Democrats Delay Caucus as Campaign Issue Emerges
Washington dispatch reports Democrats prefer to defer a general caucus until the President returns the legislative bill. The House Judiciary Committee will prepare a veto reply and consider using it as a campaign document. Some urge a public address signed by majority members to present the Democratic position.
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Nction
House
House Judiciary Committee
Associated
Washington
Joint Advisory Committee
Senate votes 25 to 37 to strike out pension reserve use
In Washington on May 13 the Senate rejected the Appropriations Committee plan to apply a $10,000,000 reserve for fractional currency to pension arrears. Debate featured Bayard Kearnan Davis urging the amendment, with Voorhees Booth criticizing Secretary Sherman and defending the fund as aiding circulation. The bill advances, with partisan clauses likely to trigger broader political debate. Also report notes John G. Thompson’s Ohio visit as groundwork for Thurman’s likely gubernatorial bid and Sherman’s potential nomination prospects.
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Washington
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Bayard
Kernan
Davis
West Virginia
Voorhees
Sherman
Booth
Thurman
John G. Thompson
Ohio
Senator Thurman
Thompson
Gov
Bishop
Gramercy Park
Tilden
Sullivan
Miami
Dayton
Norton
House
Sturgeon
Nat
Dodds
Achauer
Alexander
Elliott
Hayman
Haley
Klimper
Levering
Quinn
Reed
Ross
Washburn
Cincinnati
O'Connor
Baker
Douglass
Marsh
McCoy
Lawrence
White
Lessees OF Public Works
Board of Public Works
Political brinkmanship and a House duel over polls and loyalties
The piece discusses Democratic and Republican maneuvers to pass disputed appropriation and army bills, aiming to frame the campaign. It highlights President’s veto messages ruling troops at polls, and a sharp House exchange between Republican Russell of North Carolina and Democrat Kitchin with personal accusations and Russell’s Confederate service remark.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Washington
Russell
North Carolina
Kitchin
Democratic Plans in Their Extremity Special Dispatch
A Cincinnati Gazette dispatch reports Democratic attempts to save the party by adding to a vetoed bill an expansive arrest and execution clause for marshals and deputies. Another Democratic editorial favors reviving the old army bill with a clause barring funding for transporting troops to election sites, inviting a Hayes veto.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Washington
United States
Hayes
Worthington Report Seeks Back Pay in Court Martial Case
Senator Grover's committee reports in the Col Thomas Worthington case that records were void ab initio, the sentence revoked, and an honorable discharge granted. Relief is recommended with back pay to be settled by the Secretary of War, the report notes his military character remains intact. Pleuro Pneumonia in American Cattle not found. lungs show capillary bronchitis and recent collapse, disease likely originated during transit. Endorsed by multiple veterinary experts in Edinburgh and London.
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Grover
Committee On Military Affairs
Senate
Thos, Worthington
Ohio
Shiloh
Col
Worthington
Secretary of War
Treasury Department
Department of State
Williams
New Veterinary College of
Gayfield
Edinburgh
Liverpool
Rivy Council
Hamilton
Royal Infirmary
Young
Waugh
Kitchen
Senate Finance Committee Considers Subsidiary Coins
The Senate Finance Committee reviewed the House bill on subsidiary coins and authorized Bayard to report back with a passage recommendation plus two amendments. One sets subsidiary silver coin legal tender at ten dollars, not twenty or five as previously proposed. The second limits the fourth section to silver coins valued at twenty five cents or less.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
House
Bayard
Senate
House of Representatives
Mississippi River Commission Bill Introduced in House
Washington May 13 The House committee reported a bill introduced by Mr Gibson to create a Mississippi River commission to direct surveys of the river and report plans and estimates to the Secretary of War The measure allows expenditures up to 175000 to improve navigation and prevent floods.
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Wasilington
House
Pepe Pit Haan
Gibson
Mississippi River
Secretary of War
Reorganization push in Columbus and Cincinnati lobby blitz
Columbus scene outlines ongoing schemes to reorganize city politics and pressure Hamilton County delegates. mentions attempts to reconsider Toledo reorganization, vice in Dayton fire department bill, and court and public works matters across the state including the Williams fee bill, Supreme Court business, and pardons.
Senate and House Session Reports From 1879 Proceedings
The Senate convened at 10 o'clock with Lieut ay Fitch presiding and Rev J McCluskey offering prayer. Bills discussed include H R 1013 to allow Pike County canal towpath use as a pay road, and H B 610 revising Executive Department statutes. The Senate passed several measures and laid others on the table amid remonstrances from Washington County against a railroad ticket bill. The House met at 9 with Speaker Neal. various bills were read, debated, or lost, including H B 335 on township medical costs and H B 952 regulating county officer fees, with votes recorded and a recess taken for discussion.
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Hamilton
Cuyahoga
Columbiana
Dalzell
Morf Brass Butt
Senal
Forrest
Ohio
Senate
Lieutay Fitch
J. McCluskey
Committee On Public Works
Washburn
Pike County
Howland
Executive Department
Sabine
Big Island
Marion Township
Marion County
Wagner
Belmont County
Washington County
Jackson
Perry
Taylor
Committee On
Neal
Dr. Lord
Columbus
Dungan
Williams
Turner
Yeas
Jwe
H. Klippart
State Board of Agriculture
Marsh
Beaver River
Mercer County
Russia Preparing for Evacuation of Roumelia and Paris Dispatch
Loxpox May 13 reports a Russian observer says repression effects are hardly noticeable in St. Petersburg while streets are thronged with promenaders. A French cabinet question is described as tranquil and settled. In London Parliament the House of Commons debate continues as the Ameer seeks peace but with firm demands. A St. Petersburg dispatch notes the Kuldja question remains unsettled with Chinese frontier activity.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Paris
Cardinal Newman Speech Defends Religion Against Liberalism
London May 13 Dr John Newman announced his elevation to the cardinalate and declared he would resist liberalism in religion, arguing against the view that no creed holds absolute truth. Also reports on scullers in Newcastle and Commons debate on prerogative limits, plus iron firm failures in London.
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London
John Newman
Scullers
Newcastle-On-Tyne
Hanlon
Elliott
Feely
Barrow-in-Furness
Eliott
Commons
House of Commons
Dellwyn
Transvaal
Dardanelles
Gladstone
Lord Northcote
Lord Lytton
Paris power shift threatens resignation in government
London dispatch reports Lepere taking an attitude that forces either Lepere or Waddington to resign. Waddington holds this view as Foreign Notes note. General Grant and his party have sailed for Japan. all are well. Botany professor Griseback is dead. A nun sold £100,000 worth of silver yesterday.
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London
Paris
Lepere
Waddington
Griseback
Nun
Appellate Judge Race Seen Favor Holt in Kentucky
A Cincinnati Gazette dispatch from Louisville on May 12 reports Holt the Republican leading Hargis the Democrat in the Kentucky appellate judge contest. Latest tallies cite Holt ahead in several counties while Hargis shows strong margins in Bourbon Bracken Madison Mason and other counties with varying majorities across the state.
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Louisville
Holt
Hargis
Mason County
McCreary
Frankfort
Tilden
Bourbon County
Bracken
Madison
Mason
Montgomery
Nicholas
Rockcastle
Estill
Clark
Boyd
Fleming
Robertson
Lewis
Carter
Greenup
Good Wheat Prospects in Chicago Area May 13
Minnesota, Northern Iowa, and northwestern Wisconsin send 30 to 40 million bushels of wheat to market each year. The ten days prior have been cool and moist with nearly daily rains, creating unusually favorable conditions for wheat growth.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Being Colored He Gets Justice
A Harrodsburg dispatch reports George Smith colored was sentenced to life in the penitentiary for murder. The ruling was announced today in Lovussville with confirmation from the Courier-Journal.
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Lovussvville
Harrodsburg, Ky
Courier-Journal
George Smith
Rev Max Wellp Gaddis Sr Suffering From Catarrh
Reverend Max Wellp Gaddis Sr has endured years of catarrh and a breaking constitution, prompting concern and potential remedies. The notice details his ill health and calls for support or awareness within the community.
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Max Wellp. Gaddis, SR
Hitch in negotiations stalls Afghan peace talks
London May 13 Lahore correspondent reports new difficulties in Gundamak peace negotiations. Yakoob Khan is willing to concede to British demands yet his fragile Afghan position forces him to press for more than Britain can offer in return.
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London
A_ Lahore
Gundamak
Yakoob Khan
Afghanistan
The Russian Evacuation and European News Mix
May 13 dispatches report 40 000 Russian troops and 2 600 horses to be moved by ships from Bourgas between May 11 and June 15 while remaining troops depart by rail. Spanish elections favor the government and a possible royal marriage between Austria’s Crown Prince and Infanta Maria del Pilar is noted. The Basque Provinces may face siege measures as northern powers press repression of Socialism.
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Odessa
Russian Steam Navigation Company
Bourgas
Smaprio
Spain
Martinez
Madrid
Crown Prince of
Austria
Infanta Maria del Pilar
Alfonso
Infanta
Maprid
Council of Ministers
Hale Sees Republicans Strengthening for Fall Campaign
Ex-Congressman Eugene Hale of Maine tells The Tribune that Republicans are gaining fighting trim as Democrats push issues like sound currency. He notes strong undercurrents in Maine and predicts a September battle while stressing unity in the executive and legislative branches. In Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin reports, showers ease drought fears for crops.
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New York
the Tribune
Eugene Hale
Maine
Army
Tee
Curiaco
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Pope presents the red hat to new cardinal Newman
In Rome on May 13 the Pope bestowed the berretta on Dr. Newman, stating the appointment serves the Church Sacred College and society. The ceremony highlighted the collegial role of the cardinalate and its public significance.
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Rome
Newman
Sacred College
Dem Societies Rally Against Death Penalty In Berne
In Berne and surrounding towns on Sunday Democratic societies led demonstrations opposing the reestablishment of capital punishment. The protests drew participants from several communities, signaling broad opposition to any revived use of the death penalty.
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Berne
Cabinet Troubled Tranquilized In Paris
Paris dispatches report the cabinet in abeyance with Le Temps confirming that difficulties have been arranged. When the question of the chambers returning to Paris arises the cabinet will cite past conduct as a guarantee of tranquility and seek a vote of confidence if needed. It plans to reorganize the police prefecture.
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le Temps
Paris
Prefecture of Police
Revered Dayton minister recognizes Dr Aborn’s services
Rev. Maxwell P. Gaddis Jr of Dayton Ohio, a prominent minister and author for over four decades, sends a card acknowledging the valuable services Dr Aborn has provided, a gesture carrying significant weight in this community.
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Maxwell P. Gaddis, Jr
Dayton
Ohio
Aborn
Dr Aborn's System of Practice Offers Notable Success
Dr Aborn advertises a medical system claiming success after ordinary methods fail. Office hours from 4 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Consultation available in person or by letter. Medicines prepared and mailed by express to the United States and territories, with publications sent for a three cent stamp. myl2-dlotiéitnsi
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Aborn
Aburn
United States
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