The Bloody Shirt and the 46th Congress Election
The piece argues that the 46th Congress election will decide whether Democrats retain control of both houses and influence presidential electors in 1881. It claims Republicans will push rebel claims and rebel soldier pensions, recalls past claims battles in 1874 and 1876, and warns Radicals seek to exploit war issues to win power, urging Democrats to focus on current issues and ignore radical charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Congress
Hayes
White House
House
Senate
John Sherman
Ohio River
Democratic House
Radical Congress
Great
Democratic Party
Landmark 19th Century Legal Sale In Posey County Indiana
A complex public sale notice in Posey County Indiana outlines a decree requiring $325,405.39 plus interest and costs. The sale, set for Saturday May 18 1878 at the Mt Vernon courthouse, lists extensive tracts in New Harmony and surrounding sections including multiple fractional parcels, town lots, and farmsteads in Sections 1 2 5 36 and adjacent townships with precise metes and bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posey Circouit
Mary Fitton
Julian Dale Owen
William Ford
Morris Ford
Frank
Herbert B
Mary E
Florence
Kate B. Fitton
Henry Fitton
Julian D. Owen
Richard Ford
Elizabeth Hope
Mt. Vernon
Posey County
Indiana
Algo
Owen
New Harmony
Preaus
Pearl
Princeton Road
Mary A. Elliott
Oregon Mill
Princeton
Gresham Creek
Said Creek
New Harmony and
Betsey Freeman
Brewery Lane
Joson L. Wheeler
Hlowuy & Menzies
Posey Circuit
John R. Nelson
Henry J. Cooper
Diana Cooper
John Ruby
John L. Wheeler
Hovey & Minazis
Cynthia Fletchall
Joseph Cale
Absalom Malone
Permeli
Poseyville
Posey’ County
St. Sheriff
Jonathan Kight
Robb Township
Right of Instruction in State Government Debate
The article argues for the right of the people to instruct their elected Senators and for representatives to obey. It cites The Clarion of Jackson Miss as endorsing core free government principles and notes partisan disparities in state governorships. It highlights New Jersey’s 12,000 vote margin against gerrymandering and Indiana’s upcoming chance to overturn the unconstitutional state of affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Jackson Miss
Clarion
Indiana
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Ohio Congressman A V Rice Blocks Pension Aid Plan
The Hon. A V Rice a one legged ex Federal soldier and Democratic congressman from Ohio's 5th district has not amended the pension appropriation bill. The proposed measure would grant pension agency access to crippled Union soldiers, potentially removing from office many favored politicians and others who served in the rear with sutlers and camp followers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. V. Rice
Gressman
Ohio
United States
Whitthorne Committee to Probe Robeson Navy Funds
The Whitthorne committee will soon reveal how Robeson secured a $4,000,000 appropriation in one month with no Navy assets to show for it. The report hints at additional exploits by the once poor, now wealthy Republican gentleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitthorne
Robeson
Paris Street Numbers Change Cause Confusion
Officials on a recent Sunday altered all house numbers on a Paris street. Absent residents returning found chaos and many innocent people were wrongly expelled from homes not theirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gexr
Paris
Indiana radicals appoint delegates to state convention
A few counties in Indiana have chosen delegates for a state convention but none of the men selected understand their exact duties. No one has volunteered to stand on the platform that will be created.
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Vention
Indiana
Boonville
Warrick County
Gibson County
Perry County
Posey County
Spencer County
Vanderburgh
W. H. Evans
Wat
Swint
Radical gerrymandering barrier beaten down in legislature
Waste not a particle of time arguing who shall be Senator. Plenty of good Democrats and able men can be found after the swindling.
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Ter
Republican party in want of a policy and votes
The Cincinnati Commercial pillories the Republican party as being in want of a policy votes troops returning boards and even an excuse for addressing the public. The piece questions the party's direction and prospects amid internal woes and external pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Republican Party
Evanaville Republicans back a carpetbagger in bid to steal policy
Paint is evident the Republicans of Evanaville have a gentleman after Hayes' own heart who, after fighting the Democratic policy all his life, is now trying to steal it for his own. A splendid chance is offered the south to conciliate the Indiana Radicals by sending up several carpetbaggers so the latter can complete a State ticket.
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Evanaville
Hayes
South
Indiana
Democrats Target Radical Strongholds in Oregon Training
The Democrats of Oregon focus actions on radical strongholds, signaling intensified political pressure. Speculation suggests a forceful response may follow, aiming to shift influence in key areas amid ongoing partisan tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Indiana
Joe Jane
Senator Voorhees Pushes Bill to Retire General Shields
Senator Voorhees moves a House bill to place General Shields on the retired list. He aims to compel Radical objectors to accept terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voorhees
General Shields
The Beecher scandal and Tweed era reflections continue
From Our Own Correspondent New York April 19 1878 reports revive the Beecher scandal with Mrs Tilton reconfessing and public reaction. It notes Tweed's death and funeral, Hitchcock's military ceremony, a runaway wagon accident killing Strickland, a London walk wagered at 521 miles, and dancer Cartier's 16 hour nonstop waltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. T
Tweed
Greenwood
Damocles
Hitchcock
Ninth
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
New York
John Strickland
P. T. Barnum
Strickland
Washington Letter on Appropriations and Politics in 1878
Our Washington Letter reports half the regular appropriation bills passed by the House awaiting action, with reconciliation aims between House economy and Senate expenditures. It notes possible suspending payments to the sinking fund, repeal of the Bankrupt Law, and a Pacific Railroad earnings provision. It also mentions Woods tariff support and Conkling’s controversial interview in the World, with mixed credibility and political tension shaping the session.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Beck
Pacific Railroad
United States
Woods
New York
Conkling
Nicholls
Louisiana
Hayes
Sherman
Stanley Matthews
Sale Terms of Edward Homer Administrator Notice
Terms of sale include a credit until January 1 1879 with a note secured by freehold property and an attorney's fees clause in case of collection. Sale starts at 1 PM on the specified day. Edward Homer administrator.
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Edward Homer
John McKee
Posey County
Indiana
Main Street
New Harmony
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