Boston aldermanic district bill advances after heated vote
The House spent most of two sessions debating the Boston aldermanic district bill. Bowker reintroduced last year’s measure, with ward division differences. it passed to a third reading 116 to 74 in a largely bipartisan vote. Roger Wolcott of Boston led the opposition with a strong speech.
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Commodore Chapin and a Possible Democratic Boom
The Utica Observer speculates that Alfred C. Chapin, the capable and popular New York state comptroller, might be discussed as a presidential candidate by Democrats. It contrasts Chapin with Lincoln, warning against a sentimental rush that could engulf young politicians and graying leaders alike.
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Keifer Attacked by Cincinnati Commercial Commentary
The Cincinnati Commercial criticizes Keifer the Ohio statesman with harsh language and implies Democrats wounded him. It suggests he will tour the country showing his wounds and describes a campaign of insinuation. The piece hints the Commercial reporter pushed Keifer into his downfall.
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Inventors Fight to Preserve Patent Terms
The current push in Congress to cut patent terms from 17 to five years drew strong opposition. The piece stresses American invention as a national glory and warns that weakening protection would stifle innovation, urging a fair, swift resolution and no repeat of such conspiracies.
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Senator Bayard Praised as National Statesman and Democrat
The piece lauds Senator Bayard of Delaware as a national figure whose statesmanship serves the country, not just Delaware. It cites favorable editorials praising his Jeffersonian democracy, integrity, and balanced view of power and progress, arguing he embodies broad-gauge leadership for a pivotal party moment.
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Glittering generality and the constitution in politics
The Boston Journal mocks Senator Bayard for praising the constitution as the supreme law while criticizing the New York Sun. The piece argues the constitution is the bulwark of liberties, not a glittering generality, and blames postwar Reconstruction for eroding reverence for the charter among younger Republicans.
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Tariff reformers and political rhetoric across the era
A collage of 1884 political snippets notes Moore and Cheney as assignees of the Blaine estate in New Hampshire, Blaine endorsement signals from Wolfe of Pennsylvania, and remarks on Uncle Sam and party dynamics. The item threads through editorials, satirical quips, and brief notices on taxes, theatre and society, with an undercurrent of campaign anticipation and party tensions.
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Dat’s Abe’s son appears at Lexington reception
Private Dalzell reports a vivid Lexington Kentucky scene where a prominent spectator loudly proclaims “Dat he is” and “Dat’s Ole Abe’s son” upon sighting Secretary Lincoln. The observer ties the crowd’s reaction to prophetic undertones and links it to political momentum and denouncing time-servers.
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Doctor and patient joke about whiskey and quinine
A Philadelphia Call humor piece features a quip about illness and a married couple sharing medicine. The doctor questions adherence to directions while the patient explains he and his wife are one flesh, so he took the whiskey and gave Biddy the quinine.
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Cleveland and Carlisle Ticket Victory Hymn
A Buffalo reader endorses Grover Cleveland and Charles W. Woolley urges Cleveland and Carlisle with a campaign song and chorus. The piece praises Cleveland’s near unanimity in Buffalo and predicts New York’s pivotal vote, urging Rally, vote, and a political change away from twenty years of Republican rule. The lyric extols turnout and calls for support across communities with a repeated Cleveland and Carlisle refrain.
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