Republican Party Report on Civil War Victory and Reconstruction
The National Convention publishes a summary of Republican achievements since the war, including suppression of rebellion, emancipation, restored currency and debt payment, industrial growth, and growing trade. It outlines principles for continued governance, education, religion, labor, immigration, and civil service reform, urging support for Hayes and opposing Democratic efforts.
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Republican Party
U. S
Congress
Resolutions reaffirm GOP positions on schooling currency and rights
The text states support for free public schools funded by taxation free of sectarian influence and open to every child, calls for strong national protection of citizens including naturalized ones, and defends election integrity and a sound currency backed by coin. It also praises the resumption of specie payments and the Republican economic policy.
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Congress
Republic
Pacific
United States
Democratic Party
Indus
Notain
Ke Oa
Republican Party
C. A. Arthur
George F. Hoar
County Republican Convention Nominates County Offices
At 10 o clock a m the convention will nominate a county ticket and handle other business. Nominations for Clerk of the Court Treasurer Prosecuting Attorney and Infirmary Director will be made. All Republicans in the county are requested to be present. H C Glenn Chairman U H Hester Secretary.
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John Sherman
Republican Party of
Ohio
South
Republican Party
Chicago
President Hayes
Republicans of
van Wert County
Mass
van Wert
H. C. Glenn
U. H. Hester
Ohio Central Rairoad
Bucyrus
Malt Bitters CO
Boston
Republican County Convention Called for August 31
A notice informs members the Republican County Convention will meet in the courthouse on Tuesday August 31 to appoint delegates and discuss party business.
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Republican County Convention
Fort Wayne Club Disbands Amid Flushed Farewell Trumpets
A Young Men’s Hancock and English Club organized in Fort Wayne has dissolved after a ceremonial flourish of trumpets marking its end.
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Fort Wayne
Candidates' Acceptance Letters Print in Bulletin Fourth Page
The acceptance letters of General Hancock and Hon. W. H. English, Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees, are printed on the fourth page of today’s Bulletin.
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Hancock
W. H. English
Bulletin
Hundred Day Men oppose Lang ticket in Ohio
The Hundred Day Men of Ohio who backed the war oppose LANG at the top of the Democratic ticket. Lang led the ticket and opposed the war and denounced the National Guard act as a bill to stamp out the remaining liberty in Ohio.
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Ohio
Lang
Ohio National Guard
Senator Ben Hr Under Fire For Loyalty Allegations
A Georgia man’s loyalty is questioned as a Southern Claims Commission episode resurfaces. A letter from the Georgia Senator certifies the claimant’s loyalty to the Confederacy, while prior endorsements claimed Union loyalty. The dispute suggests dishonesty or forgetfulness by Senator Ben Hr and calls for further scrutiny.
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Ben Hr
Southern Claims Commission
Southern
Georgia
Union
Cressus Returns Across States and Territory
Official and estimated returns from sixteen states and one territory total over half the nation’s population. Figures for 1880 and 1870 list state totals for Illinois Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island and others, with combined totals at 27,870,370 for 1880 and 21,372,789 for 1870.
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Cressus
Weiseoune
Ohio
Pennsy Man
Rhode Island
Amis Ico
Enthusiastic Welcome for General Garfield on Tour
The narrative of General Garfield’s journey from Mentor to New York portrays a sweeping, spontaneous reception at each station. Reports emphasize that large crowds reflect revived Republican energy, signaling renewed commitment to the impending election and the party’s historic enthusiasm.
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Garfield
Mentor
New York
Republican Party
Boons Nominated for Congress in Fifth District
The Lima Gazette notes the District Convention nominated William K. Boons as Republican candidate for Congress in the 5th District. It praises Boons as a reliable business man and advocate, yet asserts his election is unlikely with seven thousand majority against him. It suggests if other counties match Allen county’s support, Ben Le Fevre would gain a reduced majority.
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William K. Boons
Congress
Boom
Mr. Boone
Allen County
Ben. LE Fevre
Boone
General Weaver Attacks Southern Mob Tactics
General Weaver declares unimpeachable testimony of a Democratic mob breaking up a Republican meeting at Montgomery Alabama one week before a rival rallied. He cites General Burke as a speaker driven from the stand and a Montgomery solicitor calling to outvote but count them out. He urges loyal states to rally as in 1861 to preserve Republicanism.
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General Weaver
Montgomery
Alabama
Burke
Mobile
States
Cincinnati Gazette
Washington
Hancock
Tennessee
Indiana
Arkansas
Connecticut
Louisana
Texas
Governor’s Island
Joaquin Miller
South
West Point
Sam Cox
Russia
Bill English
W. B. Franklin
Chesterfield
2Nd Dragoons
Williamsburg
Gettysburg
Cuba
Garfield ends up in dispute over Supreme Court citation
The piece challenges an earlier opinion attribution to Justice Swayne in the Garfield case, noting the cited language came from Ex Senator DooLittle and that several Democratic figures defend Garfield. It recounts reactions from The World, The Enquirer, and remarks by figures like Stephens Felton Watterson and Black, plus Cincinnati political turmoil surrounding Hoffman and the sinking fund.
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Times
Justice SwayNe
Degolyer
Garfield
New York World
J. R. DooLirrer
Lima Gazette
Clymer
van Wert Times
James R. DoorrrrLe
United States
DoorrrrLe
Washington
Cincinnati Enquirer
Alt
Diegolyer
Supreme Court
Morney
Doolittle
Chicago
Wma
Seney Hurlbut
Burcu
Senate
Jeremiah Black
Hancock
Paris
Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Auto Chronicle
Credit Mobilier
Stephens
Hayes
Felton
House
Cincinnati
Hoffman
Democracy
The
Enquirer
Republican Central Committee Named at Lima Convention
At the Lima convention last Saturday the Republican Congressional Convention appointed a Central Committee including Joseph Morris, W C Tingle, Henry Mosier, Ina P. Shissler, William Binkley, Lewis L. Gorton, Frank S. Cully and others. The committee will meet in Lima at ten o'clock in the morning next Tuesday.
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Lima
Allen
Josph Morris
Putnam
W. C. Tingle
Mercer
J. W.conkling
van Wert
Ina P. Shissler
Auglaize
Henry Mosier
Shelby
William Binkley
Lewis L. Gorton
Defiance
Frank S. Cully
Boone Nominated by Republicans at Convention
The Republican Congressional Convention last Saturday nominated Colonel Boone for Congress though the gathering was not large in numbers.
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Colonel Boone
Congress
Meaning and politics of reconciliation in Harper's Weekly
The piece questions the word reconciliation and asks if the South can be forgiven. It argues true reconciliation requires equal civil and political liberty for all, and warns that granting power to the slaveholding South would deny constitutional equality and undermine loyalty to the Union. It criticizes Democratic tactics and Hancock as offering false potential for sectional harmony.
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Harper’s Weekly
John Kelly
Cincinnati
Hancock
New York
Popu
Congress
York
Republican Party
America
Cardinal Patment
Evi
Nion
Uiland
Woman Declares Birth Baffles Hungarian Trial
A Hungarian court exonerated a woman arrested for receiving stolen goods by accepting her defense that she was an infant. Born Jewish, she was baptized Roman Catholic six months earlier and the tribunal ruled birth dates align with baptism, deeming the forty year old woman only six months old.
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Presburg
Hungary
North Carolina Man Tries to Chop Tree for Coon Little Reward
A North Carolina man toils long hours to fell a tree housing a possum but refuses to split wood enough to cook a supper. The pursuit described is not a sport.
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North Carolina
Arthur letter to Hoar on election integrity and public service
President Arthur endorses Republican arc of reform, urges protection of elections and civil rights, supports merit based appointments and responsible public service. He cites currency stability, education, tariffs, internal improvements, and warns against Democratic expansion and federal overreach. The letter reflects party priorities and appeals for faithful governance.
Farmer talk amid a rough harvest in Methuen
In a Boston Post fragment two Methuen farmers discuss crop troubles. One asks about hay quality while the other laments that some fields lack bottom and heart, signaling poor yields this year.
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Josh
Methuen
Boston Post
Garfield to Hoar on Republican platform and national unity
James A. Garfield writes from Mentor on July 10 1589 accepting the Republican nomination. He asserts national sovereignty civil rights for all citizens and federal role in education finances and immigration while urging restraint on state power and endorsing the Chicago Convention program.
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Chicago
United States
Congress
Union
South
Republican Party
Ani
Treasury
Mississippi
Jeferson
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Coast
China
James A. Garfield
George F. Hoar
Chania Ot
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Rutherford St. Hayes
House of Representatives
Maine
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Republican State Platform
Commaussioney
Colonel Boons
Swayne
Swayyne
Henry Watterson
General Garfield
Si Hoffman
Cleveland
Julius Dexter
Sinking Fund Commission
Kumler
Justice Marchant
O’connor
General Assembly
Urbana
Bellefountaine
A. H. Windsor
Miami County
Clyde
J. H. Kintz
E. T. Gettins
N. B. Arthur
Marysville
Henry Koch
Findlay
C. A. Croninger
Driesbach
Newark
London
England
Ohio Central
General Hancock
Eiis Democratic
Arthur
Barnum
Pittsburg
Kingston
L. F. Guckenheimer
Drvug
Teubner’s
Rochester Democrat-Chronicle
K. V. Olney
Asia
Jamaica
Gilliland’s
York Township
Washington Street
Cherry
Walnut
East Main Street
D. A. Hackecorn
Ies
Oo. P. Clark & Son
Ryyo
Board of Commissioners of
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Wert County
H. C. Mills
South Avenue
Town Creek
A. EK. Baker
Couneil
Henry Robinson
J. P.malick, van Wert, O
Root & Company
Calhoun Street
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, N. J
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A.J. Holman & CO
Philadelphia
Phenix Insurance Company
State OF Ohio
Columbus
Brooklyn
Joseph F. Wright
State of
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