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A cautious analysis and endorsement of Gov. O’Ferrall’s inauguration address.

The Richmond Dispatch confesses electoral fraud in Virginia.

The federal government’s budget under Cleveland’s Administration is in crisis.

The Negro Democratic League of America pushes for President Cleveland to appoint a “Negro” to an office.

A diplomat of the United States refuses to meet with the President of the new nation of Haiti.

Black men have yet to be confirmed into a position in the Democrat-controlled federal government.

A plea from a newspaper asking for Virginians to question the passing of the Watson Bill as it is voted in the House of Delegates.

Martial law is imposed after the government fails to enforce the dispensary law, which create government-owned liquor stores.

President Cleveland vetoed the Bland Seigniorage Bill, a bill that would have converted the Silver bullion in the treasury into coin, causes objections from the Southern and Western States.

A Democratic politician, who made speeches against black people, was found dead under the bed of a black prostitute.