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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1892
Page
2
Congressman Jason B. Brown returns from Washington and comments on Gen Snowden and the Pennsylvania militia. Governor Pattison urged to seek resignation amid labor and immigration debates. labor views tied to upcoming November elections. Southern Democrats urged unity against Republicans and the McKinley tariff impact is analyzed with wage data and industrial trends.
Madison Courier reports that last night the City Council approved measures that contradict the pledges and platform on which the majority were elected, triggering concern among residents and party supporters.
The World reports Wanamaker and ex-Postmaster Duer clashed over appointment customs in Princess Anne Maryland. Hodson pressed for his candidate while Harrison backed Hodson, illustrating partisan reciprocity from Harrison to the White House.
The piece argues the Force Bill remains alive in Southern politics and could become law if Harrison is re elected with a Republican majority. It details provisions giving federal judges power over election officers, large deputy marshal deployments, armed federal presence at polls, and voter registration supervision, plus house roll inclusion and pay from the federal treasury. It criticizes the bill as stripping voter control and enabling partisan manipulation and impeachment evasion.
An imagined claim cites astronomer Lxapiie that Mars hosts seven to eight foot tall men living beyond two centuries. The Madison Courier critiques the Republican City Council’s alleged illegal acts while noting Mr. O'Regan has not announced a mid-summer trip for Our Little Ones.
In a stormy forecast the Madison Courier claims Republican control breeds anarchy across national, state, and city levels, alleging councils have long ignored statutes and ordinances and predicting ongoing conflict between labor and capital.
The piece recalls Congressman Watson of Georgia accusing the House of habitual drunkenness. An Illinois member, George Washington Smith, delivered a midnight tribute amid laughter and angry remarks. Reporters noted overblown oratory and questions about intoxication versus poetry.
The Burlington's Twin City Express will depart St Louis daily at 10:00 a.m. starting May 30 offering fastest time and best service to Minneapolis, St Paul and the Northeast. Pullman Palace Sleepers and elegant dining cars accompany the journey touted as superior for Northern tourists. June 2.
Deserters from the Carnegie steel works swell the ranks of nonunion men at Homestead while lockedout workers celebrate a shift toward settlement. The Duquesne rioters face court proceedings and the wage dispute between manufacturers and the Amalgamated Association nears resolution.
At Pittsbore on August 9 a hearing before Alderman Reilly examined Duquesne rioters. Witnesses described crowds at the mill gate threatening workers, with watchmen noting clubs and arrests. Bail fixed at 61000 for each defendant as prosecutors and defense counsel argued the case.
Prrrspurg August 9 The conference committee of Iron Manufacturers and the Amalgamated Association prepares for a wage dispute showdown. Workers may accept a 0 percent cut for finishers but refuse reductions for puddling. Finishers like rollers heaters roughers and catchers are among the best paid in the union and threaten disruption if broader cuts occur. Decisions could affect Pittsburg area bargaining and union cohesion.
Indianapolis August 9. The application for a receiver for the Iron Hall will be heard Wednesday after failed compromise efforts. Somerby’s exoneration report is issued by the executive committee. he is in Philadelphia and plans to return Wednesday morning. A. E. Stockwell, attorney for Somerby’s Philadelphia bank, says Somerby has only 5000 dollars in stock and the bank is solvent, per two investigations since the case filed. Supreme Justice Somerby calls a supreme session in the city west Thursday to investigate the order’s affairs and charges against the supreme justice. Death of William White. Louisville August 9. William White, for thirty-nine years grand secretary of the Odd Fellows, died aged seventy-six from heart disease after grippe.
In Marion Ohio on August 9 grasshoppers swarm across the city and county pre empting truck patches gardens and cornfields. They strip cabbage pumpkins cucumbers peas beans corn and sweet potato vines causing widespread damage and alarm as they move irregularly through the area.
Dispatches from Cheyenne report copies of the president’s proclamation calling armed men to disperse have been shot into posted notices. Rustler sympathizers carry out the act as deputies seek outlaws. Deputy U.S. Marshal Wellman’s killers remain at large amid warnings of ambushes while Buffalo hosts the arrest party. Local rustler leaders form the People’s party with Joseph Hurt as a state ticket figure.
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