Grant Faction Dominates Chicago Delegates Early Talk
The Wilmington Post outlines the 1880 Republican National Convention timetable. It notes Grant polling strong at 18 of 20 delegates per Col Keogh, with North Carolina and other states sending delegations to Chicago. It contrasts editorials and local politics, referencing Alamance and Col. Short. The article warns of moneyed influence and predicts multiple ballots with Sherman and Blaine in play.
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Chicago
United States
Col
Thos. B. Keogh
Grant
Keogh
H.C
the Times
Sherman
South
North Carolina
Caroline
Sherman House
William VP. Canaday
Rufus Darringer
James H. Harriss
D. H. Starbuck
Palemon John
T. Carrow
J. B. Abbott
O. Faison
O. H
Blaine
Don Cameron
Pennsylvania
Polk
Pierce
Webster
Clay
Philadelphia
Zachary Taylor
Seward
Abraham Lincoln
Hayes
Cass
Calhoun
Corruption Claims Spark Texas Pacific Probe
The Times reports George, backing a House inquiry into Texas Pacific corruption in Congress, will testify with documents. He opposes a secret investigation, aiming to prove charges publicly. Gen Newell seeks to punish Texas Pacific over a denied claim, with documents deposited for safekeeping. Bond of Texas Pacific watches closely.
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George
House Committee On Pacific Railroads
Congress
Times Washington
Texas Pacific
Texas
Gen. Newell
Newell
Ewell
Gessve
Mr. George
Bond
The
Illinois Republicans clash over state convention power at Chicago
A heated dispute centers on whether a state convention or committee can choose delegates for Illinois at the national convention in Chicago. The piece denounces Logan and the Illinois Convention for assuming district delegates, citing tradition of at large and district selection. It also reports turmoil in Brunswick as local Democrats clash over chairmanship, adjournment, and delegate counts amid party factionalism.
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Illinois
John A. Logan
Chicago
Logan
Great Crash Hits Philadelphia and Reading Coalition
A vast combination of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company collapsed last week. The group owned 02 miles of road and 1,774 miles of track, with property assets estimated near 125 million dollars and debts around 60 million. Stocks and bonds plunged from 23 to 13 in a single session, reflecting a broad financial shock. The failure, blamed partly on coal industry instability and efforts to control it, could ripple through other interests. The Norfolk Day Book notes Cap tain Charles A Causey’s health and politics in Virginia, with Readjusters in Nansemond predicted to win big next fall, Kellogg and Porter cases cited.
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Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Norfolk
Old Virginia
Charles A. Causey
Senate
Suffolk
Nansemond
Senate Comedy and Fuss Over Third Term Debate
The Senate theater erupted as Voorhees demanded topics Democrats feared. Conkling and Edmunds sparred over currency and marshals while Hampton Butler pressed tissue ballots and disfranchisement claims. The session ended with adjournment after a display of party theatrics and postponed votes.
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Eats
Senate
Hear
Bayard
Carpenter
Edmunds
Teller
Hampton
Butler
Thurman
Conkling
Hoar
South Carolina
Charleston
South
Times
Voorhees
Testler
Agai
Senator Conkling
David Lavis
Yoothees
Mr. Conkling
Indiana
Raleigh Evening Post praises political figures and exposes ties
The Raleigh Evening Post targets Buxton Fowle Jarvis Holt and regional figures, accusing railroad interests of manipulating the 1868-69 legislative record and the political process. It asserts voter manipulation, calls Holt soft-handed, and ridicules public confidence while praising investigative scrutiny and truth telling.
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Raleigh Evening Post
Hearne
Buxton
Fowle
Jarvis
Col. Holt
James L. Rubinso
Mr. Best
Randolph A. Shotwell
Atlis
Globe
Gevrargis
Debates Over Local Politics and Liberia Emigration
A review notes a 1878 Alamance Guilford Senate loss to Caldwell and Scales, questioning Holt’s defeat amid Democratic bequests. The Herald reports one hundred African American emigrants bound for Liberia, led by Decatur Bennett of New Bern, N C, engaging dockside skeptics with sharp reasoning and humor.
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Alamance
Guilford
Caldwell
Scales
Holt
North Carolina
Liberia
Herald
Arkansas
African Republic
Newberne
Decatur Bennett
N. C
Africa
New Republic
England
A Petulant Statesman and a Murmur in Politics
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Beaconsfield’s defeat weakens Bismarck and unsettles European powers. It cites irritation in the German chancellor’s speech and questions the value of his external policy amid rising liberal opposition and French skepticism. A medical oddity in Baltimore features a cesarean birth of twins within one delivery, with both infants surviving and the mother recovering well. An editor’s quarrel over truth and a Vermont school exam define moral tone, while a regional letter from Pender advocates W. P. Canaday for Congress and Grattan Williams for Register of Deeds, praising his integrity and readiness to serve the community.
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Lord Beaconsfield
Prince Bismarck
Germany
Hamburg
Bremen
St. Petersburg
Paris
France
Russia
Pender
Drak Post
Congress
Office of Register of Deeds
W. P. Canaday
Grattan Williams
Lincoln Township
Williams
Grave near Randers yields rich grave goods for two women
Our Copenhagen correspondent describes an early medieval grave found near Randers in Jutland. The interred women wore richest attire with gold thread and ornate beads, laid with a gold lace chest band, a shell of gold caf, and cut glass jewels. Tools, a wooden food pail, and a coin shed light on Heathen era status. The silver coin’s dating promises a time frame for the find.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Copenhagen
Randers
Jutland
Scandinavia
Onslow County Republican Convention Proceedings May 1880
In Jacksonville on May 11 the Onslow county Republicans held a mass meeting. E B Sanders chaired, T E Gilman acted as secretary. Delegates to the State Convention were chosen to support Governor Buxton and congressional nominee W P Canaday, with an executive committee appointed and proceedings transmitted to the Wilmington Post.
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Onslow County
Republicana
Jacksonville
E. B. Sanders
T. E. Gilman
James Laughlin
Raleigh
R. P. Buxton
W. P. Canaday
Geetleman
Moses P.hawkins
C. E. Vorse
T. &. Gilman
R. Kinsey
Vssion
Wi.MineTon
EB. A. Smith
Swansboro
Sanders
T, E
Gilman
Halifax Affairs Push for National and State Tickets
Ephor Post notes Republicans plan to back united national and state platforms. It mentions John A. Moore and A M Moore as potential Attorney General candidates, clarifies Moore is not seeking the nomination, and signals Halifax county’s June 19 convention to choose delegates for state and congressional events with results to be reported.
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Ephor Post
Deak
John A. Moore
Moore
A. M. Moore
Chowan
Halifax
Buxton
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Almalice Gleaner
Tyron
David Fanning
Maurice Moore
Tryon
Waddell
Hamilton
Henderson
the Treasury
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
Concord Register
Cabarrus County
Ts X Pacific
Brunswick
W.G. Curtis
Judge McKoy
Samuel R. Chinnis
Evening Review
John D. Bellamy, Jr
W. B. McKay
E. H. King
George H. Bellamy
Maj. Stedman
McKay
Dr. Curtis
Dr. C
Curtis
McKoy
Brunswick County
Stedman
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Griffith
Gore
Major Stedman
Seaud
Thomas M. Holt
Ballard
Baltimore
Vincent’s Hospital
H. P. C. Wilson
Vermont
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Holland
Agricultural Department
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