Senate and House Bills Lead to Pensions and Currency Moves
The session features bills by Ryan, Hayes, and others on free duty clothing for relief of colored immigrants and pensions for Mexican War survivors. A flood of measures follows including currency expansion, transfer of Indian Bureau, tax relief for wages notes, homestead equalization, and salt import debates. Public notices on pensions, appointments, and investigations accompany the political theater.
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Senator Morrill proposes debt refund study in Senate
On the thirteenth Senator Morrill submitted a resolution directing the Finance Committee to inquire about the practicability of refunding the national debt at less than four percent and to consider a plan for moderate subscriptions. A bill by Mr Saulsbury would preserve telegraph secrecy. In the House the Rules Committee discussion continued and a Presbyterian petition on liquor traffic was referred.
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The Trickster Billy W. and His Many Faces
An old London rogue known as Billy W. plies a crowd work routine, feigning accidents to draw crowds then begging for sympathy. He limps to taverns, tells sob stories, and reappears in varied disguises from seedy preacher to newsboy, using costume to deceive and profit.
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Maine Legislature Amid Turmoil Over Seats Contested
The Maine House and Senate opened with protests and accusations of fraud. Governor Garcelon announced a quorum, while Fusionists and a lone Republican dominated the chamber. The day saw clashes over seating, with calls for inquiry and warnings against unconstitutional power grabs echoed by Chicago papers.
Unite to resist Garcelons Maine usurpation threats
A historical defense argues that Maine laws cannot curb official canvasser treachery and urges party unity to oppose Governor Garcelon. Using Illinois as example, it warns that canvassing boards could bias outcomes if party majorities shift, underscoring fears of eroding majority will.
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Augusta Republicans seize State House to organize Maine Legislature
An Augusta AP dispatch reports Republicans occupied the State House to organize the Senate and House for the Fifty-ninth Maine Legislature. Key leaders were elected, committees formed to seek Supreme Court opinions on legality, while Fusionists abstained from the session.
Christmas Night Escort Rivalry Turns Sour in Nashville
A Nashville youth failed to escort a young woman home from church on Christmas night. He hired an Arab, blowing a Christmas horn, to walk beside them and block conversation. The maneuver unsettled the couple as they hurried indoors, while the story hints at checks on character and value of honesty.
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Maine Returning Board crisis criticized by press
The piece condemns Governor Garcelon and allies for fraudulently issuing certificates and defying the Supreme Court. It argues such acts betray the law, urge de novo action, and claim the Republican path will restore the legislature and governor per the people’s vote, while condemning conspirators. It cites legal principles, political stakes, and calls for accountability.
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Desperate Fusion Row in Augusta Overshadows State Politics
The Augusta proceedings reveal a weak quorum and a sham House led by Governor Garcelon who claimed sixty-nine members had taken an oath. He cited Supreme Court opinions and petitions to justify seating refused members, amid a conspiratorial minority pressing power. Republicans respond with measured patience.
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Dark days for election law and Maine govern
The Philadelphia Press denounces Maine’s political actions as a conspiracy to seize government. It argues that defeating a fair election and denying the popular will threatens the elective system, warning abolition of elections if the trend continues and urging swift correction or removal of those responsible.
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National Board of Health outlines quarantine needs and costs
Washington reports the National Board of Health plans enhanced quarantine stations at Boston New York Philadelphia Chesapeake Bay Brunswick Ship Island and on the Texas coast with an estimated cost of 100 000. It calls for steamboat inspection stations on the Mississippi at New Orleans Vicksburg Memphis and Cairo costing 35 000 and urges a 100 000 reserve for inland quarantine emergencies while noting expected annual expenses of about 284 330 for 1880 and 202 060 for 1881.
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Eclipsed Sun Marks Totality South of Fresno
A Fresno call reports a total solar eclipse line ten miles north of the area with clear skies. Observers note first contact at 2:45 pm, totality by 3:53 pm, and a corona around the moon. Fringes of red purple light and triangle suns were observed. a corona lingered minutes beyond totality. Salinas also saw totality with an eight degree temperature drop.
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Man with a Gun and Dogs Faces Rustic Misadventure
A vivid rural vignette follows a man armed with a gun and three dogs as he treks across the country. He drops a few birds, loses apples to the cold, tumbles into a creek, then returns home convinced he had a grand time.
Father seeks St Nicholas post over St James role
The father of a family notes that the position of minister to St Nicholas is enough for him, even though filling the role at the Court of St James is considered difficult.
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