Civil Service Reform and Republican Party Split Note
The piece argues for civil service reform and a universal amnesty as core reforms while noting Liberals in Cincinnati evade free trade, and discusses distrust of President Grant. It warns the Republican schism stems from Grant’s leadership and critiques cabinet blunders but suggests disaffected Republicans unlikely to threaten the Washington Treaty with Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
America
Washington
Greeley
Grant
Great Britain
Ballot Bill Progress Sparks House Debate and Voting Controversy
The piece describes a ballot bill committee passage and a House debate over an amendment for assisting illiterate voters. It notes Tory and Liberal maneuvers, Forster’s late decisions, Liddell’s appeal, and Dowse’s humorous intervention on women’s enfranchisement. It also mentions a later Scottish Education Bill debate and related abstentions.
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Ballet
Beresford Hope
Bentinck Major
Bentinck Minor
Lowther
Cawley
Salford
Mr. Cawley
Mr. Liddell
Liddell
Liberal Party
Forster
Ellice
Treasury Bench
Ireland
Synan
Sir George Jenkinson
George
James
Rylands
Craufurd
Mr. Gladstone
Mr. Dowse
Bernal Osborne
Carlyle
London
Dowse
John Coleridge
Sir John
Addison
Augustus
Augusta
Pope
Thackeray
Wordsworth
Man
Tintern Abbey
Gordon
Mr. Gordon
Mr. Disraeli
Livingstone report and Paris pestilence in a single issue
Telegram from Aden reports Dr. Livingstone alive at Ujiji with Mr. Stanley joining him, Zanzibar locals believing in his safety. In Paris a swarm of harmless yet irritating tires sparks scientific debate over their classification as Bibione hortulani.
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Great Pacific
Dr. Livinestons
Aden
Zanzibar
Livingstone
Ujiji
Stanley
New York Herald
Dr. Livingstone
Paris
Egypt
M. Blanchard
Academy of Sciences
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