Civil Service Critique and Connecticut Democratic Convention
An exposé decries a vast civil service roster surpassing 60 000 appointees plus clerks, claiming waste, corruption, and heavy taxation. It recounts Connecticut Democratic actions, resolutions against centralized government, the 15th amendment critique, and calls for honest economy, tariff reform, and state sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Revenue Department
Great West
Congress
Connecticut
New Haven
Ws. E. Faron
United States
States of the Union
Gen
Grant
Supreme Court of 1870
Janis BE. Enenist
Junius Horcuniss
T. M. Watter
Caries M. Ponp
Stru
Logan
Supreme Court of the
Andrew Jackson
Dawes
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Cuba
James E. English
General Milroy as Republican candidate and canal trustee
The passage attacks General Milroy as a Republican candidate for Treasurer of State and a trustee of the Wabash and Erie Canal. It cites a state convention resolution labeling canal stock as not a state debt and demands a constitutional referendum before recognizing liability. The document quotes the canal board report criticizing Milroy and trustee actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Milroy
Treasurer of State
Wabash and Erie Canal
Republican Party
General Assembly
R. H. Milroy
Revels and Sumner clash with fashion and politics
A Washington scene blends race and power as Senator Revels seeks access to Sumner while Sumner resists the idea of having a senator cling to him. A visitor describes the Capitol encounter and the mortified reaction of Sumner, amid remarks on etiquette and gentility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revels
United States
Mississippi
Sumner
Washington
New York Commercial
Reyes
Advertiser
Capitol
Cardiff
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts
Magnus Apollo
Cmsar
Voters and politics mix in Posey county notes
The Mt. Vernon Democrat notes 150 colored voters in Posey county may rise to over 200 by October elections. It questions makes from Kentucky and highlights Fifteenth Amendment gains in two weeks. Also mentions a schoolmaster ad from New Albany Ledger and a Prince Napoleon story about Victor Napoleon education and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Posey
Loansville
Kentucky
New Harmony
P. Morton
gamPrince
Napoleon
Victor
Napoleon Victor
Posey County
James B. Campbell
Co partnership formed Lichtenberger and Owen in Southern Indiana
Notice announces on March 1 1870 a co partnership named Lichtenberger and Owen to run general dry goods and hardware with a strong stock. They thank patrons for past support and pledge to merit continued patronage. Also includes a tobacco ad mention and references to local drug store offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Harmony
Indiana
Lichtenberger & Owen
IF. W. Lichten Berger
Julian D. Owen
Owen & Owen
Alfred D. Owen
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W. Slater
P. Bennett
Slater & Bennett
Ind
Norman Eddy
St. Joseph County
John C. Shoemaker
Perry County
James B. Ryan
Marion County
Bayless W. Hanna
Vigo County
Milton B. Hopkins
Montgomery County
Supreme Court
James L. Worden
Allen County
Alexander C. Downey
Ohio County
Samuel WH Buskirk
Monroe County
Pettit
Tippecanoe County
the ‘Civil Service
Lafayette Dispatch
Sumner and Revels
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
New Albany Ledger
John G. Miller
Lafayette Journal
George Wolflin
Terre @laute Express
New Harmony Theatre
Union Salh
Seer Eee Eredeene
Douglas Jerrold
Martin Neywood
Jackson Grantly
Twigg
J.D. Jones
Toby Heywood
W.S. Allen
Weseed
Bennett
T. Ming
Polly Briggs
Wiles
J. P. Jackson
Wteee
Benjamin Buzzard
John Small
Esc
Cress
I. Wagewood
M. Bennett
J. M. Mills
Whetil Ackerland
Wyler & Freeman
Pearl Street
Bet
Vine and Race
Mar Y
Cincinnati
Ohio
Thrall & Momford's
gasThe
Thrall & Mumford's
Fersons
Mars
O. K
Dexter
Crown Jewels
A.B. Jones
Thrall & Mumford
OTICE
Board of County Commissioners
Windfield
WM. W. Stallings
Evansville Hotel
Geo. I. Williams
High and
Leet Streets
Evansville
Lnd
KarLarge
Henry Burrucker
Mount Carmel
Illinois
Bas
Jread
Riehann Hower
New Harmony and Vicinity
Excelsior
Tuxan & MumForp
Drua
forThrall & Mumford
Crispus Schnee
Webb
Hays
Wabash River
Josiah Calvin
Dixon
Ocritryzw
Naproar
Jes
Det
Hornbrook & Co.s
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