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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1884
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR lists names including Alond W McBride Watking Winter ohn Abbott Jr and Thos J Baten as part of a brief historical notice missing context and details.
Editorial notes critique ongoing Tar Cleveland ratification meetings as feeble and predict Democratic and Greenback unrest in Michigan. It notes census population projections, recalls 1872 GOP discontent, fusion talks between Democratic and Greenback factions, and cites key figures and patterns of party defections and hopes for November.
A Chicago era paragraph compares Grover Cleveland with Napoleon Bonaparte, predicting defeat and exile on an island. The piece notes staggered state election dates, welcomes editor Geo Willard back to Republican ranks, and highlights Democratic gains in southern states and growing Republican strength in West Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina.
At a Washington meeting on July 16 labor representatives argued Cleveland loses backing due to vetoes of bills they favored. Proposals included reducing streetcar workers hours, banning child labor under thirteen, allowing costs for elevated rail rides, stopping wage swindling, and restricting tenement health hazards. They claim 100,000 votes hinge on these issues.
A lengthy appraisal of J G Blaine's nomination letter, praising its clarity on tariff policy and foreign affairs. The piece contrasts Blaine with Senator Logan, noting Logan's illiteracy accusations as exaggerated and defending his oratory. It also critiques Congress, especially the House, on fiscal and policy matters, while lauding the Senate's relative performance.
The Battle Creek Journal declares its independent Republican stance and urges readers to support Blaine and Logan in the presidential contest. It cites past party issues, critiques of Congress, and calls for economic reform and reduced taxation as shaping its position. It defends the journal's earlier protests and explains shifts in party dynamics since the Chicago convention.
The article critiques Democratic inaction and Bourbonism in Congress, contrasts Republican reforms with Democratic tariff positions, and endorses Benjamin Harrison as aligned with American policy. It highlights Civil Service reform, tariff debates, and party leadership, arguing for executive unity around a pro labor and pro development agenda.
A report on the Fae Art Amateur Exhibition for August noting designs for cup and saucer tiles carved embroidered and ornamented borders and painted tapestries. It highlights fine jade screens old loom works and suggestions for art workers, with extended attention to London and Paris shows and a portrait of AL Boggs with a biographical note. Emily J. Lakey is praised as a rising American cattle painter in London.
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