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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1875
Page
2
The document lists Senate members by state with party designations and notes a forthcoming session on Sunday in March. It includes names such as Geo Goldthwaite Orrin Ferry James K. Kelly Roscoe Conkling and Henry Davis, alongside party labels and status notes.
The Local Option repeal bill passes third reading in the House by 128 yeas to 56 nays with a minority report. Supporters expect Senate action. a statewide temperance mass delegate convention in Harrisburg on March 4 aims to protest the change and urge repeal.
The tariff bill drew lengthy debate as supporters defended the revenue goals and a ten percent cut on manufactured goods. Judge Scofield urged acceptance as a necessary compromise while critics led by Chittenden and Illinois lawmakers pressed objections over whiskey taxes and protections, highlighting partisan tensions.
The Pipe Bill draws strong interest in Harrisburg and oil regions. Senator Strang, chair of the Finance Committee, says the state seeks to weigh how cheap transportation would affect railroad revenues and thus state finances. His motion to recommit failed 26 to 19 after opposition from McMillan and others.
Tourton Weep warns the third term blocks progress of the Republican party. He decries a Democratic return as unfit to govern and criticizes the President's actions in Louisiana. He attacks the White Leagues as mob violence against blacks, stating reconstruction remains as difficult as after the war.
The Syracuse Standard cautions readers and correspondents that communications should be concise and not heavily quoted or underscored. It argues for clearer editing before publication and stresses avoiding printing text in its raw form.
The Legislature approved a bill to relocate the state capital from Charleston to Wheeling, making the change law. The move, effective upon passage, ends years of debate over the capital site.
The piece recalls the 1872 Democratic platform declaring equality before the law and argues the party has since reversed stance. It questions honesty of Democrats in Congress and notes the shift from universal legal equality to opposition amid civil rights debates, urging readers to consider the record.
A New York Sun correspondent urges consumers to avoid dimming kerosene lamps. Turning the wick down wastes oil and fills rooms with gas, risking health, soot on mirrors and windows, and an unpleasant smell. Cases include a sickly girl and a mother checking a near-suffocating nursery.
G W Allen introduced a bill in the House summarized by the Tidioute News. It establishes maximum toll rates for oil transportation and bans combinations rebates and drawbacks. It classifies pipelines as common carriers and condemns discrimination in charges or facilities. It bars pipelines from oil refining buying or selling and prohibits combined capital stock or parallel lines. It prescribes penalties for violations.
The piece notes A. K. McCure will publish a daily Philadelphia newspaper called the Times starting the thirteenth of the month. It questions his independence as a Democrat ally, recalling his past alliance with Republicans and urging him to choose a side rather than hedge.
The Senate has passed House bids admitting Colorado and New Mexico as states. They were amended in the Senate and may not be concurred in by the House due to limited time before Congress expires on March 4. Colorado has long sought statehood despite small population and New Mexico has higher numbers but lower literacy.
Detroit Press notes that Grex. Wasnincrox first used the label banditti for armed opponents of law and not General Sheridan. The piece references the era’s rhetoric surrounding resistance to the whiskey tax in Pennsylvania.
A permit accident in New York last Thursday night caused a wall from a neighboring building to fall onto a church roof. Five or six people were killed and about twenty to thirty more were wounded as debris crushed the roof during services.
The Society will hold the next state fair at Easton, the same town as last fall, continuing the custom of meeting twice in the same location.
Orrwetx, the suspect in the Hammett family murder last fall, stepped down and out last Tuesday at Pittsburg, leaving unanswered questions about the case and future proceedings.
The bill passed the House on February 23 by 123 to 115. It raises duties on distilled spirits to 90 cents per proof gallon, adjusts cigar and cigarette taxes, expands molasses and sugar levies, and revises related tariff provisions while preserving prior shipboard and warehouse protections.
A Harrisburg correspondent reports Pennsylvania Republicans celebrate wins in Pittsburg and Allegheny while lamenting Philadelphia losses. Democrats failed to gain alderman seats as reform efforts yielded no victories, leaving GOP confidence renewed despite reform turnout.
The majority report argues for withdrawing Federal troops and letting Louisiana govern itself, echoing Jefferson Davis's wartime suggestion to be left alone.
The 43rd Congress ends on the fourth. the Senate meets in a special session while the House remains unorganized and unlikely to convene before December unless an extra session is called.
A New York Tribune note recalls Vice President Wilson's 20 years in the U S Senate beginning February 10 1859 in the Old Chamber now the Supreme Court Room. It notes 61 peers then, 37 deceased, 24 living with Hannibal Hamlin as the sole continuous survivor, and Wilson collecting 260 autographs with birth dates.
Edward Spangler, once charged with a subordinate role in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy, died recently in Maryland at the home of his former fellow-prisoner Dr. Mudd, with whom he had lived since both were released from Dry Tortugas by President Johnson.
Members of the Committee on Vice and Immorality protest repeal of the Local Option act urging its retention. They argue the measure reflects public will in 41 of 66 counties, protects sobriety and community welfare, and show repeal serves liquor interests. They cite Maine as evidence of prohibition success and urge passage to continue testing prohibition locally.
The column surveys diverse measures and events from Pennsylvania and nearby areas including factory counts in Pittsburg, river ice in Cleveland, a 4100 pound steer, railway surveys from Dunkirk, tariff shifts Buffalo to Detroit, large weight totals of brothers in Lancaster, and public notices of education bills, political alignments, and local civic actions across Meadville Titusville Erie and Corry. It also quotes the Louisville Courier Journal on civil war rhetoric and reports on church funding, theater censorship concerns, Knights Templar conclave plans, and a humorous railroad hat incident in Corry.
The piece reviews Arkansas politics with Brooks as de jure governor and Baxter’s disputed election, noting illegality of the later constitution, plus a six day walking race in Barnum’s Hippodrome offering $5,000. A Gothenburg fire destroys a watch factory with fifty-one lives lost and Thad Stevens the premier running stallion sells for $1,125 in San Francisco, far below his owner’s $15,000 valuation.
Sartoris reports 40000 dollars income while Beecher, Illinois seeks a name change. England endures heavy snow. Germany bars American potatoes. New York licenses pawnbrokers for 1000 dollars. Hudson ice crop surpasses New York wheat. Uncle Sam paid 330000 per Modoc slain. Holland's cremation society tops 1000 members. Rhode Island to build a state house if roof leaks tolerated by neighbors. Admiral Bell dies in New Brunswick at 77. Astor taxed 37000. court rules liable. Andrew Johnson delivers thirty senate speeches urging constitutional cling. Five John Smiths in Arkansas legislature hinder routine. Schuyler Colfax draws large audience in Washington with Lincoln lecture. 6000 dollars in engagements. Hoosac Tunnel throughput details and tragedy noted.
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