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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1873
Page
2
The piece notes Elkhart County's Senate representation unchanged by apportionment, urges temperance practices, and discusses making general election days legal holidays. A contemporary warns voters neglect the franchise and supports holiday voting to boost turnout.
Hon M H Bovee of Wisconsin plans a drive to abolish capital punishment before legislative adjournment. A national abolition champion, he has won abolition in Wisconsin Iowa and practical abolition in Minnesota and Illinois. He will lecture in our state including before the Legislature, with endorsements from Senators Wilson and Sumner Wendell Phillips Beecher Bellows Chapin Longfellow Whittier and other leaders.
The Indiana editors met at the State capital last week to hear an address on country journalism from the Warsaw Indianapolis editor and discussed issues related to their vocation. They expressed hope that such gatherings will continue to be held and yield tangible benefits.
The Indianapolis Journal notes Pinchback won the U S Senate seat in Louisiana through the Kellogg Legislature. It expects Congress to resolve the dispute quickly by confirming or denying the result as both provincial legislatures move to Washington with their credentials.
Representative Butterworth introduces a compulsory education bill requiring children eight to fourteen to attend school twelve weeks yearly with six consecutive weeks, exemptions for health or lack of nearby schools, and state aid for clothes and books. Senator Morton advocates a district based direct popular vote system for President and Vice President, detailing proposals and historical examples.
LL Mattingly, veteran editor and politician, says Hendricks is cold and selfish and not the author of important measures. He claims Hendricks falsified records in speeches and challenges how such a man could be the best governor the state has had.
Congratulatory notice praising the OnsERVER for aiding the railroad appropriation win in Elkhart. Claims the paper shifted a vote from 400 against to nearly 300 for the project and credits the Observer with exposing falsehoods and stopping blackmailing press tactics. Thanks also given to Democratic Union allies and acknowledges prior labor in the enterprise.
The Senate met after adjournment with 46 members present and the House at the appointed hour. Butterworth, Durham, and Martin were sworn in by the Speaker. In a joint convention the body canvassed votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor and elected officers: President of the Commissioners of Benevolent Institutions Dr. P. H. Jameson 74 to 60 over Dr. James S. Anthon. Trustee of the Blind Asylum John Beard 71 to 60 over Johnson.
The document lists Republican wins for trustee positions at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Insane Asylum, Canal Trustee, State Librarian, and prison directors. It notes resolutions praising Governor Baker, Beardsley committee assignments, a governor’s inaugural message, a prairie fire at Elisha Miller’s residence, a saloon opening in Michigan, Vene Closyer’s New Year gift, and local notes on Laporte Argus and Mishawaka’s opera house plans. It also reports South Bend’s crime concerns.
U.S. troops clash with the Mo doc Indians on the frontier with heavy losses for the Indians. Mrs. Mary A. Walker, widow of Robert J. Walker, dies in Washington. she was Benjamin Franklin's granddaughter. Smallpox fears rise in Boston with 3000 cases and high mortality. most burials at night. Arkansas legislature elects S. W. Dorsey to succeed Senator Rice March 4. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton dies. Louis Napoleon sent a jeweled chalice to Fort Wayne priests. the gift arrived posthumously with a Latin inscription and autographed letter.
The South Bend Tribune reports St. Joseph county has the shortest tax list in the state while Steuben county offers a 50 percent discount on descriptions. Kendallville Standard notes a pest issue, urging action on dangerous dogs in the community and calling for responsible control.
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