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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1883
Page
4
The Gazette endorses J. D. Bowersock for mayor, praising his city leadership, water-power investment, and two years of experience. It denounces party politics in municipal affairs and condemns tariff obstruction by Republicans, arguing the gag rule and conference committee harm governance and favor the machine.
A critical view of the tariff history from a commission report to Congress action. It argues the commission offered a thorough study but Congress failed to adopt, instead forming a ten member conference committee and enacting a protectionist bill that benefits manufacturers and political interests, with limited debate time. It questions whether the public will accept such outcomes.
The high tariff faction in Congress fears open discussion as the senate tariff bill, not aligned with public demand, faces the house. It was sent to the house for action while internal revenue measures loom, with critics claiming the people would lose about forty million dollars in yearly taxes if backed.
A Kansas House bill to grant 5700 to the State Horticultural Society faced sharp criticism over reporting limits and secretary Brackett’s salary. Critics allege the society serves railroad interests, with Lawrence as alleged headquarters, and claim the secretary travels at state expense. The dispute includes remarks about poetry, conundrums, and purported waste, while proponents cite county support for a separate local society.
The piece denounces state funds diverted to the State University as excessive and argues the money should support common schools instead. It claims the university fails to benefit over 400 families in the state, especially in Douglas County, and criticizes the quality of faculty and leadership.
The editorial rebuts a Topeka paper’s critique of the University of Kansas, denying city influence and urging a reorganization. It concedes some public unease over leadership changes, especially the chancellor and some professors, and urges resignations to allow the new board to act.
From the capital March 5 1883 the Eorror Gazette reports the Kansas legislature failing to pass meaningful reforms. It notes party caucuses amid railroad bill wrangling, criticizes the late soldiers enrollment bill and cites governor Glick’s actions as signaling scrutiny of public institutions. The piece comments on Prohibition sentiment in the senate and local opinions on university faculty.
The New York Sun urges that the Republican majority wastes public funds. It cites five year appropriations for salaries, pensions costs, and a 1833-4 fiscal year overrun. It accuses the bill of creating many new offices and boosting pay while attendance and efficiency remain poor.
A correspondent outlines the silver dollar from its 1792 introduction under congressional act, detailing weight, fineness, and subsequent changes. It covers 1837 reweighting, 1873 legal-tender limits and Sherman’s alleged depreciation aim, remonetization in 1878, mint production, and the trade dollar for China and Japan, now halted.
Antique sale advertisement lists five library lamps and four lamps available for forty five dollars each plus new singer sewing machine with drop leaf and drawers, Earthen rockingham teapots and kitchen fixings of all sorts. Also second hand cooking and heating stoves offered from two hundred dollars up.
A flood of testimonials from Lawrence Eudora Grant Township Wakarusa and others praise the Altna cooking stove. Farmers bakers grocers and a post office clerk report superior performance fuel efficiency and easy management. Users say it heats well cooks quickly and outperforms prior stoves in every regard.
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