Cleveland and Reform Push in Benton County Rally
The text notes St John’s polling estimate in Kansas and a Democratic tilt, with Grover Cleveland praised as a steady reformer. It covers Benton County Democratic caucus plans for August 30 to choose supervisors, clerks, and delegates, criticisms of Republican leadership, and calls for civil service reform and pension office changes amid party tensions.
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Grover Cleveland
Buffalo
Great Empire State
O. W- Childs
P. M. Sutton
Marshalltown
Party of Reform
Cleveland Club
Republican Party
Washington's Letter on Blaine and Gould’s Lobbyists
Washington letter dated August 5 1884 recalls Senator Edmunds four years earlier accusing James G Blaine of acting as Jays Goulds attorney and of behind the scenes lobbying to pressure Pacific railroads and government terms It denounces Blaine as corrupt while accusing his supporters of excusing such acts as standard political behavior.
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Dahomey
Blaine
United States
Gov
Cleveland
Washington
Congress
Commissioner of Pensions
Dudley
Senator Edmunds
Jay Gould
Thurman
James G. Blaine
Gould
Republican Prohibition Critique at Chicago Convention
A critical summary accusing the Republican Party of hypocrisy over prohibition. The piece complains petitions for a prohibition plank were tabled, cites Ex-Gov St John, temperance groups, and clergy, and contrasts Blaine’s Maine stance with Washington behavior. It urges honest prohibitionists to vote for St John and notes Iowa’s prohibition issues and a local movement with Keagle and city ministers backing it.
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Republican Party
Prohibition
St. John
Chicago
National Republican Platform
Christian Temperance Associations
Blaine
Maine
Washington
Yorktown
Iowa
Des Moines
L. 8. Keagle
Two Great Harvest Excursions to North Dakota and Return
Two harvest excursions offered from all stations on the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern and from St Paul to Bismarck Mandan LaMoure and Carrington and intermediate stops on the Northern Pacific with return for about one cent per mile round trip One trip August 12 13 to view Dakota harvest and another August 26 27 to see the best grain yield Tickets valid 40 days Rates from Burlington lines via agents. see bills for details
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Bismarck
Mandan
la Moure
Carrington
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northern Pacific Railroad
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
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Washington, D. C
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