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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1876
Page
2
The piece surveys Democratic disarray with New York influence and inflation battles, notes West and East rifts, and critiques Congressional leadership woes. It also lauds Gov. Hartranft’s Pennsylvania inaugural, praising public support, his modest yet firm address, and a governance ethic centered on public welfare and reform.
An adjourned meeting in Harrisburg on January 15 included representatives from numerous counties and the State Fish Commissioners. A long bill detailing a digest revision and amendment to the game law passed, to be laid before the Legislature in its current session. The association adjourned after other routine business.
The State editorial association met in Harrisburg on the 19th and elected officers for the year. Br. F. Myers became president. vice presidents include A. K. McClure, J. B. G. Kinslee, and F. H. Braggins. R. S. Menamin is secretary treasurer. J. G. Hawley and John A. Mav ee serve as corresponding and assistant secretaries. The group adopted a resolution urging the Legislature to reenact the 1856 libel law.
The Crawford county Republican Committee debated adopting the proportionate delegate system but failed. They agreed to submit the current Crawford system and alternative Erie or Clarion county methods to Republican voters at the primary for choice. In Huntingdon county Rev M P Doyle faced dissolution issues after leaving Devon and Doyle. Doyle may be liable for firm debts due to an unpaid printing bill.
Axp reports coal companies agreed to suspend anthracite mining for five weeks to curb overproduction. All coal interests were represented at the meeting in New York last week. In Virginia the birth anniversary of Gen. Lee was solemnly observed on the 19th with honors, as Washington had been honored in the past. Pennsylvania ranks second in the nation for built and operating railways, Illinois first.
Morrison in his Congressional Directory draft left out his military service claiming no space. The note contrasts with Blaine era views on Union service. Also obituary notes the wife of ex-President Johnson died at her daughter’s home near Greenville Tennessee on Saturday night January 13.
Political dispute arises as the Democracy voices anger toward Ben Hill accusing him of revealing sensitive information too soon. The dispute centers on timing and public expectations surrounding the new policy.
Harrisburg reports say the new county bill gains strength with friends rallying across the state while opponents hold steady. Committee members including Eldred, Hannon, M Nite, and Platt back the bill, with Plummer as chair. A key provision would set county seat removal and raise the 20,000 population threshold to 30,000 to pass.
The ninth annual meeting at Wesley Hall discussed ongoing deficits. For several years deficits persisted with $580.70 last year and $1,148.90 over three prior years. The piece notes misused funds from Browne’s Pershing speeches could have covered debts with less embarrassment.
Senator Anderson introduces a bill in the State Senate exempting a homestead valued at 1 500 and select personal property for home use from levy and sale. A second bill restricts waivers of exemptions from distress for rent except in specified cases and allows charter mortgages in the state.
Mr. Tucker of Virginia opposed the Centennial appropriation saying the United States are not a nation and the South had no reason to celebrate. The Democratic Committee met in Harrisburg and set the March 22 convention in Lancaster. Senator McMonthan proposed appeals from assessments to the Court of Common Pleas. Hon. James Beck was elected U.S. Senator from Kentucky.
Former Jamestown senator Frexton winters in Florida and last week delivered a speech in Jacksonville highlighting regional concerns and national policy priorities.
In New York on January 14 1876 a mutual council to review Plymouth Church membership actions against Mrs Moulton collapsed. Clergy Dr Storrs and Dr Buddington refused to serve after Plymouth Church protested their partiality, delaying further proceedings and prompting counsel Van Cott to denounce the move as unjust and evasive.
The New York Tribune criticizes Democrats for appointing a man who named his child John Wilkes Booth, seven years after Lincoln's murder, arguing the party bears responsibility for such an assignment through Morrison Kerr and their leadership. The piece denounces the clerk as emblematic of vile partisan choices and calls for accountability.
The speech warns of a dangerous effort to concentrate power among whites in the South and strip Black citizens of civil rights. It argues the Democrats aim to reconstruct the South on a white man’s base and banish the Republican party, urging vigilance as Northern factions may share these aims. Senate remarks dated January 19 1876.
The piece notes 6805 miles of railroad in Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh spelling dispute over Pittsburg. It mentions nine cities with free mail delivery including Erie, plus 1875 bankruptcy filings in Pittsburgh area: 250 petitions, debts $12 million, assets under $6 million, with a “fifty cents on the dollar” view. It also profiles Emma Britton of Lewisburg, a 140 pound 15 year old who jumps 15 feet on skates, runs 100 yards in 13 seconds, drinks, smokes, talks horses, swims half a mile, and will not marry.
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