News from Erie on political realignments and Hartranft fate
The Erie Convention and party ratings prompt comment on state and national politics. Reports cite Democrat gains in California and Pennsylvania as well as internal Republican criticism of Hartranft and Rawle. The New York Sun endorses reform against Treasury Ring and Grantism, urging independent voters to back Pershing.
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California
Senate
Assembly
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Erie
Hartranft
Rawle
Shay
Lancaster
Treasury
The
New York Sun
Union
Judge Pershing
Schuylkill County
Cameron-Mackey-Kembi
Erie Convention Shows Strong Democrat Momentum in State
Erie crowds converge on the State Convention with high expectations for electing the Democratic ticket. Judges Pershing and Piolett are praised for integrity and leadership as hard money advocates concede while business, farming, and banking communities rally behind Pershing for Governor and Piolett for State Treasurer. The county nucleus signals broad local support for the platform.
Cyrus N Pershing A Long Legal Career And Public Service
Cyrus N Pershing a Cambria county native born 1825 practiced law at Johnstown for years and served in public life as a Democrat not a violent partisan. He nearly defeated Colonel Edie for congress in 1856 in a strong Republican district and was re nominated in 1853 but defeated. He served five years in the legislature starting 1860 and later ran for supreme judge in 1869 losing by 791. In Schuylkill county two years ago he was elected president judge by a 3000 margin and has since devoted himself to judicial duties.
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Cyrus N. Pershing
Cambria County
Johnstown
Edie
Congress
Auntingdon
Blair
Cambria
Somerset
S. 5
Williams
Schuylkill County
Ryan
Politician Victor E Violett A Democratic Leader
Victor Emile Violett of Bradford County earliest schooling in that state, became a farmer and repeated Democratic candidate for Congress. He served in the state legislature in 1846 and 1847 and later ran for Congress in 1866 1868 and 1878, losing each time to Mercur. He held paymaster duties during the 1846 Mexican War before returning to farming. The piece notes his prominence in the Granger movement and party loyalty amid a Republican district. The report also mentions Erie hotel crowding during the Democratic State Convention and Maine’s reduced Republican majority.
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Victor Emile Violett
Wysox
Bradford County
John ©. Knox
Piolett
Congress
Mercur
Mexico
United States
Pennsylvan
Pittsburgh Post
Erie
Evie
Maine
Indicted Republicans Call for Unity to Oust Politicians
From the Pittsburgh Post, a call to liberate voters from corrupt Republican leadership. The piece accuses Republicans of extravagant waste and mismanagement, urging Liberal Republicans and others to join in expelling them and restoring honest governance. It frames the indictment as a reckoning and urges continued action.
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The
Pittsburgh Post
Republic
Pershing Seen as Vehicle for Reform in Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Times endorses Cyrus L. Pershing for Governor, praising his honesty, public service, and independence from party. compares him to Tilden, notes his role in exposing abuses in Schuylkill and county offices, and predicts Democratic gains with Reform at the helm. The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ti tusville Courier, and Pittsburgh Post are cited praising the Erie candidacy and Democratic campaign momentum.
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Friends of Reform
Judge Pershing
Tilden
New York
Empire State
Hoe
Bis Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Pershing
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh Post
Declaration of Principles and Reform Speech in 19th Century Politics
A lengthy platform denounces Jeffersonian ideals and demands immediate removal of entrenched officials. It calls for strict accounting in state finances, reduced taxation, limited public spending, and repudiates Republican monetary policy while urging unity with liberal Republicans to oust corrupt leadership.
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Thomus Jefferson
Oair
Lawiug
Treasury Department To & Je
Pally
House of Representatives
Commonwealth
Republican Party
Vuin
Penn
Luenvesens Aau al Pais
Giil
New Democratic State Committee Members Listed by District
The committee names district and member nominees including A H Laws, Jno M Campbell, Francis McBride, Theo A McDivitt, Henry C Olmstead, Albert H Ladner, N F Sellers, Jonathan Kershaw, Allen H Ieist, Henry Brobst, Montgomery Longaker, W Daves Grier, A J Steinmen, H CG Raymond, J S Dillinger, Wm Gossert, David Engleman, RB Monaghan, F A Beamish, Robt Swiveford, Geo W Heiges, Chas King, Wm B Rucy, Jos M Selheimer, Calvin M Duncan, and others listed by district up to 49th.
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New
Democratic State Committee
Erie
A. H. Laws
Philadelphia
Jno
M. Campbell
Phila
Francis McBride
Theos
A. McDivitt
Henry C. Olmstead
Albert H. Ladner
N. F. Sellers
Lebanon
David Engleman
Easton
J. Monaghan
West Chester
F. A. Beamish
Scranton
R. B. Frat
Tiazelton
Jos. Lyim
Maud Chunk
W. W. Kingsbury
Towanda
J. C. Ammmerman
Danville
A. B
Chambersley
W. W. Betts
Clearfield
John Porter
Ebensburg
John H
Dod
Miller
Allegheny City
BJ. Bradley
Pittsburgh
Dom Coyle
Frank P. Laughran
Freeman Brady, Jr
Washing
R. W. Glendening
New Castle
B. J. Morris
Warren
M. Kuhn
Eric
M. Park Davis
Meadville
Disaster at Sea Sinks Propeller Equinox After Storm
The propeller Equinox bound from Saginaw to Chicago with salt and towing the lumber schooner Emma E Miyes sank near Point au Sable about 2 a m Friday after a sudden line cast off call. Captain Dwight Scott of Cleveland and all 21 others perished. the schooner Mages survived to report the tragedy.
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Cascado, Int
Chicago
Bay City
Mich
Emma E. Miyes
Point Au Sable
Woodworth
Dewitt Scott
Cleveland
Dwight Scott
Ironside
de Colwell
Caspman
Buffalo
Minnie Scott
Hattie Scott
Captain Scott
Saginaw
Lusk
Emma A. Mayes
Lee
Minnesota Wheat Troubles Bring Widespread Losses And Doom
A Minnesota correspondent reports wheat ruined by two weeks of rain leaving stalks rotted and heads sprouting green, turning a once bountiful harvest into a marketless mass. Corn backward, oats strong, potatoes good, Scott County yielding record per acre, while Maine election results show a shrinking Republican majority and party.
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Scott County
Maine
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Erie Observer
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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Erie Platform
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N.Y
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Sharp
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Butterick
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Augiot Hin
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John Grindley
Water Street
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