gladstone will resign at Easter and that Lord Roseberry declined the post while Earl Spencer accepted. Aged and fatigued, Gladstone faces criticism over policy and eye disease. The Edinburgh Evening News cites sources and notes cabinet shifts and Roseberry's possible succession.
Woodhull's verdict damages in London trial
The trial of Mrs. John Bibbelup Martin against the trustees of the British Museum concluded in London. The jury awarded Mrs. Martin £1 in damages for exposing on library shelves books that libeled her character, with judgment reserved pending counsel's arguments on points from the verdict.
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John Bibbelup Martin
Victoria Woscdhuil
British Museum
Martin
Rumors Crowned by Press Over Gladstone Resignation
London February 27 discussion links stock exchange gains in consols and Egyptian unified fours to rumors of Gladstone resigning the premiership. Papers including the Manchester Guardian Yorkshire Post and The Chronicle and The Sun name Earl Roseberry as successor and Sir William Harcourt as government leader. In Clyde Ohio Dr A A Hutchins blinded by chemical experiment with nearby building wrecked. prognosis grim.
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House of Commons
Toledo
Clyde
A. A. Hutchins
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