Hevada State Journal publication details
The Daily publishes telegraphic news daily except Mondays, while the Weekly appears on Saturdays. The paper is produced by Kelley and Webster with a local postal and address listing.
09 Jul 1892
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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1892
Page
1
The Daily publishes telegraphic news daily except Mondays, while the Weekly appears on Saturdays. The paper is produced by Kelley and Webster with a local postal and address listing.
The House with 332 members seeks passage of the Stewart Free Coinage bill. Silver advocates plan to force a vote, arguing a majority supports free coinage. Obstruction may occur, but a vote date is likely before mid July as supporters push the measure to the President.
Ex senator Charles B. Farwell mocks the shift in Republican leadership noting the president’s urging of William J Campbell of Illinois to chair the GOP national committee. Farwell recalls opposing Campbell for Chicago customs post as a professional lobbyist and questions the inconsistency. Campbell says he must resign due to his wife’s illness and lost business.
The Speaker said yesterday the Senate free coinage bill would be referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures. Bland asked for leave for the committee to sit during the House session, Tracey objected. A Rules Committee resolution seeks a day this month to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
The Senate passed a silver coinage bill allowing deposit of silver bullion for standard dollars to be legal tender for debts. The roll call shows 29 yeas, 16 Democrats, 11 Republicans, 2 by the People's Party, and 25 nays, 18 Republicans and 7 Democrats. Notable shifts include Gorman of Maryland and McKinley’s prior stance, with Carlisle and Hill also reflecting divergent positions.
The Omaha Convention nominated General J. B. Weaver of Iowa for president. Weaver, a Civil War veteran and former congressman, supports free coinage of silver and gold and opposed 1873 financial policy. Nevada voters prefer Weaver’s platform over gold standard candidates, praising his stance against Wall Street influence.
Prohibitionists nominated General John Bidwell of California for President. Born in Chautauqua County New York in August 1819, he lived in Erie Pennsylvania and Ohio before teaching in Missouri in 1829. He served in the Mexican War, held Sacramento state senate seat, was a California Congressman elected 1864, and moved through militia, conventions, and multiple gubernatorial bids from 1856 to 1886.
Andrew Carnegie, earning iron manufacturing profits over a million dollars annually, clashes with workers over pay. He argues higher tariffs justify lower wages in protected industries, while Gladstone jubilates over a Liberal majority outlook in Britain. In U.S. finance, Wall Street papers credit silver agitation with steering the Stewart Silver bill toward passage, seen as a win for silver advocates preferring prosperity.
The Omaha gathering of the People’s party opened with Taubeneck presiding and G P Bemis delivering an address urging a free silver platform. Speakers urged unity, denounced neglect of silver, and referenced a coming veterans’ reunion with adjournment set for Monday morning.
A Senate message announcing the passage of the Free Silver bill was met with applause. Congress discussed a conference report on the District of Columbia Appropriation bill and urged amendments for Grand Army encampment expenses. Blanchard submitted a River and Harbor conference report as the previous question was ordered. Yeas were 152 to 34. House adjourned after eulogies for Senator Wilson. Meanwhile Pirrspone reports Amalgamated Association funds at 250000 with potential rise to 500000, and pressure to redraft terms. Tammany endorsed Chicago platform and supported ticket.
Washington July 5 Hon W J Campbell chairman of the Republican National Committee announced he will resign due to conflicting engagements and will be replaced by an executive committee to be chosen by the party. Names mentioned include J H Manley Samuel Fessenden and Hobart. The report also covers silver bill references and District of Columbia appropriations amid Senate proceedings.
Senator Mander son introduced a bill to create a National Highway Commission with two Senators five Representatives key executive heads and an associate member from each state to study national highway needs and report to Congress. Also notes a People's Party executive committee in Omaha and a cyclone report from North Bucarieno with damage and injuries. Labor talks continue as hostility shows no sign of ending with adjourned talks looming. Court documents indicate a defense motion timeline extended to July 13 in a San Francisco mining case.
An East India missionary gives a retired physician a simple vegetable remedy said to cure consumption and nervous debility, offered free by mail in multiple languages. The excerpt shifts to a Chicago Tribune tale about a man who returns home late, missing a hot steak, and his wife’s culinary triumphs portrayed through a humorous curtain-lecture quip.
A reader from Macon Georgia shares how a liver regulator restored energy and mood by addressing digestive issues. The piece touts the product as a natural, non constipating remedy that offers lasting relief rather than temporary fixes.
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