Resolutions of Young Men's Democratic Clubs Endorse Cleveland
The Baltimore convention of Young Men's Democratic Clubs commends President Cleveland and his policy, especially his last annual message. It omits reiterating civil service law support, a missed chance to affirm faith in his interpretation and enforcement of them.
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Democratic Clubs
Baltimore
Cleveland
Congress
Duckworth Club
Cincinnati
Civil Service
Cleveland letter condemns fake free trade claim in tariff reform
In a Fourth of July letter read at a Tammany celebration in New York President Cleveland attacks opponents for portraying tariff reform as free trade. He cites the Mills bill's progress in the House, arguing the plan is moderate and beneficial, contrasting it with the current war tariff that harms households, labor, and living costs.
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New York
Cleveland
Secretary FAIRCHILD Claims Knowledge of Sugar Fraud
In a Washington interview published with our dispatches, Secretary Fairchild says he has positive official knowledge of frauds in the sugar appraisals. He replies to Harper’s Weekly critique and asserts that officials were removed for implicated conduct, framing forthcoming facts as evidence. The New York Reform Association and the Reform Club of Boston are noted as backing the secretary’s actions and investigations.
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Washington
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Post
George William Curtis
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Harper’s Weekly
New York Reform Association
Reform Club of Boston
Great prima donna Mme Curis Nilsson ends stage career
The great prima donna Mme Curis Nilsson performed a farewell concert at Albert Hall London marking her formal departure from public life. English critics saw no voice decline yet fear of a diminishing audience prompted retirement as the wiser course to avoid patrons applauding from pity.
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Mme. Curis- Tine Nilsson
the Albert Hall
London
Mme. Nilsson
England
Mme. Niasson
Miss Cary
Post office subsidy debate over South American mails
A Senate plan to contract American built vessels for South America and the West Indies at $1 per mile, $800,000 over five years, faces Postmaster General Dickinson opposition for reducing competition and harming service. The measure is criticized as a step toward steamship subsidies and a monopoly, contrasting with current efficiency and the government’s speedy foreign mail delivery.
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Senate
Central
South America
West Indies
Treasury
Dickinson
House Post Office Committee
Representative LoDGE Battles over Rattan and Chair Cane Duty
The House debate centers on duty for rattan and chair cane with Representative Lodge defending a free rattan but taxing chair cane. Wealthy Massachusetts manufacturers press for retaining duties while cane making and chair production tie into broader protectionist concerns and revenue taxes.
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MR. Lodge
A Needed Change in Presidential Election Process
The piece argues public leaders should adopt constitutional changes to end state vote based presidential selection. It notes the current practice diverges from the original design, with party conventions and state voting patterns shaping nominees and outcomes, potentially misaligning with the popular will. It compares scenarios of state influence to illustrate constitutional tensions and urges a nationwide popular vote for president.
Popular Vote Rethinking for President Election Reform
The article argues that current electoral rules favor candidates from certain states and minorities in others are disenfranchised. It advocates amending the Constitution to elect President and Vice President by nationwide popular vote to boost enthusiasm and ensure every vote counts equally in Texas Kansas and similar states.
New York Plans for Higher Education Courses for Women
A movement in New York offers continuing studies for Normal College graduates and other women, taught by experienced professors. Classes start in October and aim to prepare for Columbia College and Normal College degrees, with others welcome. Cost is set at fifty cents per lesson or less.
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The
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Columbia College
Home Arts and Industries Exhibition Highlights School Craft Progress
The annual Home Arts and Industries Association exhibition in London shows 291 classes nationwide with over 4000 pupils taught mainly by volunteers. Ireland and Scotland contributed. Irish designs stood out as villages revive craft skills like wood carving, spinning, weaving, pottery, and tile painting under treasurer War Tek BESANT.
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Home Arts and Industries Association
London
Ireland
Scotland
War- Tek Besant
New Monthlies Enter Press Field With Promising Start
Current Literature debuts with an eclectic plan to compile selections from books magazines and newspapers on literary subjects promising usefulness for both specialists and general readers Belford's Magazine launches with a tariff reform focus and a complete novel feature likely to attract readers from the outset both new periodicals entering a crowded market and showing fair early promise.
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Belford’s
Lippincott’s
English clergyman's flag display causes fine at New York church
The Stars and Stripes hung over Holy Trinity Church in New York on the Fourth, arranged not by an American but by Rev. E Warrone Warren of England. Warren's engagement made his importers liable for a $1000 fine, now being collected.
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New York
E. Warrone Warren
England
New Chicago Phrase For Intoxication Described
The article notes a new Chicago expression for drunkenness, describing it as having drunk more "twine than most people usually do." It cautions the phrase may signal a less extreme condition when used outside Chicago.
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Chicago
Sheridan Steadily Gaining In Delaware Waters
Delawar e July 5 General Sheridan has passed an entirely uneventful day gaining slowly but steadily in all respects yacht report notes steady progress with no incidents as battleship remains on course toward target area referencing naval dispatches from the harbor command.
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Delaware Breakwater
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General Sheridan
City Point South Boston Air and Public Pleasures Observed
A Boston observer recalls a City Point visit in South Boston with breezes from Dorchester Bay, views of yachts, and a stroll along the wooden pier. He notes Marine Park progress, old houses, and the tension between development and private seclusion, while reflecting on public leisure and a poor Portuguese man seeking Fourth of July respite.
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Marine Park
Notable Early 19th Century Figures and Events Spotlight
War correspondent Phil Robinson to settle in Melbourne and start a paper. A yacht named Lady Harrison was launched at Honesdale in honor of the wife of the Republican presidential candidate. Veteran observer William Clark, aged 95, may be the only survivor present at the 1810 Harrison Tecumseh conference near Vincennes. Franklin Simmons works in Washington on a Hannibal Hamlin bust for the Senate chamber.
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Offence Against Honest Politics in Senate Confirmation
Editorial warns it would be a sad day for the country if Senate confirmation power is used along partisan lines as in New York. It condemns turning the chief justice into a political battlefield and calls such action an offence to the American system.
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The Creature of Monopolists in Republican Party
A 1882 tariff commission report alarmed monopolists across iron steel wool and lumber, who moved to seize control of the Republican party. Tax reform vanished as Republicans became tools of repression and high taxation to protect monopolies, with Morton cited as aligned with the party.
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N. Y. Herald
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John Boyle O Reilly on Workingmen Tariff Reform
Commentary calling for tariff revision cited from Boston Pilot praising President Cleveland and the Democratic platform. It urges protection for miners in Pennsylvania and Ohio and mentions a strike involving about one hundred thousand workers.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Cleveland
Boston Pilot
Taking A Mean Advantage In Tariff Debate
A Chicago Herald editorial denounces coal price increases and blames coal interests for exploiting consumers amid Republican tariff criticisms. It argues that the GOP has shown support for high tariffs and warned that public impatience could empower rings and trusts. The piece criticizes party leaders for pressing higher tariffs during a heated period.
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Republican Party
Chicago Herald
Carpet Industry Struggles Under Tariff Burden
The shutdown of Worcester Bigelow Carpet Works shows carpet makers rely on imported wool taxed 25 percent or more. Government tariffs on raw material burden operations, causing periodic closures and limited exports of carpets. The piece calls for breaking away from Southwestern rancher dominance.
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Springfield Republican (Ind
AFRAID OF THE TARIFF PLANK IN REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
The Northwest faces a tense wait until next November to avoid a quarrel with tariff plank backers. Minnesota fears the tariff, while politicians protest the McKinley idea smoothed over in the Chicago platform. Republicans in the Northwest may shift as events unfold.
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Chicago News
Ind
Radical change in the Republican party noted by Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly argues the Republicans have shifted from moral conviction to public ridicule of honest motives. It cites Mr Low as representative of a substantial, thoughtful faction who will vote according to their beliefs even if they do not voice them openly.
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humorous miscellany on Fourth of July and public life
A collage of wry observations on Independence Day, politics, and society. Jests about travel, law, sports, and media mix with quips about Chicago, Maine, and famous figures. The piece riffs on human foibles, gambling, and a bank robbery tale, ending with a flash of audacious theft numbers.
Free whiskey plank stirs Republican voters in campaign
A Times interview with Rev. A. F. Schautfler portrays evangelical Republicans’ offense at the party platform. He criticizes the push for Ingersoll, pensions, and surplus, pledges to vote against the GOP, and backs Cleveland over the party line.
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