Election thoughts from the Graham Leader 1884
The Graham Leader weighs in on the Chicago Republican Convention where a negro Lynch is seen as temporary chairman and Blaine for president with Logan for vice president. The piece critiques figures like General Clayton of Arkansas and discusses party strategies, editorials, and local Houston influence.
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Hays
Cincinnati
John Sherman
Joe Bradisy
Tilden
Supreme Court
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Propra
Burkett & Ryus
Graham
Texas
Austin correspondence hints at state officer struggle
Austin dispatch from the Dallas Herald notes friction in selecting state officials and suggests the county convention at Austin influenced the county’s endorsement of Walton and Walsh. It implies broader benefits if the State convention follows Austin’s county example and excludes certain individuals from seating.
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Austin
Dallas Herald
Supreme Court
Walton
Walsh
Texas
Travis
Ftorth
Hous
Petits
Judicial Tious
Eloe
Controversy Over Land Frauds and Hood Brigade Figure
The Galveston News attacks political rivals over land forgeries tied to school lands and names Captain Walsh and a longtime land commissioner as central figures. It accuses clerks of altering Young county records in a scheme that escaped court approval and questions the lawmaking role of the land commissioner.
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Galveston News
Boone
Rhoads Fisher
Capt
Walsh
Fisher
Ham
Tullis
McCulloch
The
News
Hood's Brigade
Haskall
Land Fraud Board
Young County
Lumber and land deals spark debate over guardianship of children
The Cameron & Co. lumber firm cites steady stock of lumber, cement and paint while wider issues swirl around a land grab in Terry and Yoakum counties. Critics question guardian suitability, newspaper reliability, and alleged office complicity in school land frauds linked to Haskell county and Gibson certificates.
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Cate
Land Office
Terry
Yoakum
Patton
Boone
Fisher
Haskill County
Haskell County
Lands Fraud Board
Young Land District
Texas high office race eyed with anti corruption tone
The Dallas Mercury endorses clean candidates for attorney general and criticizes Tem pleton and Buck Walton as unfit, urging public support for a man of integrity like Chint as a fearless, able prosecutor. It calls for bold, capable leaders who avoid vice and greed.
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Texas
John B. Templeton
Fort Worth
Buck Walton
Ben Thompson
Dallas Mercury
Mercury
The
Barnett Gibbs
Chint
Grant Dishonored by Grant-Ward Swindle Evidence
The Austin Capital reports widespread belief that General Grant is entangled in the Grant Ward swindles. A facsimile of Grants letter to J D Fish is cited, showing willingness for Ward to profit from Grants fame. The Galveston News says the letter brands Grant with dishonor for all time.
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General Grant
Republican Party
Grant
J. D. Fish
New York Sun
Ward
Galveston News
Austin Capital
One by One They Fall
The Galveston News notes the deaths of Orville E Babcock and Levi P Lackey by drowning off Florida. Both men once private secretaries to President Grant and linked to whisky frauds prosecutions. Grant supported Lackey’s Utah Territory secretary nomination after acquittal.
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Telegraph
Orville E. Babcock
Levi P. Lackey
Florida
Babcock
Lackey
Grant
Luckey
Territory of
Utah
John A. Joyce
Galveston News
Lord Aylesford Injures Rail Inspector in Derby Incident
A Galveston News summary reports Lord Aylesford, recently in English courts over alimony with the Duke of Marlborough as a rival, became intoxicated after Derby. On returning to London he reportedly assaulted a Dover and Chatham Railway inspector, breaking the official’s leg in two places and prompting potential damages and counter prosecutions.
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England
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Lady Aylesford
Lord Wouernsey
Derby
London Bridge
Dover and Chatham
London
Dover and Chatham Railway Company
Galveston News
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promises Thorough Health Effects
The ad asserts the medicine thoroughly cleanses the body, removes lingering taint from scrofula, and expels it from the system for permanent improvement.
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