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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1878
Page
2
Springfield weekly column discusses Arkansas Democratic convention dates, Greenback advocacy, and US Senate stance. It notes local Carthage and Springfield voting comparisons, public calls for candidates favoring greenbacks and resumption repeal, and praises several editors as potential legislators.
A long column from St. Louis discusses election schemes, tax laws harming farmers, and legislative critiques. It mentions Chicago visits, the Fourth District race with Hatcher and Woodside, and opinion on bonds versus farm taxation. Also notes Springfield and Missouri editors conventions, marriages, and political endorsements across various papers.
The Democrats win marshal and clerk posts and two council seats while Republicans gain mayor attorney recorder and treasurer. Duncan’s ineligibility risks contest. Jolasen’s reelection praised. Bighee affirmed. Council to be four Democrats four Republicans, with Cass and Coombs as new members. Roberts re-elected amid opposition. new council to organize first Monday in May.
A Washington dispatch outlines the Pacific railroad syndicate led by Huntington Stanford Crocker and Hopkins, its government subsidies and land grants, and a new Congressional push to end entanglements. It argues the Texas and Pacific plan could unlock funds, revive industry, and expand the West to the Pacific, unless rival interests block it.
The article argues that building the Texas and Pacific Railway would provide employment for thousands in eastern foundries and along the line, offer homes in the Southwest, and boost wealth from mines and soil. It claims white labor would replace Chinese workers, electrify the nation, and spread prosperity from Atlantic to Pacific, urging West and South to gain this competing line.
The town reports five new business buildings under construction and a thriving mix of dry goods stores grocers drugs a hotel restaurants and shops. It ships five thousand bales of cotton and large grain outputs with good wheat prospects while local candidates promise tax relief and Sheriff Capt Merritt seeks the Legislature. A central railroad train robbery near Dalles with masked men overpowered staff and stole about 4500 in cash ends with shots fired and the messenger wounded.
A letter from A B Comms of Marshfield denounces a Springfield scandal involving lawyer A B Courles and a Marshfield hotel escapade, demanding public vindication. Fayetteville items report donations and interest in a Carthage Fayetteville railroad, plus expected bonds terms and a declined offer from New York financiers. Arkansas notes: resignation of Supreme Lady and gubernatorial appointment, and a June state convention for the Nationals to nominate key officials.
A March 24 proclamation from General Martinez Campos, published in Santiago de Cuba, declares peace largely restored and orders broad amnesty. It absolves treason and rebellion suspects, frees those not imprisoned for such crimes, abandons pending cases, allows return of exiles, and grants citizenship rights to many lost by conflict. Deserters from Spanish forces must surrender by April 15 to receive pardon.
The National Greenback party met at Springfield NL on the 27th ult reaffirming the Toledo platform with calls for immediate issue of four hundred million in legal tender United States notes, urging clubs to support Greenback and Labor principles, and wage payments in lawful money. It names state and local officers nominees including E N Bates, Frank H Hall, and judges across divisions. Attorney General J L Sierra states county court justices receive 5 per diem if in office before July 30 1877 and 3 per diem otherwise, per constitutional section on fixed compensation.
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