Speech by Gen White on Powers of Constitutional Conventions
Gen White denounces a section as beyond convention power while urging adherence to lawful election authorities in Philadelphia. He supports a supervising committee to prevent fraud and insists on action within recognized legal forms, opposing overreach by the convention. The text shifts to images of Tweed era confinement and contrasts privileged treatment with inmates’ harsh cells.
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Gen. White
Harry Wurrs
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Tempiz
Indiana
Aly
Pennsylvania
the Commonwealth
San Francisco Notes on Law, Vice, and Daily Life
A long overview describes San Francisco as enforcing gambling laws, safe for women after dark, with vice confined to Chinatown and Barbary Coast areas. It notes Sabbath freedom, Hoodlum uprisings, Bay Area commuting to Oakland and Brooklyn, and contrasts greenbacks with currency use in business. Other items touch on politics, economics, and mixed regional observations.
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San Fancisco
Philadelphia
Barbary Coast
Oakland
Brooklyn
Bay
Tweed in Retirement at Blackwell's Island Prison
Harper's Weekly portrays William M. Tweed as a distinguished guest in a large second-story room of the central building on Blackwell's Island. The description notes a twenty by twelve foot chamber near the stairs with a double bed, sliding curtain, bureau, washstand, and two writing desks, illustrating his confinement as a public figure held in a penitentiary setting.
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T'weed
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Harper's Weekly
William M. Tweed
Blackwell’s Island
Penitentiary
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