19 Jul 1884
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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1884
Page
1
An essay argues that true vacation requires leaving home and work behind, seeking distant rest rather than lingering at familiar places. It warns against shallow getaways and encourages professors, families, and pastors to flee daily life, even briefly, to restore mind and body.
San Francisco leaders say Cleveland is the strongest ticket though not their first choice. They express antipathy toward Crow but accept the ticket, while Russell Sage reportedly faces poverty with only a million left. The piece mocks Sage and jokes about Blaine and Logan’s election as business then pleasure.
The piece critiques Democrats for keeping a loophole in constitutional election dispute procedures. It compares the 1877 Hayes outcome to today, arguing the House favors a joint convention to dilute Senate power, risking repeated fraud charges and political gamesmanship. It accuses Democrats of delaying a final fix to constitutional gaps.
The piece argues Hendricks as VP nominee aims to usher in the Great Fraud, a framing used by Democrats to bolster a late campaign. It claims Tilden would have supported Old Ticket if justice guided the party, and alleges Hendricks’ role undermines Tilden’s withdrawal, reducing their fraud claim to insignificance.
The piece argues Democratic Congresses granted large railroad subsidies in the past. It lists acres voted to Mobile Ohio, Mondis Central, Cairo and Fulton, plus 9.4 million acres in 1856 57 and 9.5 million in Northern territories, totaling 25.43 million acres. It invites readers to draw their own inferences about party responsibility.
Bonanza king John W. Mackay rejects entering politics and declines any senatorial or public office, saying he is a Republican but not a politician. He notes Blaine’s chances over Cleveland, citing public preference for an active leader and skepticism toward Cleveland as an unknown quantity.
The Virginia Chronicle reports a sharp editor proprietor dispute amid Nevada delegates backing John Kelly against Cleveland. It condemns internal frictions within the Democratic party and urges unity on the eve of a major political contest, noting the editor’s harsher stance toward Kelly’s critics.
The piece sharpens Democratic criticism over tariff policy, noting ridicule from both parties. It urges the party to boldly declare removal of tariffs on imported raw materials for domestic manufacturing and shipbuilding, arguing political expediency should not silence a major public issue.
The Baltimore Catholic Mirror denounces Cleveland, warns Democrats not to nominate him, and appeals to Maryland Catholics to withhold votes if he is chosen. It accuses him of opposing Catholic rights, vetoing the Five Cent Fare bill for corporate gain, and plotting to permit Roman Catholic clergy to hold services in New York institutions.
A Virginia City Democratic ratification meeting on Saturday night collapsed into a lamentable failure. Only one speaker appeared and delivered a two hour tirade that drew no hearty applause, with attendance never exceeding about a hundred.
Mr Blaine is noted as a secretary at the first Republican Nominating Convention held in Philadelphia in 1856 Chester A Arthur is listed as a delegate at that convention.
A biographical sketch traces Grover Cleveland from Newark New Jersey birth through early schooling and law study to a career in Erie County New York. It covers his roles as Assistant District Attorney Sheriff Mayor of Buffalo and Governor of New York with notes on family background health and a colorful remark about his bachelor image.
Wassidor July 12 reports labor classes oppose Cleveland with active measures. Knights of Labor district assembly adopts resolutions denouncing the Democratic candidate as a friend of monopolies and urges boycott at polls. A mass meeting is planned to express workingmen views. Many city laborers reside elsewhere and vote Democrat. Inter vie ws with leading labor agitators note strong anti Cleveland sentiment over vetoes on the five cent fare bill and the twelve hour law bill. A trades unionist says Cleveland will be opposed nationwide from Maine to Texas.
Republican elector candidate Mr Thompson touring from Chicago to New York says he witnessed intense ill feeling and bitter epithets at conventions. He fears such mood will disrupt the Democratic party.
General Faulkner spoke to Democrats claiming 275000 wool growers in New York and an equal number in Ohio. The committee opposed increasing wool duties, arguing it would clash with Democratic policy.
George W. Harvel tried to board the Central Pacific west bound train three miles east of Ogden on Thursday. He was thrown under the wheels and amputated above the knee. He was taken to Ogden hospital. A German girl six arrives in New York with thick bushy whiskers and is groomed for show business by her parents.
Maud 8 shows fitness by trotting a mile in 2 12 in Cleveland. A new life of James G. Blaine by Col Russell H Conwell, published in Augusta Maine, is touted as thorough and affordable. Republican gains optimism cited at New York HQ with claims Cleveland will lean Republican.
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