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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1880
Page
2
The Democrats plan a Columbus convention on May sixth to appoint delegates to the national convention. The piece notes party strategies, including delaying the Fitz John Porter issue until after elections, and criticizes the Ohio legislature for cutting legal advertising fees, warning papers may retaliate.
The House resolution by Mr. Fort proposes a study by the Secretary of War to report the cost of a canal linking the Illinois River and the Illinois and Michigan Canal via the Kankakee River to the Wabash and Erie Canal near Logansport.
The Inter Ocean urges wide public support for the Republican slate in spring elections across Milford Hicksville Mark Center Highland and Defiance. It notes a congressional exodus committee struggle and cites race as a driving political issue tied to treatment of colored people.
The text argues an early convention would favor Grant and an empire, a late one Blaine, but the committee chose April 28. The author calls it a death blow to Sherman, yet believes John will find his fences in good repair when tested.
In the past weeks Ohio political mood shifts toward giving John Sherman the state’s full vote at the Chicago Convention. The Express urged such a plan, arguing Sherman’s merit justifies solid state backing and pride in Ohio’s long influence in national affairs.
A letter from W S Tomorson criticizes Defiance County road tax proposals dated March 3rd and expresses that taxes should be only for necessary services. He argues local demands favor specific interests and county officials push higher levies while claiming to act for the general good.
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