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Newspaper
Sullivan Times
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1884
Page
2
The Democracy of Hamilton township will meet at Briggs & Barrett office on Thursday July 24, 1884 at 8 PM to organize a Cleveland and Hendricks Club. All are invited to attend. By Order of Committee.
Henry Ward Beecher and Carl Schurz back Cleveland and Hendricks. The New York Times and the New York Evening Post, both Republican, will support Cleveland and Hendricks. The Tribune is the only Republican paper in New York City to back Blaine and Logan with vigor.
Democrats in Sullivan held an enthusiastic ratification meeting with speakers from the Farmers' State Bank area. Joint events followed in Farmersburg Shelburn and Pleasantville with speakers including J C Briggs J S Bays Thos J Wolfe and J L Stewart. Commentary from New York journals contrasts Cleveland’s perceived integrity with Blaine’s alleged corruption and notes Republican divisions during a critical period. A separate note critiques the term blackjack and its timber value.
The Chronicle alleges a Chinese government tax targets Chinese residents in San Francisco Denver New York and other cities to fund the imperial treasury. It claims about 500000 has already been raised and sent to China with another equal sum to follow. The piece condemns foreign sovereignty on U S soil and calls for investigation and action to stop the Celestials.
The assignee of Grant & Ward lists liabilities at 16 782647 dollars with nominal assets 27 139098 and actual assets 57174, saying books show no cash journal and rely on firm members and claimants for data. The article notes newspapers favoring reciprocity, comments on Canada and Mexico treaties, remarks on the Democratic National convention’s Chicago gathering, and details a 45 minute Indiana led rally with chants and civic leaders in a moving closing scene.
The convention opened with prayer and moved through two ballots, nominating Grover Cleveland on the second ballot after extensive regional shifts. Cleveland gained key wins in Pennsylvania North Carolina Virginia and Georgia with broad support from Indiana Illinois Missouri and Wisconsin. Hendricks was nominated for Vice President with 816 votes on the first ballot and the gathering adjourned after formal thanks.
The text argues for changes in government from Democratic principles and warns against one party rule. It criticizes the Republican party as corrupt and self-serving, noting abuses across government and calling for reform and alignment with popular will. The piece claims independents revolt within the party.
The document argues for a major reform of federal governance under Democratic leadership, denouncing Republican rule for corruption, wasteful taxation, and failed tariffs. It pledges tariff revision, reduced taxes, protection of labor, homestead lands for settlers, and an American policy free from entangling alliances.
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