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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1876
Page
2
The piece records the Guernsey county Democratic Central Committee meeting at Jefferson and notes delegates and dates for a January convention. It quotes speeches about liberties and governance, mentions election officials, patronage, and a mix of political commentary along with agricultural notes on hog cholera, cotton prices, and wage pressures.
A heated editorial warns against incendiary rhetoric if Tilden or Mayes wins and calls for calm, urging Congress to uphold the legally elected president. It cautions against civil conflict, praises restraint, and emphasizes constitutional rights amid rumors of northward conspiracies. It also notes land sales in 1876 and local anecdotes on farming and crime.
Washington dispatch notes Democrats hopeful of Republican defections over the Hayes count. Names Morton Sherman Edmunds Conkling questioned. Louisiana disputed returns and possible House decision loom as Senate debates govern the electoral tally. Tilden supporters seek legal grounds and possible new law to shift the outcome.
A Senate record shows resumed consideration of a joint resolution to amend the Constitution for counting electoral votes, with later rejection 14 to 31. Dec 13 18 senators debated counting methods and a House message on counting electors, amid vetoed franking and calls for joint committees. Amendments and resolutions passed and failed through Dec 18, including a war claims ban on disloyal persons.
The National Democratic Committee announces Samuel J. Tilden of New York as President and Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana as Vice President after the November 7 election. A mass convention is urged in Ohio and statewide meetings planned to preserve ballot integrity and secure the people’s will as declared by electoral votes.
Domestic items include Morrissey betting on presidential outcomes and coal river estimates at 7 6 000 bushels. Crook s command bay reported at North Fork Dell fourche on December 10. A commerce and manufacture bureau is proposed in Washington. South Carolina Supreme Court blocks state depositories from paying Chamberlain government. Western Union posts 1 percent dividend for Q3. Treasury to issue January bond interest payment orders from 24 25 inst with no rebate. Somerset bank robbery over 10 000. Mr Beam assigns. Severe cold nationwide. Baltimore unroofed 200 houses. Rumors of Tweed and Sweeney refunds and possible release. US Express Co theft 16 000. San Jose Brenizer acquitted. Moody s case led to perjury sentence. Foreign: European Armistice extension to two months from Paris. England and Russia share views. A major fire in Valparaiso destroyed many buildings. London dispatch mentions Robert Kelley, Captain King.
A Havre man on the British ship Huddersfield died when the vessel sank after collision at Portland on Tuesday morning the 12th. The London News outlines a new extradition treaty allowing a prisoner delivered for one offense to be immediately retried for others under the pact after a fair trial.
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