The Republican Convention in North Carolina Proceedings
The Curontele prints full proceedings of the Republican State Convention held yesterday in this city. Attendance was strong with many negro attendees. A full ticket was nominated amid vociferous support for anti Democratic actions. Speakers praised unity and prospects for November, urging Democratic collapse and Harrison's election, while warning against divisions within the Democratic ranks. The piece exhorts unity and voting as white men to preserve North Carolina.
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Curontele
Evry
North Carolina
Harrison
Weaver
Exum
Republican Party
South
Mat A Fahmer
IcLe
Democratic Party
People’s Party
A Feature of Republican Rule and 1892 politics
A critical look at Republican governance and era excesses, citing a governor’s 1870 letter about a drumhead court and a Tennessee commander, plus reflections on negro delegates, party loyalties, and the 1892 presidential contest. The piece contrasts Sherman Blaine Harrison positions, the national banking issue, and tariff debates with to-date cotton crop data and export figures.
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Sherman
Blaine
Harrison
John Sherman
Mts
Senate
The Dissembler and the Harrison Letter
The Baltimore Sun criticized President Harrison for perceived dissembling on the force bill. The paper argues his acceptance letter signals a continued political strategy, not candor, calling him a dangerous enemy to constitutional liberty and urging voters to see through his claimed change.
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Baltimore Sun
Harrison
The North Carolina Pensions Debate and 1870 Arrests
The article reprints a heated North Carolina pension critique from the Army and Navy Journal, arguing Southern opposition to pensioning only for fraudulent claims while defending bona fide Union soldiers. It recalls 1870 arrests in Alamance and Caswell counties, where military power detained citizens, the habeas corpus outcome, and criticisms of Republican rule, urging vigilance against future abuses.
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Army and Navy Journal
North Carolina Globe
Democratic
Journal May
Durham Globe
South
Congress
May Young
Ts Young
Lander
Nort
North Carol
Alamane
Caswell
Tennessee
Republicas
Sey
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Carlina
Kirk
Judge MacRae Accepts Supreme Court Nomination
Fayetteville North Carolina September 7 1892 Judge Jas C MacRae replies to H A London W P Roberts and P B Means committee accepting nomination to fill vacancy on the Supreme Court bench caused by the death of Hon Joseph J MacRae expresses appreciation and high regard. The notice ends with a promo line for Simmons Liver Regulator.
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Judge MacRae
Fayetteville
N. C
Messrs
H. A. London
W. P. Roberts
P. B. Means
Democratic Executive Committee
Supreme Court
Joseph J
Jas. C. MacRae
Force Bill Debate Shadows 1892 Campaign Tactics
The piece roasts Gen Harrison for avoiding the force bill issue and mocks a proposed non partisan commission on ballot questions. It argues the party will push federal election control and bayonet measures, predicting Republican triumphs or collapse based on November outcomes, and calls for defeating the Republican Party to redeem liberty.
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N.Y
Gerrieon
John L Davenport
Party of Force
House of Representatives
Harrison
South
Thomas Brackett Reed
Henry Cabot Lodge
George Frisbie Hoar
John S. Davenport
Gen. Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Gen
Sun
Respon
Websters Weekly
Alliance
Tird
Republican Party
Democratic Party
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New York World
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Ees
Edal
Cuarrman Simmons
W. E. Ewing
Augusta
Maine
Raleigh
Asheville
Geral Stevenson
Butler
Charlotte
Aycock
Cleaveland
Simmons
Wilson
Skinner
C. B. Aycock
Cleveland
Winston Sentinel
Sullivan
Lage Harris
People's Party
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