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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1883
Page
4
Abilene Reflector notes subscription terms and advertising rates as B L Strother and Strother Brothers publish. They critique postal notes, predict their end, and anticipate Congress’s next moves on money orders and the Speaker of the House race, framing a clash between monopolies and producers.
Republican papers tease Democrats about choosing a presidential candidate for next year. The piece notes that Republican advice is rarely followed, yet offers amused speculation on Democratic political futures and predicts Democrats will elect the next president.
Henry Ward Beecher presided at a New York free trade meeting and defended his stance while praising Henry Watterson. He argued protectionism oppresses the poor and said ministers should not be taxed, though he would not tax Dr. Taylor or Dr. Hall. He affirmed civic duty and party alignment without renouncing his clerical role.
The Denver News argues ex-Senator Chaffee is the best choice to unite Grant and Blaine factions at the Republican national convention. It notes oil and campaign money could not mend splits, claims Chaffee could fund a record campaign, and suggests Democrats will decide the next president.
The piece notes Mahone’s fall from favor among stalwarts nationwide, except Kansas republican papers. It cites indiscipline in politics, failing to fulfill a party contract with the Administration, and calls out alleged patronage and civil service reform violations amid the Virginia readers’ adjusters debate. The New York Times questions his credibility and warns his actions may have led to adverse outcomes.
The republican press uses Ma hone's defeat to evoke the bloody shirt while the public tires of it. The piece argues sectional prejudice exists beyond Republicans and accuses the party of weaponizing war ghosts for political gain against the South and Democrats.
The Kansas City Times comments on Republican leaders crying out against their supreme court. It cites major civil rights and state power rulings as returning the nation to strict constitutional construction before federalism’s era. The piece argues this reconstruction reshapes party fortunes and civil liberty.
The Gazette questions the Democratic party amid years of limited opportunity for policy action. It notes a peculiar condition in the nation over the past twenty years affecting the party's ability to enact changes and influence national progress.
The text contrasts Democratic and Republican actions across decades, noting exposure of whisky frauds and scandals under earlier Congresses, then cites Credit Mobilier, Central Pacific, electoral frauds, and interior department abuses. It praises Gov. Glick's rail road land frauds fight restoring land to market and taxing railroad lands, while asserting every time the Democratic party has been tried it has failed.
The Kansas gubernatorial contest next year centers on a strong prohibition platform. Republicans, facing division, may see Gov Glick exit and names like Thacher Martin Harrison Kelley and Hackney discussed. The key clash is whether the GOP sticks to prohibition or shifts. Democrats back liberal constitutional resubmission and personal-legislation opposition, likely winning the governorship.
A Shield and Banner clip reprints Col. L. Swigart of Newbern township's letter praising Dickinson county Kansas. He recalls emigrating from Richland county in 1878 to the Great American Desert, notes initial hardships, and reports subsequent prosperity with wheat yields around 22 to 25 bushels per acre, corn 40 to 100 bu, oats 40 bu, and barley around 50 bu per acre. He also expresses Ohio ancestry and hopes the next U.S. president be an Ohio man.
An elderly Cornelia Swigart letter extols moving to a western state praising fertile soil and easy farming with header crews. notes rising land values, new churches and schools, and strong political hopes. He lauds Judge Thurman for President and G W Glick for Vice President, urges Ohio kinship and unity.
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