09 Mar 1875
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Newspaper
Daily Logansport Pharos
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1875
Page
1
The Logansport Pharos notes a local Grange faction declaring rebellion and cutting from all state and national Granges amid accusations of corruption and incompetence. The piece blends political satire and civic turmoil as residents discuss court reforms and new city level police courts.
The piece attacks the Indianapolis Journal for alleging fraud in state printing while omitting raised vouchers. It argues Democrats seek a 40 day extra session to pass revenue and temperance bills, while Republicans aim to lengthen the session to block legislation. It notes McDonald’s U S Senate election on joint ballot and urges constitutional changes to avoid future special sessions.
Democrats defend a low five cent levy as affordable to voters while Republicans in the Senate block as in 1873, balancing state funding against taxpayer burden. The dispute centers on the fee and salary bill and the broader fight over fiscal policy and approvals.
A scanned list of 19th century acts with titles and approval dates, including pensions for Mexican War veterans, temporary public printing provisos, court system reorganizations, property in trust sales, voluntary assignments for creditors, and various amendments. The compilation references approvals from January to March and notes municipalities, circuits, and tax and bond provisions.
The excerpt mocks discussions over Pinchback and a Virginia figure, noting salvos about seating and recognition. It comically references Mrs Pinchback, Revener-Tilton, and Anderson of Virginia, along with a courtroom brawl and Nasby selling part of the Toledo Blade.
A series of laws approved from February 27 to March 6 covering the general banking act for turning lands into the general fund, boundary determination between Indiana and Kentucky near Evansville, allowing for overflow land inclusion, bridge company incorporations on boundary streams, legalization of deed and mortgage records, insurance and judicial reforms, planks and rows beyond terminal points, inspection and election provisions, and Portland town incorporation under the 1590 act.
The passage asserts the poem A Name in the Sand appeared in the Preslajftereda on January 27 and was attributed to Gigo Prentice. It recalls Isan nah Fy Grodde reading it in the New York faerie in 1855 or Ish and notes Prentice’s later Vermont clerking and a disputed authorship linked to a man remembered by the author.
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