Death of Senator Sumner and Missouri politics discussed
The Troy Herald reports on the Sumner death as a stark national moment, notes Lincoln's memory, and comments on Missouri legislature actions. It cites Gatewood moving to extend senate sessions, a pay mile-age bill, and a tax relief proposal. Also covers Sumner's life, abolitionist start, and mixed public verdict on his career.
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Louisville Conmere Journal
Senator Sumner
Charles Sumner
South
Ana
Ile
Sumner
Daniel Wobater
Republican Party
Boston
Mass
Mayard College
Law School
Cambridge
Dane Re] Webster
United States Senate
Croilit
Treasury expenses show waste and graft in era report
The treasury secretary’s contingent expenses reveal misuse of public funds for coaches, horses, and carriages. Critics urge reform as report notes officials’ lavish style and theft of public money, while unrelated political notes mention religious petition debates and a possible Missouri governor candidate.
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the Treasury
Republican Party
Treasury Department
Republican Party Splits Threaten Its National Rise
The Republican party, nearly twenty years old, faces unprecedented internal feuds from Maine to Kansas. Leaders like Mamlin, Morvill, Maderite, Deaconlto, Sanborne, Jaynes, Logan, Oglasby, Washburne, Ames, Alvora, and Casey clash over nominations and power. The piece warns the party is collapsing as infighting spreads from state to state.
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Republican Party
Maine
Mamlin
Morvill
Miaine
Himeself
Massachueetts
Maderite
Deaconlto
Commonwealth
Worcester
New York
Sanborne
Jaynes
Illenois
Logan
Oglasby
Washburne
Necos
South Carolina
Louisiana
Counting Chickens in the Shell in Illinois Politics
The Illinois Radical factions split over who should be the next president as General Logan and General Oglesby clash for influence. Governors Cullom and Beveridge seek higher offices while Washburne’s return fuels jockeying, with Democrats potentially deciding the outcome amid strong anti Republican majorities.
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Ilinois
Grant
Logan Ling
Cieneral Oglesby
Logan
Oglesby
Ciov
Beveridge
Washburne
France
Secretary Richardson Again Selling Gold
Secretary Richardson is linked to March gold sales and rumored to join a banking house with foreign interests. The piece also notes a long‑standing claim of Treasury ties and potential management influence on U S finance, referencing past figures and questionable shifts toward European capital. Brandon of Callaway County, a Civil War veteran, died in Fulton at age 52.
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Richardson
Treasury Department
Ball Banking-House
AML
Yokura
Turciya Intercata
McCullough
Tha ‘Treasur
Wichardson
Partica
Roblrt
Brandon
Callaway County
Fulton
Ifo
Halifax County
Virginia
Dyne
Minnesota Governor Fights Pay Raise Clause
Governor Davia of Minnesota calls the legislative appropriation bill flawed for a clause boosting the governor's salary by twenty percent. He refused to sign the bill until the clause was struck, earning commendation for resisting the raise.
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Fiovernor Davia
Minnesota
Ilo
War era to the empire state of the south remains noted
The item surveys political shifts and legal actions across several states. It mentions a Tennessee call for a Johnson faction convention, a divorce case in circuit court, Pennsylvania legislative salaries, Missouri railroad subsidies, Philadelphia political rot, and New Jersey school mandates. It also notes debates on direct senate elections and Missouri gubernatorial speculation.
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Rma
Empire
South
Col
Colyer
Tennessee
Johnson
Missouri
St. Jo
Honda
T Hat Eastern Corporation
Philadelphia Ia
Centennial Exposition viewed as costly hoax
The Sedalia Democrat denounces the Centennial International Exposition as an expensive fabrication aimed at Congress for a 3 million dollar start. It argues no congress or Missouri legislature should fund the Vienna scandal, urging the event remain non international and criticizing Simon Cameron for pressuring large outlays.
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Sedalia Democrat
United States
Congress
Simon Cameron
Vienna
Missouri
Simon
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