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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1875
Page
2
The piece mocks Pausox Newman and Cant Sonvaz while noting Sioux policies and New Hampshire court rulings. It comments on a proposed presidential salary reduction and criticizes Secretary Delano's anti fraud drive, suggesting agents would see reform as a joke.
The article notes Senator Morton avoids commenting on a third term and implies Mr. Grant will pursue it. It warns Morton must be sure he cannot win before engaging publicly and predicts potential backlash if he competes. The piece comments on Beecher Tilton trials and predicts acquittal. It also covers Plymouth church jubilee and Germany demonetizing silver with satire from the Cincinnati Enquirer. Paper money’s elasticity and gold flows abroad are discussed.
A Petersburg Virginia police chief received a postal card offering 200 dollars for the arrest of J. C. Van Pelt once of Ohio. The note recalls Van Pelt as a saloon keeper who joined temperance crusaders, rose in popular favor, then returned to vice, became involved in arson cases, and disappeared.
The piece ridicules the primacy of money in U S politics from Washington to Grant, denouncing greed as endemic. It argues Grant pursued monetary gain in office and notes the party's worship of him as emblematic of modern statesmanship and patriotism.
The writer cites subsidies to railroads and steamship lines as wasted public funds and argues that an overstrained treasury has caused restrictive revenue policy. He warns high tariffs deepen deficits and urges the 44th Congress to learn from past blunders and avoid repeating them.
In a Connecticut town Charley Backus staged a scene on a departing train. He shouted insults at a depot lounger, taunting a duel and forcing the train to stop. He locked himself in the drawing room car and remained hidden until reaching New York.
Rudolph Worch again seeks county subsidies in Allen county as Fort Wayne Gazette reports on local figures. The Fort Wayne-Logansport Post is expected to appear next Saturday amid sharp exchanges. The column also recaps city missives about Palace hotel remarks in San Francisco, tree pests in Fort Madison Iowa, and various opinions from newspapers across the country.
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