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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1880
Page
2
A 1880 political tract argues Democrats control Indiana. warns of Republican tactics importing southern Black voters to sway elections. It urges Nationals to vote Democrat for state officers and Congress, condemns carpetbag rule, and outlines delegate strategy favoring Grant supporters in the Republican convention.
A New York special claims the entire Democratic ticket except governor and engineer was counted out last fall. Porter's real majority exceeded 10,000 with the lowest candidate over 3,000 and Seymour for engineer over 25,000. Radical politicians fear HEISMAN may hire 1500 imported Black workers.
From Our Own Correspondent New York January 16 1880 Frank Leslie dead and regretful. The death highlights his English birth patriotism and vast publishing career plus creditors woes His Saratoga mansion hospitalities and family links are noted. Also World’s Fair plans and ferryboat safety anecdotes plus defalcations in finance and journalism are sketched with sharp humor and cautionary tone.
The proposed constitutional amendment shifts the presidential vote to the whole people, giving minorities in each state a proportional electoral share. It would prevent defeating outcomes by returning boards and requires about twenty five thousand votes to change one electoral vote, preserving state rights. If possible, adoption before November is urged.
A local observer, once a strong Republican, laments the party's blind support for office seekers who push the Union toward Imperialism. He warns that thousands believe in the constitutional Republic yet fail to see how close the nation is to danger, with the remark that realization may come too late.
The passage notes the paradox of Garfield being elevated to the United States Senate by the Ohio Republican Legislature amid accusations of venality and ties to railroad swindlers, perjury convictions, and Credit Mobilier fraud involvement, highlighting reform faction dynamics within the party.
A dramatic denunciation accuses Indiana Republicans of using any means to gain office and power. The writer urges readiness against revolutionary tactics and claims leaders would seize the state with national troops if their party could sustain it.
Georan PF of Franklin is still a candidate for State treasurer subject to the Radical convention. He has been nominated by his party and defeated by the people about a dozen times, yet he holds a stubborn faith in an impossibility.
Delegates to the national Republican convention will be chosen in Indiana on February 24. The Grant supporters in the district would need strong turnout to secure two votes, as a rumor of a conspiracy to suppress them on that same day circulates.
The piece criticizes Republican reform zeal as hypocritical by noting Colfax or Ortit could become U S Senators from Indiana if possible, one charged with rascality the other hesitant to answer. Maine hosts two governors amid Radical rebellion against lawful authority with preachers courts money and military aligned against the people. Imported enslaved people are reportedly under Republican county officers across the state, while white deputies are scarce. Don Cameron is suspected of aiming for the Grant ticket, a shrewd manager who could push gains if given opportunity.
Editorial remarks that the newly installed governor by the Greenback party faces vehement opposition from Radicals who would oust him by force. The accusation frames the dispute as a bayonet point confrontation mirroring prior Maine tensions.
Indianapolis runs a full Republican ticket across all state positions, aiming to claim government offices likely to be vacated by defeated rivals. The move signals aggressive planning to expand party control through forthcoming elections.
Some Republican papers are inclined to hold Ben Burren responsible for their Maine mishaps. Ben is thus returning to plague his inventors.
An opinion line mocks Republican press for spreading a new lie about TopEn while suggesting patriotic cheer if Hinauisa and Hancock align with the Grant ticket toward the White House. The text uses satire to critique political messaging and media narratives.
By this time next month Grant will have Pennsylvania pledged. The note indicates a political backing development tied to the candidate and state.
From Washington special: Bayard's greenback resolution faces resistance in the Senate with six opposing members and three in favor. Vote prospects suggest defeat by 10 to 12 ballots, while Carpenter’s currency change proposal may be tabled. Morrill urges a 4 1 2 percent bond plan over 3 1 4 percent and contends sale to syndicates vs public sale. House Banking and Currency to weigh Price and Fort measures. Joint Appropriations aims to push bills rapidly. Supreme Court expected to avoid categorical ruling on radical legislature questions.
New York Sun argues for abolishing the diplomatic service urging Mr Cox to reform as chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. It accuses current diplomacy of being a costly sham and social figurework, noting Cox’s fitness but calling for abolition of the system.
The New York Sun points out a significant coincidence in the Senate race, highlighting Garfield once linked to Credit Mobilier scrip and Thurman’s ally in passing a law targeting large corporations. It argues Ohio wealth from twenty counties backed Therman, while rail barons funded factions to control state legislature, paving Garfield’s accession.
Ayer’s Ague Cure is advertised as a safe, vegetable remedy for fever and ague, avoiding quinine and arsenic. It claims to heal liver complaints, act as a tonic and preventive, and improve general health by stimulating the liver and biliary system in malarious districts. A. H. Fretayeot & Co. are listed as agents.
Par-Calcraft, the London hangman, dies after boasting of his treatment of reporters in the preliminaries of executions. He once told a distinguished journalist at a Newgate hanging that he wished to string up a reporter before quitting his trade, a remark that reveals his depraved tastes.
The Royal Agricultural Society of England offers two prizes for a new wheat variety. Criteria include largest grain yield per acre, high specific gravity, thin husks, bright kernels, and firm straw. The Czar has granted religious liberty to Baptists, granting them equal status with orthodox subjects.
Fragmentary text shows bystander reactions to information in a legislative context. A quotation mentions a man who wants it and a question about how long girls will be court ed while noting a cutoff at 2 AM, with rain as an exception.
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