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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Elections, federal control of. (search)
ir possessions, you have not read history. It is not an agreeable thing in any day or generation to distribute power which any set of men have always had exclusively to themselves among those who never had it before. It lessens one and exalts the other. We of the North have by no means reached the perfection of self-government. Our apportionments of congressional districts are by no means utterly fair; but there is a limitation to injustice beyond which no party does to go, except in Indiana, where 4,000 majority in the State gives Republicans but three out of thirteen Congressmen. Our voters are not entirely free from undue influence, but there is a point beyond which no employer dares to go; and the votes in manufacturing districts show how sturdy is the defiance of most workingmen to even a dictation which is only inferred. Many a man seems to vote against his own and his employer's interest to show that he is in every way his own master. But whichever way he votes, his v
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Elective franchise. (search)
idiots, insane, convicted of crime punishable by imprisonment until pardoned, tax delinquents excluded. Idaho Citizen; must have resided in State six months, county thirty days; Chinese, Indians, Mormons, felons, insane, convicted of treason or election bribery excluded. Illinois Citizen; must have resided in State one year, county ninety days, town or precinct thirty days; persons convicted of crime punishable in penitentiary until pardoned and restored to rights excluded. Indiana Citizen or alien who has declared intention and resided one year in United States and six months in State; must have resided in State six months, town sixty days, precinct thirty days; persons convicted of crime and disfranchised by judgment of court excluded. Iowa Citizen; must have resided in State six months, county sixty days; idiots, insane, convicted of infamous crime, nonresident United States soldiers and marines excluded. Kansas Citizen or alien who has declared inte
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Electoral commission. (search)
Electoral commission. A Republican National Convention assembled at Cincinnati, June 16, 1876, and nominated Rutherford Birchard Hayes, of Ohio, for President, and William A. Wheeler, of New York, for Vice-President. On the 27th a Democratic National Convention assembled at St. Louis and nominated Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, for President, and Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, for Vice-President. A very excited canvass succeeded, and so vehement became the lawlessness in some of the Southern States that at times local civil war seemed inevitable. The result of the election was in doubt for some time, each party claiming for its candidate a majority. In the electoral college 185 votes were necessary to the success of a candidate. It was decided after the election that Mr. Tilden had 184. Then ensued a long and bitter contest in South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana over the official returns, each party charging the other with fraud. There was intense excitement in the G
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), English, William Hayden, 1822-1896 (search)
against admission under that constitution. After his retirement from Congress he engaged in various financial concerns; was candidate for Vice-President on the ticket with Gen. Winfield S. Hancock in 1880; published an historical and biographical work on the constitution of the law-makers of Indiana; and bequeathed to the Indiana Historical Society, of which he was president for many years, the funds to complete and publish his History of Indiana. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 7, 1896.against admission under that constitution. After his retirement from Congress he engaged in various financial concerns; was candidate for Vice-President on the ticket with Gen. Winfield S. Hancock in 1880; published an historical and biographical work on the constitution of the law-makers of Indiana; and bequeathed to the Indiana Historical Society, of which he was president for many years, the funds to complete and publish his History of Indiana. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 7, 1896.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Exemptions from taxation. (search)
dependent families and cripples unable to perform manual labor up to $400, all public libraries, church and school property. Georgia. Public libraries, church and school property. Idaho. Household property up to $200, tools of trade, growing crops, books, school property, church property in actual use and not rented. Illinois. Church property in actual use, property of agricultural societies, United States public buildings, cemeteries, and certain other public property. Indiana. Public libraries, school property (with land not to exceed 320 acres), church property in actual use. Iowa. Kitchen furniture and bedding, public libraries, private libraries up to $300, tools of trade up to $300, certain farm products, school property including residences of teachers and land up to 640 acres, church property in actual use. Kansas. Household furniture up to $200 for each family, private libraries up to $50 and all public libraries, sugar manufactories, schoo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Farmers' Institutes. (search)
at are to take place among the practical and wealthmaking efforts of agriculture. And besides the new industries to be introduced, there are always the improved methods with which the successful farmer must constantly familiarize himself. The largest amount given by any one State for Farmers' Institutes is appropriated by Wisconsin, the sum being $15,000. Other States give liberally, notably Minnesota, New York, and Ohio, while various sums are given by Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, New Jersey, and a few others. More or less organized work has also been done in Missouri, Arizona, California, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, Florida, and, indeed, could the facts all be got together, in almost every State in the Union. The provinces of Ontario and Manitoba have done some of the best work on the continent, both in volume and in quality. In a number of States the funds are not appropriated in a lump sum, but each county may, by vote, levy a tax for the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield, James Abram 1831-1881 (search)
. He represented to the British ministry the great importance of planting settlements in the western valley; and, with the foresight of a statesman, pointed out the danger of allowing the French the undisputed possession of that rich region. The progress of England had been slower, but more certain, than that of her great rival. While the French were establishing trading-posts at points widely remote from each other, along the lakes and the Mississippi, and in the wilderness of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, the English were slowly but firmly planting their settlements on the Atlantic slope, and preparing to contest for the rich prize of the great West. They possessed one great advantage over their French rivals. They had cultivated the friendship of the Iroquois Confederacy, the most powerful combination of Indian tribes known to the New World. That confederacy held possession of the southern shores of lakes Ontario and Erie; and their hostility to the French had confined the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gibson, John 1740-1822 (search)
Gibson, John 1740-1822 Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 23, 1740. While still a boy he was with the expedition which captured Fort Duquesne in 1757. He married the Indian chief Logan's sister; took part in the negotiations between Logan and Lord Dunmore in 1774; was in active service throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, which office he held until Indiana became a State. He died at Braddock's Field, Pa., April 10, 1822.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grand army of the republic, the. (search)
al convention of the Grand Army of the Republic. This was held in Indianapolis, Ind., on Nov. 20 following, and representatives were present from the States of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, Indiana, and the District of Columbia. Gen. S. A. Hurlbut was elected as commander-in-chief. During the year 1867 the order spread rapidly. The various States completed their work of department organization, and posts were formed in all the large citi John Palmer, New York. 26. Washington, 1892; A. G. Weissert, Wisconsin. 27. Indianapolis, Ind., 1893; John G. B. Adams, Massachusetts. 28. Pittsburg, Pa., 1894; Thomas G. Lawler, Illinois. 29. Louisville, Ky., 1895; Ivan N. Walker, Indiana. 30. St. Paul, Minn., 1896; Thaddeus S. Clarkson, Nebraska. 31. Buffalo, N. Y., 1897; John P. S. Gobin, Pennsylvania. 32. Cincinnati, O., 1898; Died Feb. 5, 1899. James A. Sexton, Illinois. 33. Cincinnati, O., 1898; W. C. Johnson,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gresham, Walter Quinton (search)
Gresham, Walter Quinton Jurist; born near Lanesville, Harrison co., Ind., March 17, 1832. He attended the State University of Indiana; and in 1854 was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law. He had served in the legislature when the Civil War broke out. As colonel of the 52d Indiana Volunteers he served creditably in the Western army. After the war he was defeated as Republican candidate for Congressman, and from 1869 to 1882 held the post of United States district judge in IIndiana. In President Arthur's administration Gresham was Postmaster-General from 1882 to 1884, and Secretary of the Treasury from September to December, 1884. He then became United States circuit judge, and held that post until 1893. Meanwhile he was in 1888 a prominent candidate for the Republican nomination to the Presidency, and in 1892 he declined the Populist invitation to stand for the same office. His views on public questions had somewhat changed, so that his appointment by Presiden
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