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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1842
Page
1
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The Indiana Senate debates 6 percent interest cap for loans and tax exemptions for property, while considering canal and internal improvement measures. Arguments focus on finance, land sales postponement, and the Wabash Erie canal continuation with state lands. The House and Senate pass amendments to the imprisonment for debt bill and discuss anti corruption election reforms.
Mr. Benton criticizes the president’s message and opposes the extra copies. He argues the plan outlines constitutional dangers and questions details to be provided by the treasury secretary. His stance centers on opposition to the fiscal agent feature.
A Louisville Journal reader excerpts N Noble’s report on Kentucky state debt and internal improvements, noting a House submission that triggers a clash with General Stapp. The letter predicts a major controversy, praising Noble as truthful while forecasting Stapp’s vulnerability to fraud allegations and a forthcoming committee investigation.
An Indiana Journal report describes a counterfeit five dollar bill claiming Madison branch State Bank Bank of Indiana. The note shows a cattle scene with a female portrait in a circle and a misrepresented signature of the president, though overall quality is high.
In a House debate yesterday the proper pronunciation of clerk was discussed after the reading of a bill used clark. Defrees proposed replacing clark with clerk but withdrew after members argued English lexicographers favor clark. speakers lament the English sound as antediluvian and un-American.
After the first day of January the Daily Journal will be furnished at 50 cents for the remainder of the session and back numbers supplied as far as we are able. Subscribers will receive the full proceedings for fifty cents and a post-session list of acts and resolves. Clubbing rates are offered. It is said McLeod is confined in Goal in Canada for want of bail in a civil suit.
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