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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1884
Page
1
The Register lists advertising rates and rules for local notices published weekly. Legal advertisements are offered via local column at ten cents per line per insertion, with fractional squares counted as a full unit.
Delegates lingering in Chicago hotels cast doubt on Blaine’s nomination amid reports of influence buying from Texas and New Mexico. Elkins promises a 1 000 000 dollar fund, while German Republicans and many eastern papers repudiate Blaine. Independent Republicans align against the ticket, foreseeing defeat absent a tariff accord.
The New York Times portrays a fractured Blaine convention with sober leaders alarmed by revolt within the ranks. East and West divisions widen as Maine becomes isolated politically and independent Republicans seek a conscience nomination amid looming defeat.
Nast sharpens his pencil as Blaine faces a fractured platform and waning support across Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, and beyond. Hayes and Harrison loom in memory. Logan’s anti Chinese stance and reform options surface. The piece notes dwindling Blaine enthusiasm, party divisions, and electoral math aiming for 202 votes if key states flip.
The House Appropriations Committee adopted an amendment barring Members of Congress delegates and staff as well as government contractors from contributing to campaign funds. Offenders face 6000 dollars or up to three years imprisonment or both. Democrats expect quick passage. Republicans’ support tests sincerity in civil service reform. B. H. Brierow speaks against Blaine.
Washington report surveys Democratic and Republican sentiment on Blaine and the 1884 race. It notes independent Republican calls, opinions from Joseph McMonalds and others, and hints at potential blocs in Indiana New York and Massachusetts. It also covers Tilden’s withdrawal, adjournment timing, and House Senate budget friction.
Ten prisoners in jail, nearly all city negros. Mt Vernon hoodlum activity reappears. Tom Lewis the negro desperado captured near Grayville by Sheriff Hayes and jailed. Lewis sought for an attempted murder of two negro women in the county. Grafton Blues defeated by Mt Vernon Nustlers by two runs. A Mt Vernon church festival yielded sixty dollars. The Poseyville normal school debates politics. A new time table is issued on the E and T branch. A mysterious letter addressed to Carrie Alier jumbled into Shawneetown routing by Major Milner. The wheat crop outlook remains excellent.
Dan H. Manning releases a letter from Samuel J. Tilden declaring he cannot accept the presidential nomination. The message predicts Democratic victory but notes his health limits prevent him from taking on the demanding reform program. Tilden submits to the will of God as his public career ends. The dispatches also note political tides in West Virginia and Maine, religious shifts in Japan, and assorted economic and civic items.
The Mt Vernon News column reports wage ranges for farm work across Illinois counties including St Clair and Williamson, notes Jefferson County prices favor the Southern average, and cites Knox County as paying 82.50 a month with “find themselves.” The piece also covers a shooting incident in Scott Township, a cloud-raising patent claim, rainfall and revivalist weather, school staffing in Qiney, insect outbreaks in Shelbyville, and various political and local curiosities across Indiana and surrounding regions.
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