Fair Democratic Prospects in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania campaign is quiet with little visible activity from the State Committees. Democrats appear favored as no division within the opposition seems likely. Republicans rely on urban manufacturing centers and paid votes. The state is effectively Democratic, aided by a single State Office and anti-ring sentiment encouraging GOP voters to join the Democratic cause.
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Pennsylvania
Barr
Butler
Randall
Grow
Hoyt
Philadelphia troubles shape Ohio election impact in Pennsylvania
The piece argues Philadelphia issues offer Pennsylvania a fair field this year. It notes Ohio results influence Pennsylvania less, suggesting Ewing's defeat would mainly reflect local financial concerns and not dismay the hard-money party. A win for Ewing would be seen as protest against electoral fraud and radical corruption.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ewing
Hayes Opinion on Grant Tilden Pendleton Candidates
The New York Sun quotes Mr. Hayes praising Grant as the war’s ablest general and a reluctant ex-president likely to seek repose from politics. He calls Tilden capable but easily defeated and suspicious of trickery, and endorses George Pendleton in 1880. The piece dismisses Hayes’s views as self-serving and irrelevant.
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Cincinnati
Hayes
Grant
Tilden
Democratic Party
George H. Pendleton
R. B. Hayes
United States
Picayune
Dantel Pirattt
Tupier Holland
James T. Freep
Talmage
Dick Thompson
Haggs
N. Y
Grant Blaine or Sherman for the presidential nomination
A Washington correspondent writes that if the nomination were today General Grant would be nominated, though politicians oppose him. An alleged Sherman Blaine alliance could sway Pennsylvania and other states, shaping the convention. Also noted: a Blackville South Carolina colored postmaster Nix was shot while handling mail, prompting a POST OFFICE department inquiry and debate over village post offices.
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Pennsylvania
General Grant
Democratic Congress
Sherman
Blaine
Grant
Patriot
Blackville
South Carolina
Nix
Post Office Department
The Biggest Man of All
A critical strip about General Grant and the claim of one man bringing peace. The piece condemns sensational ads and calls for virtue and intelligence of the people to overcome corruption, ring-rule, and oppression, hoping for lasting peace and prosperity.
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Grant
Canada
Mexico
Sleep Ending In Death Case Of Robert Musterman
Robert Musterman of Flatlands Long Island died at 2 a.m. after a weeklong sleep. The 29 year old German native slept from Wednesday night and could not be awakened despite restoratives. He worked for Tax Collector Baisley, drank heavily, and his death followed a prolonged sleep described as Rip Van Winkle like.
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Robert Musterman
Flatlands
L. I
Musterman
Germany
Baisley
Mr. Baisley
Bowlesby
East New York
Ingraham
Flatbush
Masterman
Canarsie Road
Civil rights warrant tested in Williamsport schools
In Williamsport on September 26 three colored residents, Nathan Morgan Abington Harris and James A Payne, swore out a warrant before US Commissioner B S Bentley for the arrest of Superintendent Fraseau Mary P Brown and the Board of Directors for allegedly resisting civil rights laws by excluding colored children from Fifth Ward schools. The accused were released on their own recognizance and ordered to return Monday at 10 a m, as a test of the civil rights statute.
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Williamsport
James M. Wood
Nathan Morgan
Abington Harris
James A. Payne
United States
B.S. Bentley
Fraseau
Mary P. Brown
Fifth Ward
States Vote Nov 4 21 States Listed for Election
The article notes twenty one states including Connecticut Delaware Florida Illinois Kansas Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Virginia and Wisconsin will vote on November 4. It also mentions Col Ingersoll and allies forming a National Liberal party ahead of next year’s presidential canvass and up to six possible nominees from Democratic Republican Greenback Prohibitionist Liberal and possibly Workingman. If voters act wisely they will elect the Democratic candidate.
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Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Illinois
Kansas
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Wisconsin
Bob Ingersoll
National Liberal Party
Hayes Stresses He Is Not a Candidate for Re election
Mr Hayes travels in the West on a visiting trip and emphasizes he seeks no re election. He faces distrust or trouble as he projects his non political aims while away from home.
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Hayes
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