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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1876
Page
3
The article presents a comparison of state taxes by county between Dix’s 1874 administration and Wilden’s 1876 bid, claiming Gov. Tilden reduced taxation. It notes the 1875 valuation used for 1876 calculations and indicates the new assessment will not greatly change figures.
The article notes reductions from vetoed items and omitted appropriations in the legislature. It cites canal taxation, showing ten years of averages around 2.28 million dollars and a 1876 figure of zero tax after Gov. Tilden argued no canal tax was needed. It implies funds were not allotted to canal upkeep.
A historical call argues for Democracy after years in ostracism, criticizing Republicans for wartime failures and economic distress. It claims Democrats offer fit candidates and superior public policies, contrasting them with a party “tried in the balances” and found wanting.
A partisan address charges the Republican party with widespread ills from starved labor to massacres and debt. Democrats are urged to unite, drop grievances, and rally behind Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks to reclaim the White House. The speech invokes Winkelried and calls for a solid, undivided democracy.
Donald Mitchell notes in Scribner the Philadelphia display of Japanese architecture. He praises tile roofing precision and decorative yet restrained joinery, with roof ornaments and porch rafter curves admired, while warning about sun exposure on unpainted timber.
A bronze statue of William H Seward by Randolph Rogers was installed at the southwest corner of Madison Park New York City last Saturday afternoon. The seated figure shows Seward with a pen in his right hand and a document in his left, clothed in a cloak, and the thirteen foot statue rests on a pedestal about fifteen feet high.
Fragmentary note alleges real estate ties of the late Count de Morny as key to a coup plot. It hints that Louis Napoleon might have become emperor with his aid, and references public career embarrassments and extravagance.
The passage praises Horatio Seymour for his foresight and calls to "show the books" of federal governance. It notes partial disclosures under House pressure, claims savings of 30 million dollars, and argues for complete accountability via the 1872 election of Tilden and Hendricks to ensure honest administration and reform.
The piece argues Governor Hayes will not seek a second term. It condemns the statement as cheap political capital and asserts Hayes remains a compromise choice for the party to defeat a stronger rival. The author notes party leaders will not back a second term and accuses them of manipulation.
The article analyzes German sentiment in the 1876 race, arguing a large German bloc favors Tilden. It cites 177 Tilden and 68 Hayes papers, German population counts from 1870, and estimates of German-born voters in Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Illinois, noting Germans often tipped Western state results and party influence.
The passage argues that shifting 3,000 votes in Ohio, 2,500 in Wisconsin, and 3,000 in Illinois from German blocs would flip those states to the Democrats, while Indiana stays fixed. It asserts the German vote in the West will largely back Tilden and reform, shaping the national outcome.
Army chaplain testified that General R B Hayes took four hundred dollars from a dying soldier to be used for a government purpose and not returned to the mother, with General Brown corroborating the facts. The claim stirred Republican dismay in Montgomery County as Brown spoke before about thirty attendees.
Mrs. Fanny Kemble recalls a morning with Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford then unfinished and crowded with workers. The air was damp and misty, Maida the staghound restless, and Scott, in toothache, wrote the opening chapters of The Antiquary as Adam ferried pages across the table.
A curious method explains locating letters by alphabetic columns. It describes summing column positions to reveal each letter of a name and gives Jane as an example with J A N E determined by column headings and sums.
Captain Simpson's five year Pacific Ocean exploration is recounted with details on Salaman, Strong, Lugona and other islands. He notes coral reefs, diverse peoples, cannibal islands, and a shocking head scene while contrasting islander life with European contact and depopulation trends.
A captain returns with a strange vine resembling a giant bean stalk. Its size is likened to a large admiral and it grows near airy houses that have declined in value after locals learned to use revalvers.
A collage of brief items mentions a BrursauamCt man training as a whistling instructor, a relic scarf from the battle of Quebec, a Calais Maine citizen, and a bloodied relic. Other notes cover land sales in Boston, Sturgis family grief, Josefa Prowan’s death at 93, and a Jersey City artesian well reaching 1700 feet.
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