Twofold policy on silver coinage and civil service reform
President Hayes argues that silver coinage must respect public debt, maintain value, and avoid debasement, urging limited legal tender and preservation of gold coin value. He outlines Civil Service reform, demanding impersonal nominations and Senate cooperation, with support for the Civil-Service Commission and broader efficiency measures.
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Congress
United States
Publc
Hondanee
Senate
House of Representative
House of Representatives
Iask
Civil-Service Commission
Washington
Secretary Thompson reports Navy appropriations and deficits
Secretary of the Navy notes for the fiscal year starting July 1 1877 total appropriations 313 592 932. Drawn from July 1 to Nov 1 1877 equals 35 343 037 with in hand 1 029 528 and refunds 152 000 making actual expenditures 4 313 509. Estimates for year ending June 30 1879 are 16 233 234 plus 2 314 231 for yards. Congress reduced pay estimate from 7 300 000 to 6 600 000 causing a projected deficiency unless further appropriation. The deficiency discussed concerns the present year ending June 30 1878.
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NAVY
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Service
Department
Congress
Navy Yards
Treasury
Postoffice Department
Postmaster-General
Départment
General Treasury
Post Office Department
Attorney-General
Supreme Court
United States
Circuit Courts
Intermediate Court of Errors and Appeals
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Indian Service
Fourth Auditor’s Office
Secretary of War advocates elastic force for national defense
The report urges an army capable of expansion to thirty or forty thousand men to meet contingencies, favors placing Indian feeding under the Commissary, and recommends retiring list flexibility. It lists department estimates for the year ending June 30, 1879 totaling 43,115,443.24. Also notes retirements of Louis A. Godey and Mrs. Sarah J. Hale after long service and reports a Hastings, Michigan accident where a three year old boy was killed by a corn-mashing machine.
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Avcortija
United States
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Port of
New York
Secretary of War
Pacific
Southern Claims Commission
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Rio Grande
Texas
House of Representatives
Mexico
Ord
Secretary of the Interior
Agricultural Department
Commissioner of Agriculture
Centennial Board
United States Executive Departments
District OF Columbia
Potomac
Washington
Board of Health
Board of Charities
National Treasury
Washington Monument
Board of Engineers
Heven
Smithsonian Institute
National Museum
Library of Congress
National Museums and Collections
Hk. B. Hayes
Army
Allan
Mr P Lorillards Turf Winnings This Year
Mr. P Lorillard posts turf winnings this year amounting to 70 247 50 dollars.
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Mr. P. Lorillard
Resumption and the Road to Restored Value in National Banks
The Comptroller compares bank conditions across suspensions and resumptions, arguing eight years of National Bank strength match prior state bank periods. He notes resumption fixes, calls for reserves beyond averages, and explains that public demand for gold diminishes after resumption. Coin not required in every deal. checks and notes will suffice as paper and gold align.
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Senate
House of
Union
Congress
Courts of the Union
England
France
Bank of France
United States
Mint Director reports bullion and coinage totals and metal values
Dr. Linderman presents last year’s Mint and Assay figures showing gold bullion 60,382,503 and silver bullion 37,429,330 received and operated upon, with total deposits and coins adding to 97,811,833. He notes year‑over‑year increases in gold and silver bullion and silver coinage, discusses relative value of gold and silver, cites U S Money Commission opinions, and estimates current capacity for silver dollars and total metal in the country.
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London
San Francisco
United States
Linderman
The Boy and the Stilts and a Darkey Costume
A Detroit Freesheet excerpt recalls a family scene after the coachman loss of work and a wife’s demand that he black up for a style drive. The boy notes a father away downtown while the family plans. the narrative ends with a court mention about hotel safes and guest losses.
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Peter
Detroit
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The
Cambridge News
Cambridge
Guernsey
Coun L. G. Haines
Cooper
M. Jefferson
Drs. Cooper & Jefferson
Ohio
West Market Street
Shaffner & Beymer’s
Thompson S. Crow
Farmers’ Etotel
Mill Street
Wm. Rainey & Son
J.C. Ferbrache
Times Building
Cambridge, Ohio
Morton
Starr Hotel
Joseph Mortow
West Side Public Square
Warner
Caldwell
Thomas Lloyd
William A. Carr
Rainey
Mill St
J. Woodford
Pine Street
Main
Guernsey County
J. D. Taylor
T. H. Anderson
Taylor & Anderson
Attorneys-At-Law
Taylor
Wm. M. Sions
T. O. Mann
Carpenter and Joiner
Cumberland, Ohio
D. K. Kyle
Mackey’s Art Gallery
India
A. F. Hubert
Main St
Sarah Jane Moss
Cambridge, O
C. T. Sweet
Lambert Thomas
H. Harper Jeffri
Lambert, Thomas & Co
North Water Street
Delaware Wharf
Philadelphia, Pa
Kirk House
Grant House
Zanesville, Ohio
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Cor. Broadway
South Streets
Quaker Cit - Ohio
Fairview House
Fairview, Ohio
J. F. Dubois
McCollum & McKinney
South End Mill Street
Osely
Russia
Turkey
Italy
Germany
Berlin
Empire of
Paris
Great Britain
Fishery Commission
Porfirio Diaz
House of Congress
Joint Commission
Cuba
Spain
South America
Venezuela
Central and
Brazil
Guatemala
Samoan Islands
Europe
Department of State
Thompson
Louis A. Godey
Godey
Sarah J. Hale
Warren Calkins
Hastings, Mich
Mint
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