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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1892
Page
3
The Madison Indiana article notes the twelve year tenure of Mayor Brashear, praising his economy, public service, and practical sense. It warns of manipulation by schemers who undermined his trusted circle, ending in his departure from office.
Isaac Wagner was inaugurated quietly and without an inaugural address. After taking the oath he announced the next step is to elect a Vice President and then proceeded to decapitate all Democratic office holders with precision and dispatch.
In a Fourth ward speech Mr. Johnson questions the removal of Mr. Martin, engineer of the Electric Light Station, noting no charges were filed yet insinuating misconduct. He argues the Third ward resolution allows removal without cause and accuses Republicans of suppressing wrong while Democrats support the action.
The retiring City Attorney W. O. Ford, who served briefly, issued several key opinions on matters of paramount city interest. He earned broad concurrence from leading city attorneys and received a council vote of thanks for his courteous, prompt legal work.
The report lauds Mr Bartron for steady leadership of the minority, noting his faults but calling him a valuable councilman and a better Democrat than some critics. It also condemns new foreign untaxation benefiting protected manufacturers and hints at tensions with Honduras bound migrants. European powers are urged to tackle anarchism by addressing underlying causes.
The article notes a fall in total and Democratic votes compared with last year amid alleged poor city party leadership. It cites Brashear and several ward totals, compares Council and Mayor votes, and derides Senator McGregor's influence, suggesting political infighting and propaganda.
The author rebukes Protectionist rhetoric arguing that removing duties would end American wool growing. He questions why infant sheep-raising thrived without tariffs before 1824 and after 1866 tariff hikes. He notes Britain's sheep population, McKinley act effects, and asserts the tariff raised most duties while aiming to shut out imports.
A column argues that in Louisiana and possibly other Southern states the Democratic Party will dominate Black voters. It urges Benjamin Harrison to admit perceived Republican misrepresentation of Northern Negro treatment, warns of race prejudice from GOP outlets, and predicts a shift of Southern Black voters toward the Democratic ticket within five years as tariff impacts and prejudice influence choices.
The Northwes region expects record spring travel and urges tickets on the Chicago St. Paul Kansas City Railway. The line offers Vestibuled Pullman sleeping cars high back sofa seats and superior dining service from Grand Central Chicago to St. Paul with Union Depot connections.
The piece denounces the outlaw notion of anarchists and imagines civilization treating them as criminals, then notes Democratic state conventions scheduled across multiple states with dates from May to June. It highlights Laysor as law abiding and mentions the Harrison boom amid political tension.
The article notes Wisconsin Central Lines serve many lakeside spots like Fox Lake Lake Villa Waukesha Mukwonago Cedar Lake Neenah Waupaca Fifield Butternut and Ashland offering bass muskellonge pike pickerel perch and game such as ducks geese quail snipe. It highlights Wisconsin as a premier midsummer retreat drawing visitors from cities to the Gulf and Atlantic coasts with free pamphlets via D W Janowitz and James C Pond.
The Short See offers travel between Seneca and Bankaksin with chair car service via Albert route. Connections listed include Peoria Spirit Lake Sioux and other towns. General manager ST JOHN SEBASTIAN and ticket agents are noted in Chicago Illinois.
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