Porter Case Sparks Senate Debate On Authority And Debts
In Washington on February 2 1880 Senator Logan filed a minority report in the Fitz John Porter case arguing the President lacked authority to set up a commission with ex parte testimony and that Congress cannot review court martial actions nor pay for unrendered services due to army exclusion. The item also covers Mrs Kate Chase Sprague hosting a social with Supreme Court members, plans to curb US flag advertising, debt refunding plans from Sherman Wood and Kelley, Hayt’s removal as Commissioner and related investigations, NC exodus concerns, and debt and rail matters.
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Logan
Senate
Fitz John Porter
Congress
Kate Chase Sprague
Supreme Court
Supreme Court. Senator Conkling
Sherman
Fernando Wood
Judge Kelley
Judge Kelly
Wood
Kelley
Hayt
Interior Department
Hammond
Schurz
Department
San Carlos Agency
Arizona
Hart
Secre
Fisk
New York
Ules Ao
South Carolina
Friends of the Northern Pacific
Treasury Department
Louisiana
Pitkin
Colorado
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Agent Meeker
Severalty
Utah
J. B. Thompson
Francis R. Griffith
Indiana
William P. Seymour
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Grant
Blaine
Denver & Rio Grand Railroad Company
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Secretary of the Treasury
Indiana Exaggeration Redefined in Population Review
Frank Leslie's exposes Indiana's large land area with sparse density, arguing population growth through 1880 remains moderate. It counters Senator Voorhees on fears of a negro migration, noting ample unused land and comparing density to New York and Ohio.
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Frank Leslie
Indiana
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Daniel Voorhees
Senate of the United States
New York
Ohio
Senator Voorhees
South
Senate
Democratic Barbarity at Insane Hospital Exposed
Indianapolis Journal describes alleged brutality at the state insane hospital under Dr. Rodgers. Witness Captain Jere Hutchinson reports harsh treatment of patients, a New Year frolic turning into misconduct, and attendants’ violence including a man named Rush pinning a restrained patient.
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Rodgers
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Journal
Jere Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Miss Smith
Miss Glenn
Allen
Fishback
Acord
Rush
Nightmarish abuses alleged at Indiana Hospital for the Insane
Witnesses recount brutal assaults and dissections at the hospital. Reports describe patients beaten and left with severe head wounds, a body carved for study, and staff conducting postmortem procedures in the dead house. One patient died after a fight in Ward 3, with authorities blaming apoplexy.
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Rush
Daniel Fox
Indiana Hospital
Dr. Thomas
Mr. Childers
Hamilton County
Brown
Hudson
Dr. Huddart
Huddart
Tarkington
Sons of Hudson
Liberty
Union County
Hutchinson
Fishback
Joseph Messmore
Elkhart County
Thomas
Mr. Hutchinson
Andersonville
Libby
Black Hole
Calcutta
Ray
Nee
Questions on Emigration Rights From Ohio to Indiana
A historical complaint questions the rights of various Ohio natives and other groups to emigrate into Indiana. It challenges individuals including Hendricks, McDonald, Voorhees's parents, Manson, and Governor Williams, and asks who imported the Sentinel editor. It argues about poor whites and Irish migrants aiding the Democratic party and hints at African American citizens emigrating from North Carolina to Indiana.
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Mr. Hendricks
Muskingum County
Ohio
Senator McDonald
Butler County
North Carolina
Senator Voorhees
Virginia
Congress
General Manson
Piqua
Williams
Pickaway County
Knox County
Indiana
the Sentinel
Jed
Old Country
State Fugitive Slaves and Democratic Pursuit Recalled
The piece argues that Black people fleeing the South are escaping injustice, not seeking fugitive justice. It accuses Democrats of hunting and returning runaways to bondage, claiming they still claim a right to drive Black people from the North back to servitude worse than slavery.
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Indianapolis Journal
South
Hendricks Forthright at Exile Inquiry in Indiana
The Indianapolis Journal previews Hendricks’s upcoming testimony before the exodus investigating committee. Hendricks, pressed on personal knowledge of Southern emigration and Republican ties, asserts his stance on immigration and party democracy while contrasting Indiana’s political history and the looming 1880 campaign.
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Hendricks
Indianapolis Journal
Exodus
Senator Windom
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indianapolis
Christian Statesman
Indiana
Hendricka Club
Indianapolis Sentinel
Republican Party
Mr. Hendricks
Hendricks Club
the Sentinel
Putnam County
Political Debate Over Voorhees Expatriation and State Ballot Law
A Democratic observer questions Voorhees actions in an exodus investigation and discusses constitutional liberty for citizens including African Americans. The piece compares Indiana politics with Maine Fusionists and notes state election procedures from county clerks to the Secretary of State, suggesting possible technical flaws in returns to alter governors’ choices.
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Voorhes
Voorhees
Indiana
Maine
Shanklin
Yazooism in Indiana in the Tribune's view
The Chicago Tribune condemns Ku Klux activity spreading from Mississippi to Indiana. It cites mob violence arson and intimidation in Hancock County and southern Indiana, asking if Northern laws and officers can protect rights and enforce order. It warns Indiana could become as Republican as Kansas or Illinois if Ku Kluxism continues.
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Indiana
Chicago Tribune
Mississippi
Hancock County
Ku Klux
Kansas
Dlinois
Immigrant arrivals in Terre Haute prompt relief board note
A telegram from Terre Haute dated January 28 1880 reports about twenty five colored families totaling roughly 130 people arriving from North Carolina with homes and work found and a demand for eighty to a hundred more families. Immigrant's Relief Board officials J H Walker and EK R Bansy note Vigo County could absorb more residents despite conflicting testimony about population.
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Terre Haute
Senator Windom
Exodus Commission
Windom
Washington, D. C
North Carolina
J. H. Walker
Prest
EK. R. Bansy
Sec
Stop Them. Evansville. Tribune Warps Maine Treason Coverage
A fragmented Evansville Tribune item references Maine treason coverage and a call to shut down a confidant or group. It notes Clinton County published no delinquent list this year. The text is incomplete but suggests political tension and local record gaps.
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Evansville
Tribune
Maine
Clouiste
Clinton County
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Congressional
People’s Treasury
Exoduster Hendricks
Burson
Thim
Hoosier
O. P. Morton
Bunion
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