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New York
Boston
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Politician Rows and Reform Talk Highlight Era Politics
The article cites Kasson predicting electoral impact from votes on the river and harbor bill amid Massachusetts and New York machine politics led by Smyth Platt Wheeler and others. It notes reform versus machine tactics in New York and Ohio, calls for leniency for Frank James with caution, and extols Thomas M. Waller as a rising Connecticut Democratic leader to govern.
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Kasson
Iowa
Massachusetts
Crapo
New York
Chet” Arthur
The
Evening Post
Machine
John F. Smyth
Tom Platt
Clint Wheeler
Steve French
Jake Patterson
Barney Biglin
Mike Cregan
Bob McCord
Jakey Worth
Jake Hess
Mike Dady
Frank James
Thomas M. Waller
New London
Conn
Waller
Connecticut
Hayden
Connecticut House of Representatives
Cleveland Sees Grover as Next New York Governor
A political scene unfolds with observers noting Grover Cleveland likely to win the New York governorship as friends urged caution while administrators pressed for a campaign. The remark about a farmer and a bull contrasts with broader party ambitions.
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Grover Cleveland
New York
Folger
General Butler Platform Promises Clear Policy for Massachesetts
The editorial lauds General Butler's gubernatorial nomination and urges voters to read his platform. It highlights his clear stands on tariff, taxation, and support for American shipbuilding, pledging economy in public funds and civil service reform, while calling for broad education improvements and a shift toward unified college standards.
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General Butler
Democratic Party
The
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Butler
University Feeders and the Rise of Preparatory Schools
The article argues stronger ties between American universities and preparatory schools, likening them to England’s public schools. It notes shared changes in Latin pronunciation and admission standards at Harvard influencing New England schools, with Greek optionality risking broader erosion of classical study despite public opinion favoring science.
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New England
Harvard
Yale
Exeter
Phillips
Andover
Williston
Cambridge
New Haven
England
Eton
Rugby
Columbia
Oxford
United States
Roxbury Latin School
Harvard College
Boston
Massachusetts
America
Winnemucca's Bride and the Piute King in Decline
A picaresque obituary of Chief Winnemucca of the Piute nation, once loved, now aged and ailing. The piece recounts his third marriage to a young widow, her desertion, and return, the tribe's punitive response, and Winnemucca’s failing health as he wanders alone toward death amid a land of dust and fading memories.
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Winnemucca
Pinte
Humboldt
Simon Cameron
Christianey
Piute
Ochocho
Grub
Nevada
Progress of the Negro in the South Heralded as Rising in Wealth
A Northern observer reports that many ex slaves in the South own small farms or ran businesses and have saved substantial sums. Clerks, carpenters, barbers, saloon keepers and other workers are said to have fortunes ranging from five thousand to sixty thousand dollars. The piece praises thrift, industry and self help while urging others to emulate those who have risen through effort.
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Republican Party
Ohio
Massachusetts
Foster
Sherman
Governor Long
Bishop
Berkshire
Hampshire Hills
Bennett
Crocker
South
St. Louis
Knights of the Razor
The Prospect in Utah Sparks Fresh Mormon Controversy
The article analyzes renewed tensions over Utah politics, challenging whether a federal act or territorial statute has supremacy. It notes Governor Murray’s late appointment list under an Edmunds bill amendment, church resistance, and potential court tests of Congress authority to appoint the Utah Commission and to disenfranchise Mormons.
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Utah
Utah Commission
Congress
Murray
Mormon Church
Salt Lake Church Leaders Defy Proposed Restrictions
The passage argues that resistance will persist as Utah faces a proposal to disenfranchise leading church figures. It suggests wealth, influence, and organizational power would mobilize the church against compulsory retirement, shaping political affairs and delaying any action.
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Utah
Church
Resistag
Ex presidents as advertising men in a Mexican tobacco scam
A satirical column imagines ex presidents like Grant becoming paid endorsers for Mexican tobacco. It notes Romero used Grants testimonial and jokes about ex-presidents serving as ads for patent medicines, almanacs, and promotional campaigns, mocking political pensions and public complicity while lampooning sensational endorsements.
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United States
Senor Romero
General Grant
Romero
Grant
Congress
Hayes
Honest and fit the baselines for good officials
Mayor Low of Brooklyn stressed honesty and fitness as essentials for office in a Brooklyn speech. He warned against nominating party wheelhorses or mainstays, urging voters to judge by character and proven capability rather than party labels. The piece also critiques patronage, civil service reform, and current congressional committees while noting shipping and foreign trade issues alongside remarks by revivalist Barnes and a reference to Arabi.
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Brooklyn
Mahone
Senator Hoar
Virginia
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Hoar
Old Dominion
Hubbell
Messrs
Hoar and Dawes
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