Local Electoral Slate and Officials Listed
The document lists presidential electors at large Benj H Brewster and John H Chalfant from Philadelphia and Allegheny, district electors including Miles L Tracy and Jeremiah Lyons, and various county offices with named candidates such as Sheriff Henry Brace of Youngsville Prothonotary Ss W Waters Warren Coroner Sterling Green of Kinzua and Warren Academy Trustee M Miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benj
HW. Brewster
John H. Chalfant
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Dist
Miles L. Tracy
S. W. Starkweather
Daniel J. Morrell
Jeremiah Lyons
William Hay
William Cameron
J. B. Donley
Daniel O'Neill
William Neeb
Andrew B. Berger
M. Jackson
James Westerman
W. W. Wilbur
BOR
W.M. Lindsey
Warren
WM. B. Acocks
Pittsfield
W.w.connely
Deerfield
Henry Brace
Youngsville
Ss. W. Waters
Sterling Green
Kinzua
Warren Academy
M. Miles, Esq
N. P. Morrison
Tidioute
Democratic rhetoric and tariff defense cited in PA issue
A Pennsylvania perspective condemns Democratic appeals to workers as demagogic and insulting. It asserts Tilden Hendricks oppose tariffs, risking factory closures, and warns free trade would flood the market with cheap European goods, harming labor and state prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledger
The
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
Tilden
Hendricks
Europe
The Cry of Sectionalism in the Presidential Contest
The author argues sectional warfare in the South aims to regain national power by disenfranchising Black voters. He contends Northern fairness contrasts with Southern violence including midnight ambuscades and pistol attacks. Responsibility is placed on the South, not the North, for the current strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Colorado landslide for Hayes and Wheeler gains
Colorado voted Republican last week by about 2000 for governor and ticket, a near 4000 shift since the last general election. Democrats had carried Congress delegate by 2163, but now Republicans win two U.S. Senators and three electors. Carry the news to Tilden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Tilden
Reform
Congress
Hayes
Wheeler
Union
U.S
Governor Tilden’s horse riding noted in New York Times critique
The Times remarks on Gov Tilden riding two horses at once in opposite directions and calls it less graceful than hoped. It notes a solitary Democratic gain in Colorado and predicts it may be their only victory before sundown, suggesting roosters to crow over it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Watson nominated after long district deadlock in Warren
The article celebrates Col. Lewis F. Watson of Warren as the Republican Congressional nominee for the Twenty seventh district on the 272d ballot at Franklin. It lauds his self made career, business leadership in lumber banking and oil, and his fit to represent Erie Warren and Venango counties, with endorsements from press and party leaders and a large home turnout in Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Lewis F. Watson
Franklin
Col. Watson
Warren
McDowell
Congress
Archibald Tanner
Youngsville
Warren Academy
R. Brown
Scofield
Col. Curtis
Washington
Col. Drake
Titusville
Erie County
Venango
L. F. Watson
Erie Dispatch
Reed
Watson
Erie City
Colonel Watson
John Watson
Osmer
Venango County
Oil City Times
Derrick
Erie
Col. L. F. Watson
Warren County
Pennsylvania
Erie Gazette
W. W. Reep
P. R. Gray
George W. Brigham
G. S. Criswell
Republic
J. H. Osmur
Democratic victory not suited to Southern prosperity says Cincinnati paper
The Cincinnati Commercial argues that Southern prosperity requires peace and goodwill, not old Confederate policies. It warns that the Democratic position mirrors past errors that led to trouble and division, likening Southern massacres to Bleeding Kansas and urging Northerners to see Solid South as undoing war work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
South
Kansas
North
Reflection on loyalty and consequences of pardoning rebellion
A letter by J. W. DeForest warns against restoring power to the South and paying rebel claims. He urges reverence for patriotic leaders and insists the North must resist abdicating to a pardoned rebellion seeking political unity. He cautions against national self-condemnation and loss of self-respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. DeForest
South
Ingersoll Infidelity Sparks Faithful Meeting
Nasby reports a Toledo Blade account of a protest meeting against Col Ingersoll’s alleged infidelity. A presiding speaker quotes resolves opposing Infidelity and defending religion, with townsfolk debating Holy Writ and witnesses in local cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Ingersoll
Nasby
Toledo
Republikan
Wareas
Republikin Party
Hev
Bob Ingersoll
Illinoy
Ingersoll
Regler Township
Hoss
Democratic gains and hopeful business outlook in rebounding markets
The New York Herald notes genuine growth across leading New York businesses and hopeful expansion while urging citizens to maintain thrift. The Des Moines Register reports Polk County jail votes total eight, all for Tilden. A commenter says reform is necessary and may flee to Canada rather than accept rebel claims. J. R. Hoar seeks Congress against Gen. Butler in Massachusetts seventh district. Various papers nationwide claim brighter skies and better business prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
New York City
Des Moines
Iowa
Polk County
Tilden
The Worst Democrat Better Than The Best Black Republican
Fanando Wood of New York labels the worst man in the Democratic party as a superior standard to the best Black Republican. The Tribune urges readers to weigh the statement and its implications for Civil Service Reform and the party’s future policy under Tilden or other leaders.
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Baltimore Sun
Harrisburg Patriot
England
Democratic Party
Fanando Wood
New York
the Tribune
Wood
Congress
Tilden
Reform Democracy's Great Moral Spectacle Misunderstood Abroad
The piece argues that foreign observers would see Reform Democracy as a powerful yet controversial movement for political reform. It claims the party thrives in crime-ridden districts, is led by gamblers and violators, lacks education and unity aside from a shared aim to seize all offices.
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Democratic Party
Reform
Federal troops defend civil rights amid southern unrest
The piece defends Federal soldiers as guardians of American citizenship, argues they restrain riots and protect churches and schools, and criticizes opponents who fear their presence. It cites Douglass on Tilden, notes F A Beamish’s indictment for embezzlement and forgery, and calls Democratic reform necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
States
F. A. Beamish
Harrisburg
Tax Payers Association of Scranton
Where the Shoe Pinches and Election Rhetoric
The Ledger editor is accused of political bias as Allen, Stone, Lindsey, Wilbur, and Reeves face criticism for Democratic speeches. A post‑election report from Aveusta notes a small, largely Democratic vote amid Republican suppression, decrying disenfranchisement and urging unity of North and South to prevent a 'lost cause' victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ledger
Messrs
Allen
Stone
Lindsey
Wilbur
Reeves
Aveusta
Georgia
Republicans Gain Ground in Connecticut Statewide Vote
The speaker notes Republicans won every town in last week’s local elections and made gains across the state. Ingersoll’s margin was 6,521 last year, now halved, with promise to finish the task in November and carry Hayes and Wheeler to victory as regional waves sweep in.
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Connecticut
Ingersoll
Andarry
Hayes
Wheeler
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Warren Mail
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ohio
William A. Wheeler
Warren Co
Senate
Hion
C. W. Stone
Joan W. Walker
M. B. Lowry
Butterfield
Canada
Jupan E. R. Hoar
Gen. Butler
Massachusetts
Democratic Reform
Union City
Andy Curtin
Erie Observer
Curtin
Dr. Rice
Rice
J. F. Wells & Co
Ally
Norice
Bur Duny
Dintna Hall
Hickory Street
Nell
Will Smith
Roscoe Hall
D. Goodsell
Hyers Sisters
Sam Lucas
First National Bank of Warren
Tional Bank of
Aot
Uclodet Z, Losa
Resources
Banke Banking House
Total
Moses Beecher
First National Bank of
M. Beecher
State OF
H. E. Brown
H. Eddy
Boon Mead
C. McDaniels
G. Reiff
D. H. Wilder
Corry, Pa
Remo
New Boot and Shoe Store
P. Gruber, JR
Allen Block
Ape Wow
Vari Ae Hall
Gross & Bro’s
City Dry Goods Store
Jamestown
Warren, Fpa
D. M. Gross& Bro
Henry’s
Defendorf & Parsons
Variety Mall
Warren, Pa
D. H. Sanford
Eldred
John I. Sanford
Garland
Old Exchange
Wendelboe & Johnston
Third Street
R. Miles
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