Senate debate on sinking fund plan for Pacific Railroad bonds
Washington February 16 1877 The Senate debated amending the Pacific Railroad acts to create a sinking fund. A Booth amendment passed 22 to 20 requiring annual payments of 750000 to the United States until bonds are extinguished. If needed payments rise to cover interest and principal. House naval funding eyed. Electoral Commission hearings loom on Louisiana Florida cases. Mexican veterans plan large reunion urging pension bills.
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Unfortunate Mexican Exile and Fenian Funeral in New York
New York on February 16, 1877 reports Diaz’s political move in Mexico, Lerdo’s protest, and Diaz’s victory. exiled Lerdo and Gen. Escobedo tour New York, with Grand Duke Alexis arriving later. Col. John O Mahony’s funeral highlights Fenian memory. St Francis Xavier services draw large crowds as remains sail to Ireland. Cupid’s Valentines day intermingles with Ash Wednesday, 35,000 valentines pass through hands. insurance debates spark renewed scrutiny of death claims. Jersey justice is noted amid the Ochawald and Ryan execution. one man dies of fear, another endures gallows with firmness. Ground is broken for Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty hand in Madison Square. theater accidents at Olympic remain in memory as Lamb faces injury, while Heller’s Wonder Theater reaches its 100th performance Ravix.
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Liberty
New York Harbor
Centennial Grounds
Brooklyn
Olympic
Lamb
Heller
Wonder Theater
Ravix
Worthy Governor Williams Impresses Aristocrats In City Events
A letter to the Courier Journal praises Governor Williams for his poise at inaugural ball, receptions, and the Grand Opera House, contrasting prior campaign mockery of his dress and manners. The writer argues he handles social duties with ease and asserts his competence in leadership and public appearances. The closing line notes a mischievous world would be dull if people spoke as little as they thought.
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Carpenter Speech Roils Commission Over Hayes Tilden
Matt Carpenter’s fiery address before the commission accuses fraud in the Hayes-Tilden dispute. He defends ten thousand voters’ interests, labels Louisianan corruption, and warns that counting Hayes by fraud would doom the Republican party. The Chicago Times notes the speech’s galvanizing impact and Carpenter’s incisive denouncements.
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Bradley
Commission
Louisiana
Matt Carpenter
Indiana deer and game bill limits hunting months
A bill passed by the Indiana Senate would likely become law, restricting deer killing to October through December, reserving November and December for quail and pheasant shooting with a $2 fine for each bird taken outside these months, and allowing prairie chicken hunting only October to January with a $2 penalty for off months. It also bans killing or molesting small birds and imposes heavy penalties on agents or others transporting game killed illegally.
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Democratic Criticism of Electoral Commission in Florida Case
Democratic members of the House protested the Electoral Commission ruling in the Florida case. They condemned the commission for excluding fraud evidence and for declaring falsehood as truth. Speakers from Ohio Massachusetts and New York denounced the decision as lacking respect and morally unsound.
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Louisiana Indicted Sar Weis Fears Return Home
The article notes Sar Weis fears returning to Louisiana after being indicted for election return alteration. It mentions a potential sentence of two to fourteen years hard labor and contrasts the supposed inhuman confinement under the capitol with his reluctance to face trial.
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Wetting into the Cabinet Hopes Falter Amid Hayes Wells
The outlook suggests Hayes may win the Presidency through Wells' certificate while Wells faces remand to the Louisiana penitentiary for an election law violation that secured Hayrs the state vote.
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Wells
Louisiana
Hayrs
Grant on fraud in election counts and Hayes
After the November election when results were unsettled Grant telegraphed Sheridan urging reporting and denouncing any suspected fraud. He stated no one fit to be president should accept or hold office if counted in by fraud. The note, dated to a time when Republicans faced scrutiny, echoes Grant’s stance on legitimate results.
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Shifting Press Landscape in New York City
The piece contrasts journalism now with the past, noting consolidation into fewer, larger papers. It cites 1840 as eighteen dailies totaling sixty thousand circulation, versus today sixteen dailies near five hundred thousand. One paper is sheriffed, another dying, two or three lack purpose, and over five years the count may drop to under twelve.
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New York City
Times
Congress’ Compromise Damages Public View Of Supreme Court
The passage accuses Congress of deliberately shaping a plan to undermine the character of the Supreme Judges. It claims the compromise has already generated greater contempt for the high tribunal than any prior event and warns that any remaining public respect would be remarkable, given the Judges’ partisan demagoguery.
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Public Faith Questioned in Cabinet Roles
The speaker questions the integrity of President Hayes and his cabinet, labeling the cabinet untrustworthy and comparing the receiver to a thief in a moral critique of the administration.
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William M. Evarts
Hayes
Two Republicans Defy Party Whip Over Louisiana Infamy
The speaker honors Seelye and Pierce for voting against the party line on Louisiana infamy while contrasting the losses of J. Madison Wells and others, noting the political turmoil and the war and turf setbacks behind them.
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The First Decision on Electoral Commission Ruling
Editorials condemn the Electoral Commission for allowing behind the Governor's certificate in Oregon while blocking review of returning board fraud in Florida. They call the ruling a grave, damnable injustice, preserving fraudulent counts and counting Hayes.
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WV. Y. Sun
Payne Roars in Commission Clash Over Exclusion Vote
In a tense secret session the commission debated excluding evidence. Payne denounced the majority as partisan and declared the decision an outrage on justice. He blamed Bradley for failing to uphold trust, while Morton and eight others faced sharp rebuke. Boston Post.
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Morton
Louisiana
Hayes
Hunton
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Hoe
Clifford
Boston Post
Presidency Faith and Party Promise Debate
A quotation from the Philadelphia Times denounces a man entering the Presidency against public faith in a fair election. It predicts inevitable dishonor and asserts his sole pledge to the party will be the claim that “After me the deluge age.”
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