Senators and President clash at Republican caucus
Washington reports a lengthy Republican Senate caucus debating Southern policy civil service policy and Louisiana contest with views showing opposition to the President. Democratic senators held a quiet caucus backing presidential nominees unless unfit, while Gordon Lamar pressed the President over recognizing Nicholls Legislature in Louisiana.
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Washington
Senate
Louisiana
Hayes
Kellogg
Eustis
Sear
Booth
Wadleigh
Committee On
Teller
Colorado
Eaton
Connecticut
Gordon
Lamar
Nicholls
Monument for late Senator Morton planned in Indiana
An Indianapolis association forms to erect a suitable memorial for the late Senator Morton. Prompt action is urged as delays are often fatal. Branch groups will form in each county with representatives from every Congressional district. Col Ingersoll will lecture in Indianapolis to aid the fund.
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Indianapolis
Morton
Ingersoll
State House appropriation not in 1877 8 tax levy
State Auditor T B Needles corrects a canvass claim that the state house completion assessment was included in the current tax levy. He states no appropriation has been included in the 1877 8 levy as no law authorizes such an advance.
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T. B. Needles
Cannon Bill Aims to Make Deseret a Utah State
Delegate Cannon of Utah, noted for polygamy, introduces a House bill to admit Deseret as a U S state on equal terms. He tightens citizen rights but the plan requires a ban on polygamy, a condition deemed essential for statehood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delegate Cannon
Utah
Congress
House of Representatives
Deseret
Cannon
Thanksgiving Proclamations Set Noises, Gov Van Zandt Shortest
Most state governors designate the 20th as Thanksgiving and prayer day. Rhode Island's Gov Van Zandt issues a brief proclamation naming Thursday the 29th as Thanksgiving day and urging residents to worship at home and give to the poor.
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van Zandt
Rhode Island
Jo Daviess County Election Runners Up Victory
In Jo Daviess county Gen W R Rowley won county judge by over 1000 votes over Judge J D Platt of Warren. Crummer re elected county clerk by over 900, C M Gregory elected treasurer, R Brand re elected superintendent as independent. Rowley and Crummer praised for Civil War service. Rowley long time circuit court clerk received strong endorsement.
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Jo Daviess
W. R. Rowley
J. D. Platt
Warren
W. ¥. Crummer
C. M. Gregory
R. Brand
Gen. Rowley
Mar. Crummer
Old Jo Daviess
Jowley
Jo Daviess County
Senator Day Davis Address Hooked by Baltimore Workingmen
On Saturday the Workingmen's party held meetings in Baltimore inviting Senator Day Davis to speak. He replied by letter saying duties would prevent attendance and urging labor rights and harmony with capital to promote general prosperity. Rumors he would lead the party were denied by his close associates after the Baltimore mass meeting.
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Workingmen’s Party
Baltimore
Senator Day Davis
Davis
Workingmen’s
Work Mecn
Conciliator Hayes and Morton Death Sparks Southern Critique
The piece recalls President Hayes's affectionate farewell to Senator Morton, cites a Virginia Danville News critique of his southern reception, and condemns Reconstruction era hypocrisy. It laments postwar pacification as a cover for violence against African Americans and warns against trusted reconciliation with former rebels.
Republicans hold steady gains across states in off year vote
Latest returns show Wisconsin Republican majority about 8000 and Minnesota governor candidate Pillsbury leading by 17000. Chicago and New York favor Republican tickets with expected Senate seat for Conkling. Connecticut remains Republican while New Jersey backs Little Mack for governor. Pennsylvania shifts Democratic in an off year. Overall the GOP sees solid if uneven gains.
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Wisconsin
Pillsbury
Minnesota
Chicago
New York
Conkling
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Texas Court of Appeals Deliberates Motive in Murder Case
The Court of Appeals of Texas at its late term in Austin held that drunkenness does not aggravate or excuse conduct but may affect physical ability and mental condition. It may influence the nature and character of the defendant's acts and the purpose and intention behind them in a murder case.
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Court of Appeals of Texas
Austin
Paciffication War Heroes Recalled as Duty's Peak
The narrator lauds the rebellion leaders as the land’s finest, united in defense of constitutional rights. After bloodshed, the spirit of rebellion waned and the old flag was restored, its defenders now tempered by bitter experience.
Wisconsin election results secure Republican control in state seats
The result reinforces a sound-money Republican victory in Wisconsin on the general ticket. The Legislature remains Republican with about nine seats to six in the Senate and twelve to eight in the Assembly, plus eight Greenbackers in the Assembly. With half the Senate and all Assembly up for re election, Republicans are not expected to lose ground.
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Wisconsin
United States
Senate
Assembly
Congress
Indiana appoints D W Voorhees to Senate replacing Morton
Governor Williams of Indiana named D W Voorhees to fill the late Morton's Senate seat for the remainder of the term ending March 4 1879. The appointment is denounced as offensive and a dangerous demagogue chosen by Gov Williams, likening Voorhees to a copperhead during the Civil War and predicting poor performance in Congress.
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Gov. Williams
Indiana
D. W. Voorhees
United States
Morton
Voorhees
Vallandigham
Congress
Lincoln
Eaton
Connecticut
Williams
Grand Jury Adversely Targets Colored Jury Rights in Carteret
North Carolina authorities are cited in a Carteret county presentment charging malfeasance in office by Judge W A Moore. The document argues the colored citizenry is systematically excluded from juries, detailing tax, intelligence, and free‑holder criteria used to bar colored jurors and a preacher summoned but excused.
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North Carolina
Grand Jury
Carteret County
W. A. Moore
Rumley
Moore
Grand
Petit Jury
John D. Davis
Howland
Obituary notices in Kansas City Times attack memorials
The Kansas City Times printed two obituaries on Saturday one attacking the memory of dead war Governor Morton the other praising Confederate General Forrest. The Morton notice lauds his efforts to save the country while the Forrest piece defends his role in the Fort Pillow massacre of colored soldiers.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Morton
Forrest
Fort Pillow
Richmond State Welcomes Indiana Senator Voorhees
The Richmond State praises Indiana Senator Voorhees as a steadfast statesman with consistent Democratic principles. It notes he keeps to a single path even when facing defeats, never wavering or retreating from his beliefs.
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Richmond
Indiana
Voorhees
Hendricks and Tilden cannot seek new offices before 1881
The Atlanta Constitution cautions against any belief that Mr Hendricks would accept a Senate seat he is entitled to preside over. It states neither Mr Tilden nor Mr Hendricks can consistently fill any new office before March 4, 1881.
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Hendricks
Senate
Mr. Tilden
Mr. Hendricks
John Morrissey Elects to Fight on in Kelly District
John Morrissey declares he would not exchange a presidential certificate for victory in Kelly's district for State Senate. He credits his wife for his win, as Ife opposed running due to illness until his spouse threatened to run herself. Morrissey swore a bold oath that Schell’s scalp would grace his belt if he failed. When a woman enters politics by proxy, the opposing party may as well concede.
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John Morrissey
United States
Kelly
Blenheim
John
Ife
John Kelly
Schell
Turkish Victory at Erzurum and Plevna Fears Rise
Reports from Constantinople and London dated November 9 and 10 describe Turkish forces repelling Russian attacks near Erzurum with heavy casualties on the Russian side and a pursuit that reached Deve-Boyun. Mukhtar Pasha’s officers face court for battlefield cowardice. Simultaneously observers in London expect Plevna to fall as Russian siege lines tighten around the fortress. Placards in Stamboul signal unrest amid rumors of government talks with Russia.
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Eroy Coores
Mukhtar Pasha
Froy Ezeroum
Azizie
Erzeroum
Constantinople
Erzercum
London
Plevna
Osman Pasha
Osman
Mehemet
Chevket
Mahmoud Damad Pasha
Stamboul
Peru
Russi
Attem
Rad
Damad
Vienna
Bucharest
Sis
Oltenitza
The House Silver Bill And Springer Defense Of Costs
The article details a House silver bill authorizing free coinage of standard silver dollars and restoring legal tender status, with provisions on minting, deposits, and repurchase. It also criticizes Congressman Springer for a proposed fee for defending a Centennial lawsuit and portrays him as frugal while seeking compensation.
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House
United States
Ingersoll and German Mission Mentioned In Washington
Washington reports say Colonel Ingersoll has not been offered a German mission. Illinois delegation indicated support but declined to name him formally, fearing a rejection similar to a Pennsylvania case. Secretary Evarts suggested the President might consider Illinois nominees, with ongoing delegation diplomacy and no formal nomination yet.
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Ingersoll
Washington
Gersoll
Illinois
State Department
Congress
Psylvania
Evarts
Oglesby
Illinois Mar
Inge
Jority
Electro capillary action in silver particle experiments
Experimental notes describe an electro capillary setup where a solution of nitral fragments and monosulphures forms a capillary coupling. A Becquerel tube contains silver and sodium as the negative pole, with the negative wall coating and carbon layer influencing particle proximity to the pole.
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Hreevort Vort Journal
A. V. Richards
Senator Morton
Statesman
Virginia
Danville
Bird of Peace
Cause of the Union
Pensacola
Fla
Juries
Turkey
Springer
Centennial Commissioners
West Point
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