Candidate Retires After Unfavorable Campaign
The official candidate withdrew from the race amid discomfit and defeat, signaling an end to the campaign. The move reflects a sense of resignation after a difficult contest.
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 19, 1869
Page
20
The official candidate withdrew from the race amid discomfit and defeat, signaling an end to the campaign. The move reflects a sense of resignation after a difficult contest.
The Austrian Reichsrath’s formal closing occurred Saturday with the Emperor presenting the throne speech. He praised the Assembly’s labors and friendly relations with other powers as a peace guarantee. He spoke hopeful on finances and enumerated social reforms, urging unity among Austria’s diverse races through freedom and independence.
The new Italian Ministry is definitively constituted. General Menabrea remains President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Signor Cambray Digny keeps Finance. Signor Minghetti takes Agriculture and Public Works after a king’s conference. Signor Ferraris leads the Home Department.
The Spanish Constituent Assembly enacts that sovereignty resides in the people and rejects a Spaniard monarch born in Spain. It defeats a plebiscitum election plan and adopts Article 31 on suspending constitutional guarantees. A motion to abolish slavery in colonies is rejected while officials favor abolition with caveats. Debates on monarchy versus republic end without conclusion.
Cable reports Admiral Koff and Cuban agents say the insurrection is waning. Grant orders July 6 Virginia election under new state constitution and tests oath for officials. Connecticut ratifies fifteenth amendment. Motley sails for England with Alabama claims stance. Fish tallies 13 million in claims for ships destroyed. New Zealand turmoil and a brutal massacre near New Plymouth detailed.
A terse note reports that Grant supports the new constitution ending the rebellion and dissolving rebel organs. The item notes political changes and the shift in power following the constitutional move.
A Baltic source notes the second German Arctic expedition will sail on June 7 with the steamers Germania and Hansa for a two year voyage to the Arctic. It adds the Vienna and Oostende lines expect direct telegraphic links between Australian colonies and Europe soon.
A large crowd in Bradford attended the unveiling of a memorial to Richard Oastler the Ten Hours Bill advocate. Lord Shaftesbury unveiled the statue at Peel Park after a 30 000 strong procession from the town. Speeches by Forster Ferrand Miall and others followed the ceremony and a public meeting later at St George's Hall concluded the proceedings. The memorial shows Oastler appealing for factory children with two child figures beside him and was funded by supporters of the short time movement in Yorkshire and Lancashire.
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