Canal job in Miami Canal case shocks Cincinnati crowd
A hijack at the Miami Canal led to the theft of property valued at 3,000,000 while ex Governor Jones and other Cincinnatians denounced the act. Lobbyists crowded the floor and interrupted business in a disgraceful scene as authorities pursued the robbers and called for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyes
Fred Alms
H. Doepke
Samuel Trost
R. M. Bishop
James N. Gamble
Proctor & Gamble
A. F. Frank
A. Padesti
Charles Doerr
F. B. Hunter
B. Trum
T. A. Walter
Joseph Wehinhoff
William Ramsey
James O’ Kane
Samuel Blair
J. B. Wideman
Gustave Zink
Charles Voegel
Paul F. Mohr
George Henshaw
Cincinnati
Indignation Over Miami Canal Scheme In Cincinnati
A 1884 editorial and public meeting reveal broad outrage at McLean Campbell and Thompson canal leasing plan. Citizens denounce a proposed private lease of the Miami and Erie canal for 99 years with annual rents of 10000, claiming it would enrich a few while betraying public trust. Ex governors Noyes and Bishop condemn the scheme as rogue and rascality, urging action against the lawmakers and lobbyists backing the measure.
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Cincinnti
Ohio
Jver
Blackiller
McLean
Hamilton
John R. McLean
Allen O. Myers
Myers
John R. Mclin
Adleton
Senate
J. Rompson
Legislae
Hamilton County
Fchman
T. C. Campl
McLean’s
Orney
Lean
Thompson Indiately
Cinnnati Commercial Gazette
Thompson-McLean-mobell
Thompson
Public Works
Toledo
Cincinnati
Todo
Miami Ransportation Company
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Music Hall
Miami and Erie Canal
Miami and Erie Canal Association
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Miami Transportation Company
Emil Rothe
Benjamin Eggleston
Columbus
Bishop
Noyes
Ing. McLean
Peter Schwab
Mimi and Erie Canal
Reeponeibie
Taeir Chetk
Bonrdo
Watson
Cincinnati Belt Line Railway
Remark on Pending Legislation By Former Governor Noyes
Former governor Noyes chaired a meeting to deliberate on a proposition before the legislature. He stated the gathering aimed to discuss the pending measure and its potential implications for the state.
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Noyes
Canal scheme sparks heated Ohio political clash
Amid mounting opposition in Cincinnati and Columbus, resolutions call to defeat the Thompson McLean Campbell canal bill. The Commercial Gazette cites interviews denouncing the plan as a gigantic swindle while Columbus reports a tense house vote on suspending rules for canal legislation and blasts at John R. McLean and political bosses.
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Miami
Ohio
John R. McLean
Durbin Ward
Highland House
Hoadly
Allen O. Myers
McLean
Hamilton County
Columbus
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
T. C. Campbell
Neil
Railroad Committee
Cincinnati
Miami and Erie Canal
Vanderbilt
Berm
Cheapside
Marsh
Commercial Gazette
Cummings
Cogan
Menke
Thompson
Stryker
Wolfe
Cosgrove
Stelbach
Bruce
Senate
House
Henry B. Payne
Alex. Sands
McLean Uses German Vote Appeal Against Free Silver
The piece accuses McLean of pandering to voters of German birth by portraying a non existent England Republican alliance to spark fear and push free silver at 16 to 1. It argues German Americans see through the demagogy and prefer clear honesty over such tactics.
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McLean
England
Senate
Boots shine tale of Nash’s grasp on youth
Franklin Hall recalls in Cleveland Plain Dealer a vivid 19th century incident from Ohio politics. George K Nash as a district schoolteacher shined boots for a farmer and quipped that future governorship would square the bill. The farmer Stephen Kinnear later died without payoff, but Nash’s early earnings foreshadowed a political rise.
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Columbus
Ohio
George K. Nash
Stephen Kinnear
Pickaway County
Judge Nash
Kinnears
Nash
George Allen
Bellefontaine
Franklin Hall
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Leopard's Spots and McLean Boss Power in Ohio Politics
A 1884 critique by Lewis Bernard on John R. McLean and the Zanesville convention highlights claims of bought delegates and oil money influencing Democratic outcomes in Ohio. It cites the Zanesville Signal's harsh portrayal and questions whether McLean’s methods have changed since his rise in the 1880s.
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BeLean
Zanesville
John R. McLean
Washington, D. C
Hoa. A. W. Patrick
Warner
McLean
Ohio
Muskingum County
Pendleton-Payne
Kelly
The
Enquirer
Democratic Party of
Pendleton
John McLean
Columbus
Payne
Cincinnati
Johnny
Lewis Bernard
Anti expansion doctrine in Democratic stance on territories
The piece argues that many Democrats struggle with a new doctrine oppose territorial expansion, recalling Jefferson’s era of westward acquisitions and contrasting past pride in adding states like Iowa Missouri Minnesota and more with current anti imperialist sentiment in states such as Ohio and Kentucky. It questions if modern Democrats should oppose formation of western states.
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Union
Thomas Jefferson
United
Ohio
Kentucky
Bryan's False Prophecy and Currency Figures
The article notes Bryan's 1896 prophecy about gold standard causing currency contraction, contrasting it with circulation figures. It cites $1,506,434,966 in 18S and rising to $1,942,131,248 by Sept 1, 1899, an increase of $435,696,175, to argue the prophecy was false.
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Bryan
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Ise
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Freieht
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Acme
Iits Onan
Metropolitan National Bank
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Chicago
German Exchange Bank
New York
Sears, Roebuck & Co
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Dewey
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Robert Newbegin
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Cleveland
A. Minsel
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