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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1872
Page
2
A district ticket backs Ulysses S. Grant for president and Henry Wilson for vice president. A state ticket favors Con Tess with Maj. Henry B. Sayler as the State Ticket candidate.
The Indianapolis Journal notes frequent correspondence across the state praising Hon. Wm. Williams for his campaign energy. The chorus from all sides is to “Send us more men like Major Williams” as the effort intensifies.
In a May 10 1871 communication Greeley says he will not seek Gran's re election but would support him if he is the Republican candidate. The piece questions the credibility of a man who deceives his party and the public, mocking the label Honest Old Horace.
The piece notes several Liberal candidates in Indiana facing ill health including Gratz Brown Sumner Niles and John B. Niles plus Stoll and George Francis Train. With health problems hindering public addresses the question is how the situation will look in November.
Horace Maynard a Union loyalist, Gen. Cheatham a former Confederate, and Andrew Johnson debated in Chattanooga last Saturday. Maynard and Johnson dominated the discussion leaving Cheatham largely outspoken and outmatched. Maynard is Republican Cheatham Democrat and Johnson Independent. Cheatham believed stronger in combat than rhetoric.
A French military letter claims Marshal Bazaine faces death after a court martial for infidelity to duty. Carlotta, wife of Maximilian, lies near death after abandonment by Napoleon and Bazaine in Mexico, while Napoleon has been dethroned and exiled.
The article reports that Senator Wilson’s charge was challenged after a letter from Schuyler Colfax to the New York Tribune, printed November 17, 1868, emerged proving the speech attributed to Wilson was forged. The find came while Wilson examined his papers last Sunday.
It praises the party in power for inviting scrutiny and claims it can purge its ranks. The passage asserts the Republicans will not be outdone by foes and will enact remedial measures without delay, citing their progressive spirit and prior aheadness.
An official statement lists defalcations since 1851. Losses under Lincoln total 700,000 dollars, under Johnson 2,000,000 pounds, and under Grant 2,200,000. The note suggests critics may use these figures to fuel attacks on the administration.
The Genera tribunal awarded 15 500 000 dollars in gold to the United States, far above the 17 129 209 dollars sought by counsel. The item notes wartime redress, avoids war, and praises the decision as a strong national win. The rest of the column critiques political figures and local events with satirical tone.
A portrait of Charles O Conor a New York lawyer and Democrat with a long Tammany affiliation. The piece traces his legal fame from Mrs Edwin Forrest's divorce case to his cautious political stance and preference for Grant over Greeley, noting his strong conservatism and precedents mindset.
Telk Hart postmaster R. K. Brush landed in the city last week and stopped by our office. The writer humorously compliments Brush as one of the whitest fellows this side of sunrise and expresses a wish for a cordial welcome.
The Democratic orator Hon John R Coffroth spoke at Elkhart as planned but failed to receive a welcoming committee. He arrived at Clifton House and left without addressing the crowd or issuing a public speech, reportedly departing at dawn with his belongings and a few Greeley extracts.
The piece accuses John R. Coffroth of dirty tactics as a ballot-box stuffer during a past Congressional race in Huntington. Inspectors allegedly accepted a turkey visit while ballots were counted and Republicans contested the results. Lambdin P. Milligan is named among election inspectors.
Dan Voorhees voiced reservations about ALY. Greeley as Democratic nominee claiming laboring voters would split, and warned that even a Baltimore nomination would unlikely secure a majority of the Democratic vote nationwide. He urged acceptance of his stance as a guided decision of the moment.
Delegates recall Mr Hendricks 1862 Northwestern Confederacy address at the Indiana Democratic State Convention in which he opposed emancipation and warned that freeing slaves would ruin Southern markets and bring freedmen to compete with white labor in the North. Question arises whether his views have shifted since that January 8 speech.
A long letter exchange from Sept 1572 includes a reader praising the Tribune, critiquing Lincoln’s opponents, and proposing to name a child after the President. Responses from Crappagva, N. C., and other figures mock rivals, discuss post offices, farming, and politics in Wisconsin and Indiana, with sharp partisan jabs and historical notes.
The report questions James B. Ryan, State Treasurer, claiming he draws interest on Sinking Fund money and benefits financially from public funds. It notes alleged illegal pocketing far above county officer norms and urges Ryan to explain or justify the emoluments.
Republican lead in Shank's district sits at 1000 amid wartime veteran pride in Fort Wayne. In Putnam County only five of 125 Tribune subscribers back Greeley. The widow of Hon. Joseph E. McDonald dies. New York Governor Woodford to speak in Terre Haute Warsaw Fort Wayne on 24 26 27. Major Sayler to deliver five speeches in DeKalb county this week and four next week. Goshen Times names W A Woods Goshen as Noble Elkhart Joint Representative candidate. D S Scott and Henry Hostetter also mentioned.
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