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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1876
Page
13
A brief political notice declares Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio as the presidential candidate for the year 1876, signaling early campaign positioning and party alignment.
State Republican Central and Executive Committee announces the next state convention will meet in Columbus on March 29 1876 to nominate officials and electors and to designate delegates to the national convention in Cincinnati June 4. County meetings for delegate selection are recommended for March 18 1876 with representation based on Hayes votes. all voters allied with Republican principles are invited. Athens County to receive eight delegates.
A windfall of brief items from Middleport and Columbus cover Hayes stock, a snow blockade on the Union Pacific, a partial appropriation bill becoming law, a Marietta death, and a Republican convention expected 750 delegates with Athens county eight. Oregon Salt?
In Ohio the Democratic minority failed to block Tyler the Republican caucus nominee for a minor clerkship by nominating a crippled Union soldier. The piece blasts Geo L Converse as theatrically sympathetic, accuses the Times editor of disloyalty, and notes other political maneuvers in state politics, including proposed office consolidations and anticipated Democratic strategy for the national convention.
A State Prohibition Convention is called to meet in Columbus on the 23d of next month to nominate a State Temperance ticket. The piece argues the likely impact of such a ticket on the October election and criticizes Democratic papers and figures for their roles and shifts in stance.
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