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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1880
Page
7
The piece covers Indiana politics with references to Republicans and Democrats, German votes for amendments, and a violent election confrontation in Shelbyville. It details an assault by Democratic roughs, voter suppression, and a riot surrounding polling places, with named locals like Amsden Kennedy Spragg Naeff Bassett and the Marion and Shelbyville context.
Senate Exodus Committee hears John C. Lewis of Louisiana describe racial voting intimidation, violence, and emigration motives. He links 1877 79 Democratic actions and 1878 Twenty-ninth Association to coercive tactics, notes Republican era bull-dozing persisted in places, and predicts continued exodus toward Texas and beyond as Blacks seek safer rights and treatment.
In Shelbyville Indiana on April 5 a racially charged voting dispute erupted at the polls. A colored man sought to vote but faced a challenge from a Democrat as an affidavit was prepared. The Democrat Coroner, Jas Capp, rushed forward and objected to the vote claiming the law barred it.
The Philadelphia Times urges recall of neglected issues noting the President’s supposed inattention to the Gen Brady star mail service scandal. It laments a fading English boom dubbed short lived and swiftly ended.
The Democratic Legislature of Louisiana resolved not to invite General Grant to visit New Orleans. The note is seen as a high compliment to Grant while accusing the body of murders and fraud to the state. Joseph A Wright of the J P and C railroad shops at Peru sustained severe injuries after a belt threw him, breaking two ribs and stripping clothing, though not fatal.
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