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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1879
Page
2
The letter page roasts White and asks where his army service was while noting Republican unity and Foster’s likely 20 000 to 50 000 majority. It mocks Rice’s Cleveland absence and sneers at Ewing Cary and Vorhees as windbags ominously threatening Ohio politics.
W. P. Kutxe, prominent Cleveland Democrat, states that continued Ohio Democratic attitude will cause thousands of Democrats to abstain from voting for Ewing, risking a party split in 1880.
Turmoil among attendees at a Democratic State Central Committee session grew boisterous drawing street crowds as the uproar echoed scenes likened to an Irish wake.
The Buffaio Express suggests broad support for placing executive power with U.S. Grant, while warning of racial tensions. It notes whites abandoning Memphis during yellow fever and a colored militia taking control, then questions if colored people will face barriers to movement on the Mississippi River amid a return of Southern rule.
The Express concedes it cannot name a German Democrat who will vote for Foster while claiming twenty five German Democrats in town will not vote for Ewing. The paper notes naming individuals would please White, so it withholds the list.
A Cleveland gathering of the Democratic State Central Committee yielded widespread reports of dissension and demoralization across Ohio. Leaders warned of looming defeat as factional strife, with critics like Lamison and Myers predicting losses in Franklin County and the state, while others urged action against Foster. The session closed in gloom over a party deemed unworthy of public confidence.
In a leading article the New York World criticizes Gen Ewing of Ohio for vague financial views and attacks the so called Ohio idea. The paper endorses a world wide value for money and advocates a true coinage ratio for silver and gold, urging Ewing to avoid incoherent platform rhetoric.
Governor Bishop faces sharp ire over pardons and freeing two professional grave robbers. Readers recall last winter’s uproar over remains found in medical colleges’ pickling vats. Efforts to punish criminals were overturned by his latest clemency action.
ImacixeE at the platform edge speaks with 45 degree gaze and air beating arms while White lips a borrowed bloody shirt. Twenty open mouthed Democrats watch the scene as White waves and the Kernel appears sick and distressed before the crowd.
The Napoleon Northwest accuses the Okolona States of being financed by Republicans and used for electioneering. It notes Will H. Kernan, current Okolona editor, once edited the Northwest with Thomas Hubbard and suggests past bitterness by the Northwest mirrored in the States.
The Cleveland Leader critiques General Ewing's inflation stance arguing his speech signals a campaign focus on financial questions. It accuses him of sophistry on resumption and debt refunding while advocating currency reform and free coinage. The piece doubts his claims on debt burdens and labor price, framing the speech as defining future campaign stakes.
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