06 Sep 1875
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Pharos
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1875
Page
1
A brief notice lists advertising rates for one square and ten lines per day, with monthly options. The page also notes Bank of California resuming activities after September 20 and displays a ram pant rooster illustration tied to California election results.
The public is told that the family of the California banker will not be left destitute. After debts owed by the deceased financier are paid the remaining estate will total about two million dollars.
The Arkansas Legislature race occurs today. New Jersey votes tomorrow on amendments to the constitution. Maine holds Monday for state and county officers and a vacancy in the Fourth Congressional District.
The piece notes the Radical press reaction to the Afghan law author’s renomination and questions why the Hamilton County Republican convention rejected a resolution censuring the Legislature for passing the bill and urging its repeal.
Reader note on a repeated witticism about Cantell A. Biglie, claimed Illinois farmer, being lost for two days in a wheat field. The piece mocks the stale joke and questions originality.
Governor Hendricks assails the Republican party over corruption and duplicity and outlines his stance on finance. He argues against fixed resumption dates, supports repeal of the resumption law, and warns that enforcing specie resumption would require massive gold borrowing and foreign-held bonds draining the country. He condemns contraction and warns against base money policies while urging a measured currency approach.
The piece calls Indiana’s Governor Hendricks a distinguished Democratic leader whose recent speech advocates a balanced currency policy. It praises his effort to unite party factions, uphold sound money and return to specie payments, while averting the dangers of both contraction and inflation.
The piece mocks Indiana Governor and Senator Morton for stirring Civil War era disputes. It argues Republicans should stop rehashing treason charges and face current issues, noting Maine voters resisted revival of slavery debts and Confederate pensions as war ends drag on debate.
The piece notes Democrats feel gratification over California's local election result but caution against assuming it forecasts national outcomes. California’s unique position may isolate it from broader party influences, offering a hopeful sign yet not a solid basis for nationwide victory next year.
The piece portrays Republican leaders in Ohio as creating a fictitious sense of certainty to mislead followers. It cites a new Indianapolis Journal report sourced to a Northern Ohio Democrat, arguing the Democrat hope remains slim and the rhetoric undermines public trust.
The New Albany Ledger Standard reports Houghton remains in precarious condition after a racially motivated assault. He was moved from the county jail to the Commercial Hotel in Leavenworth with severe wounds and maggot-infested, sloughing flesh while he names several assailants. The informant quotes a threat to force him to leave the county within a day.
Governor Jen Dricks speaks at Zanesville urging careful judgment on the silver plan and a return to specie payments. He warns the act would raise domestic debt to a foreign gold burden, contraction, and threaten labor, business, and national credit.
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