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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1880
Page
2
A wholesale sale offers 1 000 dozen assorted fruit jars and cans at reduced prices. Items include glass jars metal lids and preserved fruit contents. Buyers can purchase in bulk for resale or institutional use.
The Board of Health of Madison Indiana announces its organization and asks residents to report nuisances to the Mayor or Board of Health. The notice appears with business ads for Hale Waters and Kimball pianos and organs, at No 26 East Main Cross St Madison.
The Cincinnati Commercial praises Garfield and Hancock, claiming neighbors hold them in high esteem and that their virtues deserve wider acknowledgment. The piece hints at political motive behind the tribute, suggesting Garfield’s Credit Mobilier ties and Gettysburg fame loom in the same portrait.
The passage questions the Commercial's fairness in judging two men. It accuses the paper of bias by smearing Gen Hancock while claiming truth about Garfield's character, citing a past Credit Mobiler reference and Garfield's delayed response to testimony.
The March 4 deadline ends twenty four Senate terms while state legislatures choose twenty successors. Republicans face losses in California and Maine, but Democrats expect to gain majorities. Garfield and Mahone reshuffle seats while partisan strategies loom ahead of the 1881 Congress.
The passage contrasts sectionalism with unionism and accuses Radicalism of exploiting voters. It condemns extremism and bigotry and urges the Democratic party to purge sectarian elements, restore a healthy union, and resist calls to commodify votes. It frames the forthcoming campaign as a choice between inclusive loyalty and factional manipulation.
The piece argues that radical papers accuse others of mudslinging while themselves engaging in filth campaigns since Mancock's nomination. It claims these organs hypocritically condemn mud throwing yet continue to weaponize dirty tactics against the Democratic nominee, showing bias and inconsistency.
The passage portrays Republicans urging a decent burial for defeated figures as they surrender their checks. It links the Credit Mobilier scandal and DeGolyer paving to Republican leadership, and claims Garfield aided an unclean record. It predicts mud throwing from Radical sewers during the campaign.
The New York Herald lauds the Democratic Congress for restrained public spending and fewer lobbyist dinners. It contrasts this with the prior Republican era, noting past laxity and private use of public property, which now embarrasses party leaders.
A column argues jurors decide cases on law and evidence. It criticizes radical newspapers for not refuting testimony used against Republican nominee DeGulver Garfield. Democrats are said to rely on evidence, urging defense by saints to the bitter end and invoking the principle that even guilty criminals deserve defense.
The 1873 New York Tribune urged voters to elect Garfield to save the country amid Credit Mobilier revelations. It details Garfield's ten shares and alleged improper gains, condemning the conspiratorial debt and urging no resolutions and to remand the matter to the people.
Henry Wartersoy writes to the Louisville ratification chairmen praising Hancock as a unifying figure. He calls him a hero in peace and war, above faction, capable of silencing discord and ending the Solid South and the Bloody Shirt era with a new national era and party cohesion.
Hancock told Mrs. Surratt's counsel he had endured battles and near death, calling it a living hell of fire and grapeshot. He swore he would rather face ten thousand hells than order the execution but declared he was a soldier sworn to obey.
The New York Times in February 1873 notes Garfield appears a most distressing figure due to the Credit Mobilier investigation proceedings. The Portland Committee’s charges remain unrefuted, keeping Garfield's figure distressing to this day.
The Cincinnati Commercial argued Garfield had no record to run on and urged stopping any nomination. It claimed past files contained damaging information about Garfield, warning editors knew the issue well.
A Plainfield correspondent of the Indianapolis Sentinel extols Professor Charlton, the Superintendent of the House of Refuge, as a thorough and polished gentleman who is winning many friends and admirers among local citizens.
A political broadside declares General Hancock’s bid for the presidency and threatens radical opponents with harsh retribution if they attempt to cheat him, branding them as traitors and conspirators. The message uses violent imagery of hanging trees and lamp posts as punishment.
Jefferson County seeks a tax collector to ease burdens on all taxpayers. John W. Scott has shown himself capable and should be elected to the Treasurer post for the county’s property holders.
A public appeal touts Calvin Crisco as a brave defender of order and urges voters to elect him sheriff of Jefferson County regardless of party affiliation. His record and service are cited as justification for the bid.
Albert G. Porter faces a tumultuous nomination in Indianapolis amid smoky, frostbitten air as a Republican mob backs his bid for governor. His image, described as wearing silk stockings, underscores a chaotic scene in Indiana politics.
The excerpt notes the preservation of trial by jury ha bean corpus liberty of the press freedom of speech and property rights. It quotes Gen Hancock’s order dated November 29 1857 as a source fragment.
The Democrats of the Third District gathered in New Albany on the 29th of last month and nominated Hon. S. M. Stockslager for Congress.
Hon Frank Lanpers at fifty five years old is cited as at the right age for occupying the governorship of Indiana. The remark frames him as a fitting choice for top state office.
The Democrats of Vevay gathered in the court-house to ratify Hancock and English with Judge Scott Carter praising their leadership. A committee was named to draft a constitution and by laws for the club to address at the next meeting. Vincent Kirk, now on the City Council, will speak at the upcoming gathering. Switzerland county is confidently expected to swing a large victory next fall.
The Democratic party declares a reaffirmation of constitutional doctrines and traditions, opposition to centralization and executive encroachment, support for church-state separation and common schools, a policy of home rule and honest money, strict public faith maintenance, a revenue-focused tariff, civilian control of the military, civil service reform, and the right to free ballots as a preservative of all rights.
A civil war era public address outlines sweeping Democratic demands from anti corruption to restraint on military influence in elections. It condemns the 1876 77 disputed votes and urges justice, free commerce, restricted immigration, and honest public finance, praising labor and pledging reform under a united Union.
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