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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1884
Page
2
The excerpt lists Gortrick B. V. Fink Sami K. Emerick Sol. Peck Wm. Lewis with P. Gray Meer serving as Chairman marking a formal organizational lineup for a council or committee.
The document lists the Democratic national ticket with Grover Cleveland for president and Thomas A. Hendricks for vice president. It also names presidential electors, a large slate for Congress, and a Bucks County Democratic county ticket with officials such as J.Eonard Rhone, Chester Munson, Miles Walker, Robert G. Brett, Charles Smith, James A. McClain, Frank E. Bible, and others, noting certain candidates are subject to district conventions.
Washington Sept 25 Judge W Q Gresham postmaster general received the president’s telegram announcing his appointment as secretary of the treasury. He resigned as postmaster general and went to the treasury with Secretary Chandler. Hatton becomes acting postmaster general for ten days.
The speaker asks why so many manufacturers idle wages low and workers out of work despite 24 years of republican protective tariff. Real estate and farm values fall while crops are abundant and debts bite farmers. The questions challenge tariff policy and economic hardship.
Buarne earns praise as a great Dodger for evading Maine’s Prohibition amendment. He now confronts the looming Mulligan and Fisher letters, signaling new legal or political pressure ahead.
The piece praises Governor Cleveland for duty across roles and predicts he would act as president with a strong public service ethic. It also reports a heated Labor Union response to Blaine ally Reid over a proposed agreement with the New York Tribune, with threats to oppose Republican candidates if the Tribune is not boycotted.
Grover Cleveland stays in his office performing his duties while Blaine pursues the office. The article notes that decent voters favor Cleveland as governor and will vote for him, contrasting Cleveland’s restraint with his magnetic opponent.
Tammany hall held its county convention nominating a straight Democratic ticket. John Kelly praised unity, urged voters to support Cleveland and Hendricks, and vowed full, fair, and honorable party support despite criticism.
In a New York Times interview Franklin MacVeagh praises Cleveland as a public servant and argues a public office is a public trust. He stresses Cleveland’s consistency in advocating good government and hints at a potential future presidency.
The Prohibition County Convention met at the Y M C A with about 15 attendees. Rev J M Graham was named president, W W Reese secretary, and Clegan Dinges assistant secretary. Henry Spotts and Ww I Musser were nominated for local offices. G W Currin named for Centre Hall. Mrs Reese urged non political aims of the W C T U while endorsing prohibition.
Delegates meet at St Marys Pa on Tuesday night and reach their twenty sixth ballot without result one absentee each from Mifflin Union and Clinton counties.
In this Washington letter from September 30, 1884, the correspondent reports that Ohio dominates political focus, with Indiana now pivotal. Pension Commissioner Dudley allegedly travels to Ohio to aid Blaine, promising Teller’s seat if votes are bought. Seven counties form a battleground with 897 workers urged to convert about forty voters each using bribery and chicanery to influence the outcome.
Auction and executor notices from Centre County highlight a personal property sale of Henry Rickard including beds furniture and utensils, and a formal millheim estate sale by Jonathan Kreamer's executors offering farm real estate timberland and hotel property with staged payments and terms of sale.
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