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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1883
Page
4
Communications to Taz Gazette or for publication must be sent to Tar Lawrence Gazette rather than any person. Absence of the party addressed could delay the attention required.
The Gazette excerpts speeches and letters on tariffs and census frauds, noting D C Haskell’s speech in Lawrence on protecting tariffs. It reports a Douglas County Democratic meeting praising The Gazette and endorsing the Lawrence Gazette as a live, able Democratic paper deserving Democratic voter support.
The fifteenth annual session of the Kansas Universalist convention meets in the new Junction City chapel at 3 p.m. Friday September 7 and runs through Sunday. A large clergy and lay contingent is expected with Rev. J. A. Hanson and Rev. Dr. Demarest likely to attend. Delegates should send names to the secretary to obtain reduced railway rates. Junction City welcomes all attendees.
A Douglas County alarm blares over a fraudulent census plan led by the county clerk and commissioners. The piece warns the new county auditor post and higher salaries mask a scheme to deposit county funds in a private bank with dubious capital, risking public money and bond security.
An 1824 delivery by Mr. Webster argues against basing policy on European precedents and stresses locating legislative aims on current national conditions. He warns protection creates poverty and urges evaluating costs, labor effort, and domestic production against imports. The pamphlet-like speech critiques hemp taxes and favors a direct bounty as fairness.
A public plea calls on county officials to reject a census fraud by recalling false enumerations from the state board, strike miscounted data from schedules, and rebuke corrupt schemes to seize county funds and offices. It warns of heroic remedies if defiance continues.
Palmyra asks The Gazette if census fraud is a crime and whether county commissioners may revise the census. The editor answers in order: yes, fraudulent returns are offenses. commissioners must arrest progress and correct fraud. the clerk acted to hasten the scheme, sending fraudulent returns beyond correction.
A petition circulated in Douglas County asks the Board of County Commissioners to act on the fraudulent census of the city of Lawrence. Citizens sign in support, urging official repudiation and action regarding the claimed census fraud.
Chicago Tribune examines railroad tax resistance led by Union Pacific in Buffalo County Nebraska and a series of court rulings. Senator Van Wyck denounces the practice as fortifying a class of citizens too rich to pay taxes, citing Judge Dundy and Supreme Court decisions that shield land grants from local taxation.
Hunt's William Kahn of Reno township reports hydrophobia cases in the area. Farmers have lost cows calves and hogs while hogs and other animals have been bitten. Carcasses left unburied invite scavengers and potential further spread. Prompt disposal urged to prevent wider spread.
A young woman named Armaindo plans a race against a horse at the upcoming fair on Thursday September 6. Her photo has appeared and locals expect her to win the event in a bold display of speed.
Local shop F W Wieman s advertises a selection of smoking tobaccos highlighting top brands. Includes popular ratings and promotions for customers seeking quality offerings.
The regular monthly meeting will be held on Saturday the 18th inst at the residence of Mr S H Carmean a few rods south of the city All interested in horticulture are invited SaMUcel Reynolds Secretary Call at Willey and Savage 104 Massachusetts street to view the Ruby furnace touted as the market's most perfect unit
All parties who desire to contribute specimens of grain in the straw and both tame and wild grasses for the Douglas County display at the Bismarck fair are requested to leave them at the store of Carson Wicks Witt Roy Pres't Douglas Co Agricultural Soc y
A public examination for Douglas County teachers will be held at the Central School building in Lawrence on September 1, 1883. This will be the last examination of the year. J C Banta.
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