The Senate Caucus Drives Tariff Bill Through
Washington scene shows Democratic caucuses pushed by President Cleveland to shape the tariff bill before full committee action. Democrats warn against Republican pressure while Bissell printing contract sparks House controversy. Bryan proposes jury verdict reform as a legal reform. House leadership protests voting rules as a tie ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WashingTon
Cleveland
Voorhees
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Bingham
Pennsylvania
L’ostmaster General Bissell
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Congress
Bissell
Carlisle
Bureau of Engraving
Congressional
Pasted Table Sparks Debate on Failures and Tariff Bills
The Des Moines Register reprints a 19th century table tracking yearly failures and liabilities since 1863. The piece argues the data undercuts Republican claims about the Wilson and McKinley tariffs and fault lines in Harrison and Cleveland eras. It notes the table’s potential electoral usefulness and calls Bluffton for street paving upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Chronicle
Apenas HeGar
Harrison
Cleeland
Des Moines Register
Decline of the Senate and its Causes
New York World argues the U S Senate has declined from a small, elite body to a large machine dominated by party loyalty and money. It cites the rise of the party system, tariff protection, and private interests shaping legislation as forces eroding statesmanship and public virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hewitt
Southern Society
Senate of the
United States
Bar
Anies
South
Senate
Republican
Republican Party
Congress
House
Washington
New York World
Bland Bill Passes Coinage Plan Amid House Turbulence
The Bland bill for coinage of silver seniorage and silver bullion passed 168 to 129 after a bare quorum allowed a special order vote. Amendments were defeated and the measure substitutes silver coinage and certificates for Sherman notes without altering redemption rules. Democratic support reached 141 with 19 Republicans and 7 Populists. opposition totaled 79 Republicans and 50 Democrats.
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Aote
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Indiana
Johnson
Bluffton Home Trade Favored Over Distant Cities
An editorial extols Bluffton residents to patronize local furniture stores, dry goods shops, clothing outlets, boot and shoe dealers, druggists and hardware firms. It argues home merchants offer lower prices, better service, and reciprocal benefits to schools and public institutions, urging residents to keep dollars in town to sustain local prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Wayne
Toledo
Indianapolis
Bluffton
Borrioboola Gha
Alcohol Cure At Home in Bluffton
Local W C T U reports success with a home treatment for alcohol habit. The first patient, W C Norwood, is said to be cured after about three weeks. Dr H H Weer administers the daily treatment, which costs only about one sixth of commercial cures and requires no interruption to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
W. C. Norwood
H. H. Weer
Band Concert Thrives At Sixth Bluffton Evening
Last Thursday night the city band gave its third successive concert at Sixbey's opera house. The crowd enjoyed a fine program with most numbers encored and receipts totaling about seventy five dollars. Wells county normal will be led this year by Principals J T McManus and O E Hagler with sessions to begin later. both will conduct a profitable review for teachers and residents.
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Sixbey
Bluffton
Wells County
J. T. McManus
Ossian
O. E. Hagler
Zanesville
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Senate Caucus
Somers
Wisconsin
Jenkins
House Judiciary Committee
Ricks
Ohio
William H. Taft
Pardee
Texas
James H. Beatty
Idaho
Representive Bryan
Nebraska
Common Sense
Crisp
United States Senate
Bland
Smith
Gorby
Putnam County
Lake Erie
W.C.T. U
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