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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1879
Page
2
The Defiance Co. Express comments on the 1876 election results, noting Democrats lose House majority prospects and Republicans gain. It discusses Walbridge conceding Wilkins, Buker aiming for Massachusetts governor, praises Cornell, and lists retiring Democratic Senators Thurman Eaton Kernan Randolph and Wallace amid postwar political shifts.
The text proclaims the election of a Republican President and a Republican Congress next year. It argues the great north and west will govern the United States while Confederate brigadiers elected by southern shotguns must yield and reform behavior.
The article details the Senate composition, noting 42 Democrats, 33 Republicans, and 1 Independent, with regional splits. It projects that on March fourth the body will have 38 Democrats, 37 Republicans, and 1 Independent, reducing the Democrats' majority.
The Fremont Journal nears its fiftieth anniversary and is praised as one of Ohio’s best papers. The piece recalls 26 years since the office began “taking a case” and credits publisher I M Keeler and Isaac for steady leadership.
The piece notes Southern papers like the New Orleans Times and Atlanta Constitution urging a conservative faction to back Gen Grant in 1880, framing it as a new departure to sever links with Bourbon factions. It warns of landless optimism in Wall Street speculation fueling a dangerous boom pace and inflated rail stock values, calling into question real value.
The piece argues Southern voters are disillusioned with the Democratic party’s Bourbon leadership and fear desolation. It contends Republicans, led by Grant, offer justice and southward revival through schools and industry, urging unity against past misrule and mob-law dominance. It portrays a shift toward Republican prospects in 1880.
The reproduced electoral votes table shows New York moved to Democratic side but Republicans still lead. Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Missouri Minnesota New Jersey Nebraska New York New Hampshire Pennsylvania South Carolina and others are listed with varying votes. The article notes high probability of New York Louisiana and Florida flipping to Republicans and suggests three Southern states may go Republican in a fair projection.
Secretary Sherman warns that recent price surges in wheat, flour, corn, pork, coffee, and pig iron reflect speculative fever rather than real demand. The revival of business brings comfort to some operators yet raises concern over a return to the 1870s boom bust cycle. Officials fear unintended inflation and export cuts as markets rise.
The Toledo Commercial argues that the nation will reject reactionary southern brigadiers and the Bourbon party. It says the north will stay with the Republican organization until a better alternative appears, and condemns Bourbon doctrines as offensive and decayed, demanding they be moved aside.
In Ohio fall events Gen Garfield delivered a letter from Foster to Senator Conkling inviting speeches for the cause. Conkling, in a haughty tone, questioned if Foster Sherman Evarts Hayes were Republicans, then pressed Garfield, who withdrew and did not deliver the letter.
The speaker, Vice President Wheeler, expresses belief in a future South Carolina where freedmen have equal rights and the state gains free schools a free press and fair elections. He asserts faith in progress despite aging, stating the nation will endure and the dial of progress moves forward.
Toledo Commercial notes that Democrats elected their senator in Conkling's county and made gains in St. Lawrence and Jefferson counties, both Republican strongholds. It argues Conkling should yield to advancing Democratic momentum and suggests retirement of Conkling and Tilden would vindicate the election in New York.
In a Memphis Avalanche item, the article lauds Governor Blackburn of Kentucky as the most merciful in the nation. It notes he has pardoned nearly all penitentiary convicts and is now remitting fines imposed on faro bank dealers by Kentucky courts.
In a St. Paul Pioneer Press note, the author argues that Ohio reducing its Senate question to other states would settle the matter quickly in General Garfield’s favor. The piece emphasizes political alignment and the influence of Ohio’s stance on broader outcomes.
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