Indiana Weekly Record highlights G A R split and state politics
The Indiana Weekly Record reports a rift within the G A R across the state amid disgust over how veterans were mobilized for Harrison and Hovey. It notes Democratic soldiers seeking a new veterans group, mentions candidates for Speaker, local acts on miners in Clay county, and a flood of local incidents from Indianapolis to Goshen.
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Indianapolis
Harrison and Hovey
Universal Pension Association
Lodge
S. of W
Clay County
Byrd
Federal Grand Jury
W. W. Dudley
Republican National Committee
House
Lillie Cash
Connersville
Richmond
Soldiers’ Monument
Washington
Philadelphia
Nashville
Evansville
Terre Haute
Cincinnati
Chicago
Marion
Frankfort
Angola
G.A.R
Greenfield
Wm. Connelly
Purdue University
Indiana
Crawfordsville
James Jameson
Fort Wayne
Brownsville Methodist Church
Rufus Wilson
Greencastle
Washington Politicians Dress and Sidewalks Stir Talk
Washington dispatches discuss public men fashion quirks from Senator Coke to Representative Burrows and note unpolished boots. They critique the city sidewalks, then summarize Dec 2 3 political tallies on Congress party balance and ongoing 50th Congress costs and upcoming electoral debates.
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Washington, D.C
Senator Evarts
Bill Morrison
Senator Coke
Texas
Coke
Reagan
Julius Cesar Burrows
Michigan
House of Representatives
Burrows
Palmer
Washington
Senate
House
Notable oddities and political notes from distant locales
Reports from Orlando to Wheeling, Wellsborough, and Des Moines cover a kingfisher drowning a heavy bass, a Republican display of support in Pennsylvania, a live bat found in rock in Wheeling, and various economic and political tidbits. Includes oil field exhaustion, Minnesota mills, Alabama and Georgia senatorial re-elections, and other assorted curiosities.
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Orlando
Fla
Wellsborough
Harrison
Wheeling
W. Va
Wm. Spears
Cook County
Tex
New York
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Colquitt
Georgia
Skowhegan
Hall
Lowell
Mass
St. Albans
Iowa
Des Moines
London
California
Kansas
Ashland
Wis
Texas
Levi P. Morton
Cleveland Wins Electoral College But Loses National Vote
Corrected figures from 35 states show Grover Cleveland with a 139,798 national vote plurality over Benjamin Harrison, though Harrison carries the electoral college. Estimated totals from Nebraska, Colorado and Nevada could push Cleveland near 100,000 in popular votes, with territories counted increasing his margin to about 50,000. White voters give Democrats a large lead, about one million.
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New York
N.Y
United States
Cleveland
Thurman
Harrison
Nebraska
Colorado
Nevada
Territories
Blaine
Fastest stenographer in the country and other notes
I S Dement of Chicago set a record by taking down 1337 words in five minutes. Wages of South Chicago rolling mill workers fell twenty percent after the election. Henry Clay seeks Perry County prosecutor seat. A Chicago policeman shot at a petty thief and killed a woman. Gen W C Newberry now serves as Chicago postmaster. Chicago anarchists are back in activity and the city reports smallpox.
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I. S. Dement
Chicago
Henry Clay
Perry County
W. C. Newberry
New Jersey Farmer Goes Wild Over Harrison Victory
Daniel Adama, a longtime South Orange resident, was taken to the county asylum after his elation over Harrison's election triggered a mental breakdown. Friends had feared his declining spirits for months as Democratic wins in October and November contrasted with the Republican victory in the national race.
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Newark
N.J
Daniel Adama
South Orange
Harrison
Texas Gives Cleveland Wide Democratic Plurality
The Texas presidential vote totaled 230,180 for Cleveland, 66,766 for Harrison, 23,188 for Streeter, and 6,600 for Fiske. Democratic plurality reached 163,364 with Democratic State ticket retaining large majorities. Four years earlier Cleveland led by about 132,000 in Texas.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Cleveland
Harrison
Streeter
Fiske
Swiss Bell Ringers at Opera House Next Monday Evening
Axrustrone's Swiss Bell Ringere with a grand panorama and troupe of performing dogs performs at the opera-house next Monday evening December 10. Neighborhood papers praise the entertainment with the Louisville Courier Journal calling the show first class in every respect.
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Axrustrone
Louisville
Courier-Journal
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