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Newspaper

Lawrence Gazette

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1883

Page

4

Tar Gazette Publication Address and Remittance Instructions

Instructions for submitting notices to the Tar Gazette require communications to be sent to the Tax Lawcexck Gazette rather than individuals. It warns delays if the sender is absent from the city and notes that all correspondence must include the author’s name for integrity. Remittances should be by draft, money order, or registered letter to Lawarxee, Kansas, with full post office details.

Tar Gazette Busi‘mesa Tax Lawcexck Gazette State End

Lawrence refinery proposal and political clash noted

The Gazette comments on tariff opposition led by J D Bow erlock and Schnebley from Douglas County. It condemns the Forty seventh Congress for bank tax repeal and praises Lawrence moving to back a cane refinery plan. The piece urges local farmers to plant cane for the refinery and criticizes partisan interference in city elections.

Forty-seventh Congress

Kansas City Star Teases Humiliating Post Representative Remarks

A fragment from the Kansas City Star notes a harsh jab at a post representative in Congress, Mr Living, accusing him of humiliating actions tied to agriculture. The text reads as a terse political barb reflecting disapproval within the period’s discourse.

Kansas City-Star Congress Agricul

The Belief Bill Passes House and Enriches Lawrence

A Kansas legislative update notes the belief bill titled An act for the relief of the city of Lawrence and to protect the general school fund passed the house after Senate approval and governor signature. Lawrence gains about one hundred thousand dollars, lifting debt burden. Mayor Bowersuck’s persistent efforts are praised as key to the relief. The piece urges he serve at least two more years to secure another relief measure.

Senate Bowersuck

Democracy and the relief bill in Kansas politics

In last fall’s campaign a larger Kansas House showed more Democrats than ever, yet Douglas County sent three Republicans. Mayor Bowerdock appealed to Democrats to help in Topeka, aiding the relief measure. The bill passed by a constitutional vote with Democratic support, securing Governor’s approval and highlighting Lawrence’s gratitude for Democratic efforts.

Democrata Topeka Lawrence House of Representatives Kansas Lopeka Douglas County Bowerdock

Tribute to Riggs and tariff debate quoted

The piece lauds Hon. A. Riggs for toiling in Topeka three weeks before the bill’s passage, securing the governor’s signature and filing it with state authorities. It contrasts Riggs’s grit with broader tariff arguments and cites the Chicago Times on wool protection versus free gifts of nature.

Spain Mediterranean Europe Topeka A. Riggs Sam Riggs Tope Bowersock Riggs The Chicago Times

Perquisites at White House spark cost concerns

In a New York Sun retort, the practice of refurnishing the executive mansion each term is attacked. From Grant through Hayes, contingent funds and greenhouses expenses grew, with yearly appropriations rising to 20 000 to 30 000 for care, repairs, and furniture. Critics call the system a legalized theft and warn it undermines economical government under the high, costly executive establishment.

New York Sun Grantian Grant Executive Mansion Garfield Congress Hayes Moore

A Good Riddanes Embroils Congress Critique

A Missouri Republican decries the Forty-seventh Congress as corrupt and marked by partisan abuse. The piece blasts the Senate majority as insufficient to curb minority power and condemns the era as infamy that will shame future generations.

House Senate

Endurance of the House After Robeson Years

The speaker’s club faced contempt and odium from the nation as pliant allies bent to a tyrannical will. Despite a dangerous strain, the last election proved constitutional government withstood the test. Two years under Robeson have prepared the country to face future dangers with confidence.

Dé Natre Boas Robeson

The Navy Jobs in the No Bill Controversy

The piece argues three Naval Department job provisions in a no bill will pass into law unless the president acts. It details appropriations for monitors, yard use and payments, and construction of steel ships, accusing Chandler and a Roach/Robberson ring of scripting multi million contracts with loyal board members. It blames Robeson Roach and Chandler, noting election lessons and treasury defeat.

Navy New York Sun Secretary of the Navy Hale Chandler Congress Secor Robeson John Roach Cramps Harlan & Hollingsworth Ring Robeson Roach Robeson-Rouch Ning Willian E. Chaniler

End of the Forty Seventh Congress Advised by Tribune

Chicago Tribune remarks on the adjournment of the Forty Seventh Congress at noon Sunday praising the public reaction. It condemns the body as corrupt and arrogant, notes mass turnover of nearly 200 members, and mocks the Speaker Keifer while praising policy changes and the November 1882 revolution’s partial offsets.

Chicago Tribune Congress House of Representatives California Wisconsin Hrabbell Robeson Page Keifer Keaker Speifer Ohio

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