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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1885
Page
4
The Democratic County Convention will be held in Warren Pennsylvania on Tuesday June 40th 1965 at 1 PM to nominate candidates for county offices and elect delegates to the State Committee. Primaries set for Saturday June 27 188 with details on borough and township delegate allocation.
A local Republican county convention toppled the Warren ring and installed a new ticket praised by the Mail as capital. The paper notes some members claim a better slate could have been chosen but concedes the convention did its best despite ring opposition. The Mail withholds full comment due to lack of instructions from the Warren faction.
A friend notes Mr Blaine’s belief that his political arc mirrors Henry Clay. Both moved from their home states to Kentucky or Maine, led state legislatures, and served as House speakers. Clay became a U S senator and secretary of state. Blaine followed similar steps including multiple presidential bid attempts amid Texas policy letters.
The article argues New York swung to the Democrats in 1844 and again in 1884 due to Birney and St John votes. It notes Blaine might have won New York in a prior year if not for St John and Clay’s repeated defeats. The author draws a parallel between Blaine and Clay, suggesting it will endure.
A New York trade review notes dull general trade in summer but expects improvement soon. Bank reserves rise while Clearing House exchanges fall. Merchants report strong cotton and woolen fabric purchases from jobbers in the West and South. Production remains limited and surplus manufacturers are shrinking. If conservatism continues, a substantial revival basis may form and idle money shift to productive enterprise.
The New York Sun lauds Secretary Manning for widespread reform in the Treasury, cutting Internal Revenue Bureau staff to save about a half million dollars in three months and predicting a million-dollar annual saving. It notes retrenchment across divisions, reducing indirect taxes and dismissing hundreds of Republican officeholders to align with business principles. The New York Post reports sweeping changes in internal revenue collectors, with many new appointments and a goal to remove Republican collectors nationwide. A separate note cites a call by National Greenback Labor leaders for an Erie state convention on August 12. A case against Rev. J M Dewoody proceeds after venue change, while a Washington dispatch mentions General W Krzyanowski’s reappointment due to service record, not politics.
A note states that despite advanced age the individual can perform office duties satisfactorily. He was appointed at a daily salary of four dollars, with the author indicating partisan affiliation did not influence the decision. The record emphasizes merit over party lines.
The author argues licensing crime by halves poisons justice and inflates costs. Citing Prescott and Jefferson, the piece condemns state and church indulgences that permit alcohol sales under restrict. It contends ministers of justice are complicit when licenses grant or refuse permits, creating crime and inequality.
In a June 24 piece from Galen Henry Baxter laments that local option licenses have failed to curb crime in Warren County. He argues the law shifted power from people to courts, enabling licensed vice, with witnesses coerced and costs imposed on complainants. The piece urges elimination of such licensing to preserve public honor.
Maggs Mitchell and family summering at Long Branch. Louis Kossuth, aged eighty three, remains an avid botanist. Actress Lillian Spencer allegedly has a novel in press titled Who Did It. Senator Logan to be hosted by Norfolk Club in Bog ton on the 26th. Mayor Harrison says Chicago gambling ends except in hotels and church fairs. Evangelist Sam Jones denies Negro birth rumors. NY Journal of Commerce editor claims no vacation in over forty years. Lady Hayter active with London Liberals. Vermont rumors flag Edmunds for re election. London journalists to receive monument for fallen correspondents. Andrew D White among NY GOP gubernatorial prospects. Efforts to bridge Harrigan Hart rift fail. Hart to work solo, Harrigan forms own company. Rose Coghlan likely to star next season with another play. Simon Nahm to manage. Coghlan rested in Yorkers for summer. Richard Short, who shot at Captain Phelan, privately marries Kate Deasy. Short’s first wife died recently in Cork. Mionie H Vorhis, Spencer NY, graduates Elmira College winning Hall prize. Brooklyn Union accuses essay theft from an old Scribner’s article.
In a special election in Marth Lust voters approved bonds of 520,000 to fund waterworks. The tally was 169 in favor and 23 against, with plans to market the bonds, likely sold to a bank. The item appears in the Brooklyn Eagle as part of INS AND OUTS.
The Funeral Directors Association of Warren Crawford and Erie counties met in Meadville on June 17 with P Greenland representing Warren. President D M McCall of Tidioute opened the session and urged professional standards, temperate habits, and unity to elevate and protect the profession.
Children's Day observances marked both the M E and Presbyterian churches with well attended services and tasteful decorations. J P Foote will speak at 11 a m next Sabbath in the M E church. In Spain, Mu rcia reports 311 deaths and 730 new cases. 30,000 residents fled Murcia amid a melancholy scene.
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