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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1870
Page
2
The Illinois vote adopted the new constitution and minority representation. Democratic and Republican ticket details emerge for Jefferson County and Erie area. Reports from Philadelphia papers criticize Democratic conventions and discuss potential independents and third party challenges. Local Pennsylvania figures include Delemater, Lowry, Scofield, and Detemater with shifting loyalties and borderregion candidacies.
A Philadelphia Post report notes a July Fourth meeting at Girard House where Republicans from minority counties urged a convention of delegates to pursue cumulative or minority representation. George M. Carson presided. remarks were made by W. H. Amey and others. a resolution asked the Republican State Central Committee to call a convention when it meets on the 18th.
The New York Tribune defends President Grant against Democratic critiques. It argues Grant's leadership is safe and substantial, compares him with Lincoln, notes declining national debt and steady revenue, and cites tax and tariff reforms advancing through Congress and the Senate.
The piece lauds Ulysses S. Grant as a prudent, peace seeking leader who avoided entangling alliances, protected commerce, and upheld equal rights including the Fifteenth Amendment. It credits his administration with fiscal prudence, honest revenue collection, restraint in foreign policy, and cooperative work with Congress, while noting he did not pursue grandiose foreign or domestic ambitions. It ends by presenting Grant as sound and safe for the nation.
Telegraphs report a European crisis as Paris rations while France debates Prince Leopold's possible candidacy. Prussia asserts innocence and refuses to restrain the Spaniards or dictate to Prince Leopold, with negotiations between Paris and Ems described as unsatisfactory. A larger French party calls for delaying action until the Spanish Cortes convenes.
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