California Votes in 1880 Echoes Hayes Fraud Debate
The article compares 1876 and 1880 returns in San Francisco and Sacramento counties, showing Hayes carried those counties in 1876 amid fraud allegations while 1880 results favored Hancock over Garfield. It argues California voted for Grant I THINK Tremendously? The text also blames political machines and mentions figures like Conkling and Vanderbilt amid a broader critique of Republican corruption and anti Prohibition debates.
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Hayes
San Francisco
Sacramento
Tilpen
Hancock
Garfield
Trnden
Garfield downhearted as Blaine praises Robertson to organize slums
Blaine laughs and claims Robertson can mobilize New York City slums as effectively as Artur did last fall, while Garfield remains discouraged.
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Garfield
Blaine
Robertson
New York City
Artur
Defiant quote targets Democratic Congresses and spending
The excerpt argues that Democratic Congresses set government funding too high yet were accused of disloyalty for not allowing thefts in post office and treasury departments. It claims the public now sees why Democratic appropriations were called deficient by Tyner Brapy Joan Suerman and Republican critics.
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Post Office
Treasury Departments
Tyner and Brapy
Joan Suerman
Republican party described as office seeking and lacking principle
A columnist argues the Republican party is full of ink about splits and wind about reforms. The piece says Republicans crave offices, have no guiding principle, and fight over scarce positions, summarizing the internal muddle in a few lines.
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Republican Party
Radical party and Virginia election figures discussed
The piece rails against Republican leaders and factions. It suggests Matonie’s repudiation ticket in Virginia unites Southern Republicans and calls Ma Hone to declare himself Grand Boss of the Radical party to gain influence before the forthcoming funeral.
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Blaine
Garfield
Conkling
Matonie
Virginia
Mahone
Radical Party
One Million Office Applications in Washington Report
Blaine cites over a million applications on file in Washington as candidate seeking pool grows. He claims one seeker for every four Republican votes nationwide and references prior year warnings about a supposed Democratic surge after Hancock’s election.
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Laporte Argus
Heisman
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Blaine
Washington
Hancock
Republican quarrel colors the ConKling anecdotes
The passage notes unprejudiced reflections on Garfield Blaine and critics like Colfax Dawes and the Administration papers, asserting ConKling faced no Credit Mobilier or Mulligan letter stains while framing the dispute as a Republican quarrel.
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Blaine
CoLfax
Dawes
Administration
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Mulligan
Old-line Republicans Bemoan Woes as Garfield Takes Seat
A reflective note recalls Garfield’s Friday seating as old party supporters walk the streets in mournful mood. The general wreck is cited as they recount political losses and the shift in public sentiment.
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Garfield
Old Conkabell Causes Ruckus After Garfield Rescue
New York residents celebrate Garfield’s rescue but mock the hero, shouting insults and nicknames as the scene centers on the raucous crowd surrounding him.
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New York
Garfield
Conkabell
Half-Breed Allegations Shift Against Jers Davis
The article notes a turn in opinion as the half-breeds question Jers Davis's criminality and Jie publicly opposes CONKLING, signaling a political shift and potential new alliances.
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Jers Davis
Jie
Conkling
Treasury inquiry echoes on John Sherman’s role
The text contends that a treasury investigation may affect John Sherman but argues the inquiry should not halt actions or policy. It discusses accountability and potential impacts on public finance and leadership.
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Treasury
John Sherman
News of the Week Highlights From Around the World
A roundup covering fires in Tombstone and Vallais, a 70,000 Sweden emigration projection, Prohibition campaign splits in North Carolina, and a Star Route inquiry lull. Also notes on a 30th day weight loss, wheat crops in West Virginia, comet sightings from Maine to California, and a long tail comet likely visible until 1955.
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West Virginia
Foster
Washington
Ohio
Boston
Cambridge Observatory
Party of high moral ideas stranded says Crawfordsville Review
The Crawfordsville Review argues that a party held together by public plunder survives on spoils. It notes defections by Gresley and Trumbull to other causes did not weaken it. Leaders kept control as the country flourished until corruption spread through officials. Senators resign as the party loses its grip.
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Gresley
Trumbull
Sigel
Republican Party
United States
Crawfordsville Review
Mosaic Selenium Cells Exhibit at Royal Institution
An exhibition shows an apparatus for transmitting pictures by telegraph using a mosaic of selenium cells. Each cell links to a device that adjusts a small mirror to vary light on the screen.
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Royal Institution
London
Prof Tidy asserts rapid river clears after sewage input
In a London Chemical Society paper Prof. Tidy reiterates to Dr. Frankland that a river receiving sewage up to one twentieth its volume will, after a few miles downstream, regain purity and become wholesome drinking water. A Wytheville innkeeper touts his hotel as “the only second class hotel in the world.”
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Tidy
London Chemical Society
Frankland
Wytheville
A Glance at the Republican Senate Deadlock of 1881
A partisan view of New York politics during the 1881 U.S. Senate deadlock. The piece argues a quorum rule was violated in a Saturday ballot, warning future elections may be illegal. It discusses caucus prospects, factions led by Conkling and Platt, and the impending Potter nomination by Democrats.
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United States
Senate
Law of
Congress
U. S
Conkling
Platt
Jacobs
William A. Wheeler
Clarkson N. Potter
Political currents and new gadgets at Long Branch June 1881
Washington dispatch notes Cabinet meeting at Long Branch with Grant, jokes about a copper wire telephone, and Senator Conkling’s stance against monopolies. Observations on Thurlow and Thurman rails policy, power dynamics, and possible future party leadership. Also reports McKay’s gold extraction factory in Sacramento using galvanic batteries to reduce coin weight by five percent.
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Register
Washington, D.C
Long Branch
Blaine
Grant
Senator Conkling
Senate
Thurman
United States
Pacific Railroads
Corkling
Bia Cuptera
McKay
Sacramento
Tobacco output in 1880 tops census report
Special agent reports 1880 tobacco production at 473,107,573 pounds with an apparent 80 percent decade rise. Real advance muted by 1870 drought and heavy taxes. Kentucky leads with 36 percent share. Virginia second. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina improve. Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri lower. 15 states exceed 99% of crop. average yield 731 pounds per acre.
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Wasaixatoy
D.C
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Missouri
Illinois
Massachusetts
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Kentucky
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Connecticut
New York
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