Senate measures and nominations loom in late 1878 session
The Senate discussed Central Pacific evasion of the sinking fund law and considered Judiciary Committee actions. Davis pressed executive-session questions on Senate officers, and nominations for several federal posts were examined or confirmed, including consuls in London and Denmark, and a number of Navy and diplomatic appointments. Additional orders covered informant requests, Potomac river study, and adjournment motions as December actions approached.
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U. S. Senate
Saunders
Seonate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Davis
Ww. Va
Dawes
Bawes
Burnside
Frederick Douglass
District of Columbia
Bounster
Central Pacific
United States
Lula
Rot Hftbon TG
My. Kolloxr
Llumb
Sherman
Ulawoho K. Bruce
Mias
Heginter
Ne Storey
B. Sariagasa
Committee On Commerce
Wabington
Shose
Meoars
Walter
Wharton
Rowera
Era Cruz
Haley
Omnitz
William, Handley
United Tates
Pandleton
Mixed historical notices and incidents across multiple locales
A garbled 19th century roundup reports vandalism in Nashville an arson fire in Dallas a trestle accident near Sunbury and a train strike return in Chicago. It notes a steamer record voyage, tax settlements with the International Bank of Chicago, a worm outbreak in Northern New York, immigrants to New York, trotting stallions burned in Tennessee, a steer causing police turmoil in St Louis, and a life imprisonment sentence for a governor’s murder case.
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Ewell
Kled
Eonchbay Leakes
Cali
First National Bank of
Netwark
N.J
Australia
San Francisco
New York
New England
Chicago
Nelson & Sons
Funk & Co
Express
Fregiht
United States
Deadwood
Treasury Department
Nashvilie
Tenn
Evan Wright
Boston
Supreme Court
Sunbury
Awitohman
Fards
Chicago Railroada
Atew Dasa Agg
Ban Marcial
N. M
Enfield
Douglass
Pranka
Texas
St Louis
CaunoniLe
Arkansas
Negro Murdeer
Atlanta
Texas Rangers
Noted Political and Legal Moves Across States and Nations
Obituaries and public notices recount Jopas Buncorne’s death in Cincinnati at eighty, and Brantey Mattngws’s swearing in as Associate Justice. Reports detail Kansas liquor law cases reaching the Supreme Court, New York senatorial vacancies, and various political alignments, indictments, and government appointments amid wider European upheavals and railway history.
International Monetary Conference in Paris Addresses Bimetallism
The report notes Hon Timothy O Howe pressing bimetallism at the Paris gathering and a Indian delegate backing measures that raise value across markets. Races at Newmarket feature Lorillards Iroquois winning and Keenes North Star placing second. A raid on Jews near the Prussian border prompts flight of 330 families into Galicia. An active Limerick Land League member Moray is arrested and placed in Kalmanham. A new Italian ministry forms under Ignor gol lso.
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Milan
Sploredeav
St. Gothard
Switzerland
Ignatiel
Russia
Mdhbat Pasha
Tante
France
Pannelly
House of Commons
Kilmainham
Persia
Count von Arnim
Nice
Spante
Madrid
Constantinople
Abdul Aziz
Patrick Doyles
Klarney Land League
Fenton
O’ Donnell
Clonmore
Rheeby
Kilmalluck
Paris
Anglo-French Union Bank
Nnited
United States Senate
William E. Chandler
Viceroy of
India
Home Office
Maharajah of
Nepaul
Hoir
Legeretz
Beja
Tunis
Turkey
Rome
Italy
Garibaldi
Franco
Timothy O. Howe
Newmarket
England
Lorillard
Burwell Atakes
Keene
Wulo Zk
Galicia
Ofter
Moray
Limerick Land League
Kalmainham
Lgnor Golls
Tom
General Grant to sail for New Orleans then New York
Report notes General Grant leaving Vera Cruz on the 2set for New Orleans and then New York with expectations of a railroad venture. Debates and public reaction surround the Revised New Testament sale boom and other events abroad and in Washington.
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Grant
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
New York
Mexico
United States Senate
Wiliam E. Chandler
Department of Justice
Yeas
L Repubiicans
Benator Mahone
Windombei
Thomas A. Scott
Tne
Boston
Chicago Tribune
Chaikoff
Punjab
Tunis
Purkey
Russia
China
Pekto
Esta Crarnes
Roumania
Bucharest
Plevna
Sclo
Patus
3St
Oan
Algeria
Cants
Innocents
Bovamena
Dennis
The
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Resignation letters of Conkling and Platt over New York offices
Albany telegram reveals United States Senators Conkling and Platt resigning to protest President Grant's proposed removals in New York. They oppose replacing Merritt as Port Collector and Robertson as successor, argue against political motive, and urge withdrawal of Robertson's nomination.
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Peut
Hele
Nate Pais Hesisnetlcos
Washington
Albany
N. Y
Cornell
United States
Conkling
Plats
Watermacaron
D. C
New York
Senate
General Merritt
London
General Badeau
Denmark
Cramer
Switzerland
Fish
Port of
William H. Robertson
Pga
Troword
Garfield
Badeau
James
Republican Party
Benate
Weber
York
Merritt
Robertson
Robertsen
CnesTun A. Arthoud
Thomas L. James
Platt
Roscoe Cuneling
Resignation of Senators Over Executive Appointments
Roscoe Conkling and Thomas C. Peary announce their resignations as New York Republican Senators. They refuse to surrender their advising role on nominations to President and argue a senator must act from conscience, not executive pressure, citing Merritt’s New York collectorship and Robertson’s nomination as central cases.
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Senate
Con- Lala
Xenay
Merritt
New York
Windom
Secretary of the Treasury
Department
Kirkwood
Board of the Interior
General Merritt
Treasury
Lay
Pat ¢ Mani
Garfield
Congress
Marritt
Robertson
United States
Oxty
Trusia
General Grant
Bertson Om
Mai Pn
Epables
Bsato
House of Uima
Republican Party
Roscoe Congling
Tonswaa C. Peary
Controversy over Gar field Conkling Nominations
Washington report outlines Garfield’s NY patronage split, noting Robertson’s independence and Platt’s Senate pledge. Debate centers on presidential nomination power versus Senate confirmation, with emphasis on New York’s vast patronage and political maneuvering.
General Grant Letter to Senator Jones Critiques Garfield Choices
General Grant expresses disappointment over President Garfield's New York appointments and the lack of Senate consultation. He argues Senators Conkling and Pratt deserved influence over state selections and condemns changes to Badeau and Cramer. Grant urges restoration of harmony and loyalty within the party.
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New York
Heraud
Grant
Jones
Nevada
Garfield
City of
Mexico
Fenator
Senate
Republican Party
General Warfold
Conkling
Pratt
Aimelf
Robertson
Badeau
Cramer
Apo
Remy
U.S Grant
J. P. Jones
Second Comet Discovered By Barnard In 1881
A Rochester telegram reports Prof Edward E Barnard of Nashville Tennessee discovered a second comet this present year on Thursday morning. It lies at right ascension 2h 6m MBs and declination north 1d 24m 29s, small bright and moving northwest slowly. Barnard will receive a $100 gold prize offered by Mr Warner. The note compares this to a previous 1881 comet detected ten days earlier by Prof Swift.
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Rochester
Edward E. Barnard
Nashville
Tenn
Darnard
Mr. &Warner
Swift
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John Walruff
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Waite
Sixth Circuit
Bradley
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Swayne
New York State Senate
Judge Robertson
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Robertaon
Finance
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Dr. Greene
Providence
Sprague
Greene
Greane
Marshal Payne
Tyter
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J. H. Baxter
Army
George B. Armatrong
Io Cutcago
Schuyler Colfax
North Carolina
Kaloteh
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Charles A. Byrne
Louis T. Post
Joseph Hart
Nolle
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Ireland
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Trobertson
Conking
Roberta
Garifield
Indiana
Missouri
New Jersey
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