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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1876
Page
4
The item reviews national conventions and candidates with Republican and Democratic updates. It notes Warren county Republicans selecting delegates, mentions a new paper in Wellsville, and discusses Greenback, fusion, and Purification debates. It covers Tippling and Avery pardons, religious disturbances in Taru, and Louisiana political tensions with retrenchment themes.
A Lincoln county meeting discussed a proposed plan to elect delegates by school district with votes in proportion to Democratic strength. The group endorsed using district votes to form a fair county convention, favoring unpledged delegates and preventing log rolling. Debates included territorial versus population based schemes and a statewide pattern. The gathering elected delegates to the state convention and formed a county central committee with representatives from most townships.
Sheriff of Wilkinson county Mississippi says trouble is over after colored people fired on his posse. Leaders allegedly urged killings from cradle to grave. He claims arrests have been made and others may follow. Politics denied. prominent black men allegedly worked to calm riots.
The New York Sun credits Senator Thurman as one of the country’s leading statesmen and a potential first-class president, suggesting the newspaper’s praise is well warranted and not far from accuracy.
Telegrams from West Feliciana and Bayou Sara describe a mob clash after a white storekeeper was shot. Authorities report armed black and white groups, with several killed and many wounded, 500 to 1,100 mobilized, and calls for military aid from Louisiana and nearby counties as tensions flare in the bayou region.
The narrative describes regional unrest near Fort Adama with whites fearing raids by armed negroes, clashes at Pinckneyville resulting in multiple deaths, and tensions over Republican influence. Troop deployments and political maneuvering surround Kellogg and Grant as Louisiana politics grow disorderly.
Cor Port Tobarco Times reports that the current Democratic House shows less lobby influence as investigations proceed. Critics claim reform-minded members fear exposure, while a Washington gambler and a corrupt newspaper figure deride the Democratic majority and praise Republicans.
The Columbus Enquirer recalls freedmen and women decorating the graves of former masters on Memorial Day. Attendees heard an oration and many laid flowers and wreaths at resting places. The piece notes carpetbaggers and adventurers should leave in peace to avoid racial antagonism.
The Washington correspondent of the Boston Journal notes that likely presidential contenders from current prominent figures are wealthy. It cites Dialing as the richest Republican aide, Bristow and wife at about a quarter of a million, Jaye better off, Conkling above $100,000, Morton and Wheeler smaller fortunes, Tilden as the wealthiest Democrat with 4 to 6.5 million, Laing over a million, Thurman sizable, Bayard well-off, and Hancock in comfortable circumstances.
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