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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1879
Page
4
The former president received a magnificent gold table with inscriptions during a reception in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Separate items report regional ancient lake reveals in Tu lare California and political commentary on U S affairs.
The Senate labor offer does not persuade colored people to stay in the South, leaving exodus plans uncertain. Within three weeks, about 1,000 colored emigrants from Travis County, Texas, reached Warsons, Kansas, and 600 wagons with emigrants entered Southern Kansas as authorities weigh the timing of further removals.
The article critiques the extra session of Congress, arguing it damaged the Democratic Party. It claims it cost Ohio and New York little and shamed the party's leadership by forcing the session and shaping policy that the country will reject. The piece notes a loss of confidence nationwide.
The piece notes a halt following Fall elections reducing anti national speeches from the Democracy, arguing the policy change fosters calm not reason. Josephine Maeker, daughter of a murdered Indian agent, travels to Washington for an Interior Department clerkship. It laments that thirty six beanback organs in the West have ceased, while critics of the Rock referender persist in folly.
Congress moves on finance repeal measures and commissions while focusing on substantial legislation. Debates cover repudiation of old treasury balances, migration of freed people, and a commission to study the Mississippi lumber traffic impact on public river navigation and local commerce.
The Mississippi Logging Co. and Chippewa River Improvement Co. clash over log driving on the Chippewa. Improvements on the river aim to aid log flow to Stamouth, risking lower prices for stumpage and tighter control by Chippewa mills. The dispute highlights broader pressures from Wisconsin timber owners and Mississippi mills.
The Morning Review declines to support Secretary of State Harlow for re election and argues the Republican party should present new candidates. It endorses Capt. Henry Dement of Dixon as the next Secretary of State, asserting he will be a strong candidate and that the western side of the state deserves consideration.
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