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The workingmen’s organization has decided to enter the Democratic Primary, where they will only vote for five of their representatives.

An incumbent in Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District is defeated in the Democratic primary, creating disunity in the party.

The passage of the Senate Tariff Bill in the House serves a major defeat to President Cleveland and the Democratic Party.

A number of state elections take place, and Mitchell notes that "more than the usual amount of interest."

A white politician advises black people "to vote against a proposition to disfranchise themselves."

President Roosevelt’s opposing views from that of Congress diminish Brownsville soldiers’ faith, and his actions against their reenlistment make it apparent that he “has thrown courtesy to the winds.”

John Mitchell yearns for a time with honest officials when “constitutional rubbish will be brushed aside and the era of great principles will be announced to the world.”

A new chairman of the local Republican organization ascends to the seat just in time to prepare for an important local election.

Roosevelt's Advisor remarks offhand comments on black race stating “expenditure of vast sums of money in behalf on the negro was a failure.”

The constitutional convention is being faced with “utterances” that are “rabidly anti-Negro” from the South.