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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
July 11, 188111 de julio de 1881 · Omaha [Neb.] · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

Omaha daily bee

SourceFuente: Omaha daily bee · Omaha [Neb.] · July 11, 188111 de julio de 1881
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn99021999/1881-07-11/ed-1/?sp=4

In contextEn contexto

Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas · 1865–1905

President Ulysses S. Grant championed a treaty to annex Santo Domingo (1869–1870), sparking a historic Senate battle led by Charles Sumner. Later coverage tracked President Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) and crushing European bond debt.El presidente Ulysses S. Grant promovió un tratado para anexar Santo Domingo (1869–1870), provocando una histórica batalla en el Senado con Charles Sumner. Informes posteriores siguieron al presidente Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) y la deuda externa.

← Earlier articleArtículo anterior: New-York tribune · June 7, 18817 de junio de 1881Later articleArtículo siguiente: New York dispatch · September 11, 188111 de septiembre de 1881 →

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SummaryResumen

The *Omaha daily bee* reported on July 11, 1881, that Father Merino, a regularly ordained priest and the executive of the Dominican Republic, had assumed dictatorial powers by issuing a decree that abolished the right of asylum for political offenders, mandated court-martial trials for political conspirators, and declared that citizens taken with arms would be sentenced to death. The newspaper noted that ordinary tribunals would continue handling civil and criminal cases, a congress would meet at the capital on August [10] to revise the constitution, and the situation suggested Dominicans would soon be ready for another revolt since a congress elected under a priestly dictator would lack independence.

El *Omaha daily bee* informó el 11 de julio de 1881 de que el padre Meriño, sacerdote ordenado y jefe del ejecutivo de la República Dominicana, había asumido facultades dictatoriales al dictar un decreto que suprimía el derecho de asilo para delincuentes políticos, disponía el juzgamiento en consejo de guerra para los conspiradores políticos y sentenciaba a pena de muerte a los ciudadanos apresados con las armas en la mano. Indicó el rotativo que los tribunales ordinarios seguirían conociendo de las causas civiles y criminales, que un congreso se reuniría en la capital el 10 de agosto para reformar la constitución y que el estado de cosas presagiaba una pronta revuelta popular, toda vez que una asamblea electa bajo una dictadura eclesiástica carecería de independencia.

Where this standsEn qué punto está

The full text of this article is still being prepared. Until it is ready, this page carries a summary, the passage found on the page, and the link to the original, which is always one click away.El texto completo de este artículo aún se está preparando. Hasta que esté listo, esta página lleva un resumen, el pasaje encontrado en la página y el enlace al original, que siempre está a un clic.

From the original pageDe la página original

The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

of the Haytian National bank charter

ed by a French company with a capi

tal of 10,000,000 of francs for fifty

years. Its functions will bo idontica

with those of the bank of Franco am

it will administer to the Haytiai

treasury. In the Dominical

republic on the contrary

the executive is Father Merino arcg

ularly-ordoinod priest. Though sue

ho has taken upon himself to exorcise

the most formidable and terrible f unc

tious which has ever boon asiumoi

by a dictator in the worst periods o

history. Lately ho has issued a decree

croo abolishing the right of asylun

now enjoyed by political offenders

providing for the trial of disturbers o

the political institutions as conspira

tors by court-martial that every

citizen taken with arms in his hand

will bo Bontenood to death that th

ordinary tribunals will continue t

administer justice in civil and crimi

nal cases that a congress to moo

at the capital on August to revise th

constitution. It looks now as if th

Dominicans would soon bo ready fo

another revolt. A congress olocto

under this priestly dictator will hard

bo an independent body.

Now Zealand is by no moans th

agricultural paradise as painted

glowing colors by English journalists

A correspondent of the London Dail

News writing from Nelson N. 'A.

says "Whoever in England wheth

er farmer tradesman artisan or la

borer can by an honest nnd honora

ble means manage to keep a roof ever

his head lot him by all means stop

whore ho is. The safest speculator in

this direction is undoubtedly the Brit

ish farmer with a moderate capital

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Omaha daily bee. (1881). Omaha [Neb.], 1881-07-11. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn99021999/1881-07-11/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Omaha daily bee, 1881-07-11.

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