Ledger notes and political talks in Warren edition
The Ledger reports on finances and debt, urging revenue reform and tax relief. It cites Buffalo Bill in London, a Kansas farmers assembly, and Roscoe Conkling speculation, with notes on Major Paonze’s death and Spies in Chicago. A Harrisburg charter for the Erie Butler and Pittsburgh railway is included, alongside editorials urging tariff changes and labor protections.
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Harrisburg
Erie, Butler and Pittsburg Railway Company
Erie
Crawford
Mercer Counties
Greenville
Shenango
Butler
Tariff talk and national finance drive political strategy
The Henry Clews circular warns that prosperity may choke business without action to ease the money supply. Administration circles discuss tariff reduction with Secretary Fairchild aiming to concentrate Democrats in Congress and Senate on a reform bill as administration policy. Wage comparisons across states challenge tariff impact, showing vast regional wage differences and debunking a simple link between tariffs and labor pay. The Michigan labor party gains momentum with a strong farmer vote base.
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Henry Clews & Co
Sairchild
House of Representatives
Senate
Randall and
Carlisle
Congress
House
Democratic Party
Fairchild
Maine
Minnesota
Jackson
Connecticut
Kentucky
North Carolina
Michigan
Massachusetts
Trouble Brews Over State Treasurer Nomination In Republican Camp
Partisan tensions flare as battles unfold over the state treasurer nomination with Hart Grimeson Boyer and True cited as top contenders. Quay's backing may decide the winner, while county and district offices see crowded fields. Democrats yet to firm up, and local races shape the convention scene.
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William B. Hart
T. J. Grimeson
Boyer
Representative True
Susquehanna County
Quay
Brace
Warren
W.38. Holman
Elk
N. P. Curtis
Conewango
John A. Spetz
Pittsfield
R. A. Siggins
Youngsville
L.T. Putnam
Pize Grove
P. N. Robinson
South West
M. Crocker
Brokenstraw
N. Mead
Corydon
Register and Recorder
H. Briggs
J. W. Dunkle
Higging
Higgins
Alien
Bruce
E.A. Pelton
Freehold
Mead
J. Clinton
Darius Mead
Democratic Party
Briggs
Supreme Court rejects tax on mortgages owned by corporations
The court voids state attempts to tax mortgages in corporate hands under older acts, noting later laws provide a complete substitution. It casts doubt on whether 1844 and 1846 acts remain in force and highlights a two million dollar loss to the state. Reform of revenue laws and legislative delay are blamed on the senate leader, with critics calling the Republicans muddlers.
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Supreme Court
Green
Commonwealth
Senate
Boom the Town at Cambridge Meeting Sparks Poem
A Cambridge Ohio citizens gathering set to the tune of My Maryland featured the verse Boom the Town praising local resources. A later Spring Creek union meeting on May 26 1887 adopted mourning resolutions for Miranda Garcelon noting her valued council service and expressing sympathy to her family.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Maryland
Shrine Creek
Spring Creek Union
Miranda Garcelon
Spring Creek
Warren and Corry
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