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Newspaper
North Vernon Sun
Location
North Vernon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1874
Page
2
The piece laments a party split and a contested nominating convention. It argues a few leaders manipulated the process, alienating the majority of Democratic voters and harming the ticket’s prospects. It calls for reform and warns against minority rule in politics.
In a lengthy reflection the authors argue that those who opposed the July 30 convention and those who manipulated nominating power share responsibility for a partial defeat. They urge future nominations be controlled by the county and demand a ticket of honest, competent men for a complete victory in 1876, stressing democracy in Jennings County.
An editorial urges Democrats across native and foreign born members to unite amid internal dissent. It warns against personal rivalries between leaders in New York Indiana and Ohio, urging conciliatory action to forge a strong national coalition for a 1876 victory from Maine to California.
A fragmentary blast condemns the Radical party as decayed and doomed by its misdeeds. It warns of looming oblivion, mocks the timing of events, and hints at political resentment and flawed leadership. The notice references impending events and an ominous forecast for the party’s future.
The election board, overwhelmingly Radies, cast 14 votes for Jefferson as Batitor's opponent. Jefferson will contest the result, with probabilities indicating Bas may be escaped from the outcome.
Bartholomew County backed the Independent State ticket with sixty votes and gave the state ticket a Democratic majority around 861 while voting down local races. Arkansas leaned Democratic by about 76,000. all three state counties failed to deliver a statewide majority. Seymour Times notes Republicans face a decade to undo Democratic gains, Baxter cited by radicals, and Morton Hall tops Sand Creek township race against Joel Davis. Old state officials retire in sequence as new appointees take over through February and March.
A Chicago Times report from Washington says a group of politicians push General Sherman as a 1876 presidential candidate. They doubt his fit, noting military training breeds autocracy and weak statesmanship aside from Washington. Sherman’s intellect outweighs Grant, yet his dictatorial tendencies may keep him in the army. Some call for a nonmilitary leader to avoid a seat of power learned post election.
A fragment describes a young man showing the earliest sign of danger as observers mention “the first symptom that the young man is in peril.” The wording hints at concern over his safety and future.
The Levithan Barwum and Barnum consolidation unites the Great Leadell Show and Central Park Show for the 1874 season under Henry Barnum. The combined traveling spectacle will visit Connersville on Tuesday October 27, with Mr Ratpon praised for organizing the colossal show.
A compact rundown of scattered items: Colorado spans 104500 square miles with over 50000000 acres government owned. Hope Enterprise resumes at Hope Bartholomew county. Paoli livery stable and Trabue house burned with two horses and several buggies lost. John W. Weathers stabbed in Seymour and jailed at Brownstown. Bartholomew county shows mixed party wins with small majorities. Southern Indians report a fatal shooting involving Silas Bell near Newburg Warrick county. Nicholas Hare in Jackson county accused of cattle theft. Louisville national convention seeks to move the National Capitol to St Louis. Holman campaigns in Sth district with rising majority. state prison convicts wear solid brown instead of stripes. Indiana Legislature to meet January in Indianapolis. Georgia legislature has a 250 vote Democratic majority.
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