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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1878
Page
2
The missive notes Ohio delivering a 15 000 Republican victory, Iowa with a 30 000 Republican majority, and gerrymandering failing. It mentions campaign fatigue, calls for funds, and efforts by Ben Wave and Samuel J. Tilden amid talk of honest money and fiat money backlash. James L. Price draws a large Defiance crowd.
A Democratic orator predicts a long night ahead as Republicans celebrate an Ohio victory and proud support for honest money. The piece mocks greenback fads while urging unity for a coming 1880 struggle, noting rising yellow fever in the South and winter cold at Mount Washington.
Early returns from several counties show W D Hill leading by large margins. Allen County reports Hill 2887 Price 1815 Holgate 230. Van Wert Hill 2169 Price 2144. Fulton Price ahead by about 700. Williams small Hill majority. Defiance Hill 2092 Price 1015 Holgate 363. Putnam Hill 150. Paulding Hill about 159. Hery County Hill 1816 Price 607 Holgate 682.
Ohio Western Reserve votes show a Republican edge with about ten of twenty seats likely to Republicans. Names listed include Butterworth Young Keifer Le Fever Hill Hurd and McKinley Garfield Monroe Geddes McKinley among others. possible changes noted in favor of Republicans.
The full Defiance county returns show the Democratic county ticket elected but by reduced margins from 1876. Voter sentiment appears fractured, with corruption and discord among party leaders blamed for decline, while Republicans may gain support from honest opponents in time.
A Democratic official vows to wage personal warfare on the Express for its campaign coverage. He says he will begin when he pleases and warns that, once started, he will feel as though he has fallen into a hornet's nest.
The piece argues that Irish voters are awakening to independence from party leaders. It claims intelligent Irishmen now vote without guidance from scheming leaders, foretelling disappointment for the Democracy as thousands vote without their influence.
Stanley Matthews told a Zanesville audience that abolition of the national banks would not arise until 1883 and that Ulysses S. Grant would be the President then. The remark aimed at the "on-the-fence-ists" drew attention for its timing and political forecasting.
Opinion musing that once the money question ceases to be a political weapon after January 1 1879 the country will enter better times. The author argues that ongoing political battles over finance keep the country in hard times and that erasing such partisan finance disputes will improve conditions.
After last Saturday’s Court House event, observers say Mr. James L. Price delivered the best and most gentlemanly speech of the campaign. Supporters and some rivals acknowledge his poise and oratory as exemplary on the stump.
A warning against choosing manual labor, urging refinement over work at the rock or wood. The piece mocks rugged toil, favoring genteel wages and social polish over practical skills, citing appearances and class pride as reasons to avoid labor.
In 1873 Memphis suffered 1202 deaths from yellow fever as the outbreak ran from September 14 to November 9. By October 1 the death count reached 2706, marking a severe early toll in the season.
Special Dispatch reports that the President and Attorney General have received full details of organized efforts to disrupt Republican meetings in Sumter County South Carolina aiming to crush the party. Two of Governor Hampton's aides are named and armed disturbances have occurred since July. The Administration plans to use Section 5520 to allow arrests for further disturbances, with Republican meetings to be publicly announced in support of specific candidates for Congress.
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