Washington Letter Reports Senate Day of Debate and Finance Talks
A Washington letter describes a packed Senate chamber as Senator Harris defends full debate on the elections bill amid cheers and threats to clear galleries. It notes Republican resistance to recess, House Banking Committee moves toward retiring national bank circulation, and a push to ease the currency. The piece discusses Hampton's defeat, Tillman era politics in South Carolina, and new federal acts approving district attachments and infrastructure projects in Grayson Texas Louisiana and Virginia.
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D. C
Senate
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Hoar
Massachuetts
Morton
West
Maj. McKinley
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Congress
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Capitol
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Hamptons
South Line
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Senator Butler
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Hampton
South Carolina
Accouwe Legislati
Coun Grayson
Texas
Fern
South Carolina Shaking Up Toward the New South
The Philadelphia Times surveys South Carolina politics with Irby’s Senate win as Tillman’s lieutenant and a broader upheaval that unsettles old leaders, arguing the state must work out its salvation amid shifting party lines and new regional winds.
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South Carolina
Philadelphia
Irby
Senate
Tillman
Riddleberger
tosMahone
Virginia
Eemes
Alabama
Wade Hampton
Gordon
Universal
Riddleberger Had, Who Have Passed Into Obivion
New South
Grange Convention Proclaims Tariff and Tax Reforms
The Grange delegates discuss policy on patents for sewing machines tax changes and state revenue reform. They advocate government control on rail progress guardians and a cooperative system allowing direct farmer purchases from manufacturers. The talk includes tariff tariff questions and real estate tax injustices amid farm concerns.
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Pennsylvania
State Revenue Commission
Rhone
Pacman
M’kinley
Grange
Pover
New York Funeral Processions Startle A Stranger
A visitor from abroad is shocked by New York funeral processions. Hearses and moving vans speed along crowded streets, contrasting with the slower, solemn corteges of home towns. People remove hats briefly, yet the city treats funerals with casual urgency.
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New York
Paris
Sion
London
The Marvelous Strides of Modern Invention and Freedom
A historic outlook praises rapid progress in science and society. It traces innovations from steam navigation to telegraphy and railways, argues Enlightenment fuels moral growth, and highlights labor gains, abolition, and democratic empowerment across nations. It ends with a literary interlude from the Washington Post.
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Robert Fulton
Hudson
Clermont
Savannah
England
America
Birmingham
London
United States
Europe
Morse
Russia
New World
Australia
France
The Conquerer Con Quer able and the Windy Winter
Fragmentary poem from Worcester Gazette combines a swaggering tale of a fearless conqueror with a whimsical wind born omen. It interweaves mock bravado about slaying beasts with a domestic prompt from a wife to tend the baby, all framed by a dated verse about weather and fortune.
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