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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1876
Page
5
The record notes Gen. Custer held a life insurance policy valued at five thousand dollars. Other items include Congress adjournment hopes fading, Gen. Butler dropping a Congressional bid, Don Carlos visiting for the Centennial, Nasby as a Republican nominee contender, Servians versus Turks war reports, Ex-Postmaster General Jewell welcomed home, Centennial heat casualties averaging 30 to 50 daily, and Volksblatt backing Hayes and Wheeler.
The Chillicothe Post and Advertiser absorbs other Democratic papers in a consolidation under the surviving title. The move is a retrenchment praised as reasonable with no anticipated objections.
The article argues that with liberal Republicans aligned, only a thorough Republican victory in Ohio is expected in October, with a larger win anticipated in November. It highlights party unity and projected electoral momentum without citing specific candidates or dates.
A group of prominent Boston women purchased the old South Church building with a sixty day deadline to raise funds for the land. If they fail, the building will be dismantled and re-erected elsewhere. The note mentions Custer's last battle location comment and counters misinformed inferences about gold-hunters protection.
The piece reports Democrats in Congress defending the Hamburg South Carolina riot victims a militia parade attack on the 4th. It asks where the editor stands and notes the State and National platforms' positions. It also mentions Gen Crook's latest dispatch saying reinforcements are coming and a planned final campaign blow.
The Cincinnati Gazette reports indications that Judge Force and Hon. Stanley Matthews will be called upon to accept nominations for Congress in the First and Second Districts of the county. Stronger nominations could not be made and, if given, the nominees would be elected.
Roy the mine inspector answers readers and confirms the popular verdict. He says Governor Hayes exceeded his duties in the Mahoning Valley strike action but the law abiding majority of miners support the governor’s course.
The Republican Congressional Convention of the 15th District at Marietta unanimously nominated Hon. N H Van Vorhes for reelection. His record in Congress and prior offices is praised as faultless and faithful. Voters are expected to express strong support in October, yielding a larger majority than ever for the district’s representative.
The piece urges support for Hayes, praising the Republican platform from the Cincinnati Convention and contrasting Hayes’s honest, straightforward record with the opponent’s alleged bluster and suspected ill-gotten gains. It frames the choice as between a principled Republican nominee and a duplicitous challenger, asserting victory is assured.
The article argues that public vigilance has raised standards for government officials. It asserts that today’s officials face less dishonesty than in the past despite vast government operations and hundreds of millions in yearly expenditures. It claims corruption accusations stem from partisan attacks rather than genuine misconduct.
The article frames the current political race as a clash between loyal citizens and late rebel leaders. The opposition seeks to seize office, potentially ousting loyal men and placing loyalists in government roles. It accuses the rebels of driving the nation into financial distress and the nation’s woes since the rebellion began.
At a large Dayton ratification meeting Hon. Geo W Houk former Democratic delegate to the St Louis Convention repudiated the Tilden ticket and pledged to aid in the election of Hayes and Wheeler.
Democratic members tried Monday to push a resolution suspending the rules and directing the Banking and Currency Committee to report a bill repealing the resumption act. Several House Democrats refused to back the move and voted no.
The speaker denounces Tilden as corrupt and unscrupulous, claiming his crisis remarks mislead the public. A St Louis paper calls the Democratic ticket perfidious and labels Hendricks a leader of swindlers, urging reform to collapse.
The Springfield Republican outlines Hayes's congressional record, noting near speeches, chairmanship of the Library Committee, and work on art and rebels ban in courts. It covers a Democratic party critique by Geo W Houk against Tilden, a Pomeroy judicial convention summary, Bradbury's nomination, and a Civil War battle report from John Carland describing Custer's fate at the Little Horn River with General Terry's troops.
The new postage act approved by the President on the fifteenth establishes one cent per two ounces or fraction for transient newspapers magazines and third class printed matter including free circulation items. It allows the sender to print name or address on the item with the word from above or preceding the name and to print the number and names of enclosed articles on the pack.
Rail authorities inform the Postmaster General that fast mail trains will stop at week’s end due to Congress Democratic majority refusing to fund the extra service. The move is described as a harmful result of retrenchment politics aimed at voters in the upcoming election.
The article notes Sunset Cox defending Southern outrages against Black rights amid a Hamburg massacre in South Carolina. Representative Small from South Carolina challenges Cox’s stance, prompting Democratic forces to end the debate and force a committee rise and adjournment.
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