Pinchback proceedings rerun on deck in March 1875
The Troy Herald reports ongoing Pinchback proceedings with “to be continued” notes. Postponement of elalus, accusations against a colored legislator seeking 6300 for support, and a look at Jefferson graft and salaries. Senate confirmations loom as Congress debates retrenchment and per diem pay for lawmakers.
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Wash ington City repairs and Hawaiian reciprocity news
A treasury department wagon repair costs 2600.99 and a wheelbarrow repair 23.75. The Senate ratified the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty allowing duty free trade on many goods but forbidding port leases to other powers. A Callaway representative proposed amnesty for the James and Younger gangs. the measure failed.
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Call for sinking fund to pay state debt annually
Writer urges the General Assembly to create a sinking fund dedicated to servicing state indebtedness. Proposes levying taxes to meet annual needs instead of issuing new bonds at discounts. Argues that continual bond issuance keeps debt unpaid and suggests a target of paying about a million dollars yearly to reduce principal and interest.
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Inauguration Day and the Sunday Fallacy Explained
The Louis Dispatch argues against the idea that an interim president would serve twenty four hours on Inauguration Day March fourth 1877. It recalls precedents in 1821 and 1849 and notes Chief Justice Marshall upheld the outgoing president must stay until the successor is inaugurated.
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Letters discuss Wickham appointments and Porter’s role
A reader letter questions Wickham’s recent appointees Burton Surri vor as private secretary to the Mayor and John Porter as head of a department. The writer argues many claims are overstated, urges evaluating Porter as Commissioner of Public Works for his engineering abilities, and defends Morrison era omissions while calling for patriotic public service.
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Tennessee bill aims to nullify civil rights law text
A reformulated bill in the Tennessee legislature proposes that hoteliers may refuse service to guests and that refusal carries no civil damages, criminal action, or forfeiture. The draft alters obligations to host or entertain guests and limits legal recourse against innkeepers.
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Pension bill for widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers
Among other proceedings of the late Radical congress was a bill proposing to pension the widow and orphan children of the soldiers killed at Cententin by a detachment of irregular Confederate soldiers said to have been commanded by the captured ranger Captain Bin Amerson.
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