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Newspaper
The Evening News
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1887
Page
2
The notice states the Hamilton County campaign committee fully controls the paper and will push it for Union Labor party gains. It urges every member to contribute, predicts a rousing victory, and asks workingmen to rally from all quarters while acknowledging early publication flaws.
The publication declares itself a reliable, purist paper aimed at exposing corruption in city government led by the Smith and Kessler gang. It pledges truth in politics, labor parity, and scrutiny of municipal taxation to serve middle class and workers.
A leading Republican memory notes heavy campaign costs and a proposed 10 dollars per voter from business interests to fund the race. Critics call this a corruption fund and urge citizens to vote Union Labor for living issues and honest commerce. The text argues for protection of honest business and wider opportunities.
The piece attacks the Republican Convention factions and warns against relinquishing self-government to a Columbus political czar. It promotes the National and State platforms of the Union Labor party pledging government by the people and against monopolies, urging a contrast with Democratic and Republican predictability.
The piece asserts Union Labor candidates paid no campaign costs while questioning Republican spending on nominations. It quotes a county commissioner candidate admitting money could secure support, implying corruption. The passage portrays a contrast between parties and implies an object lesson in nomination funding.
A union labor discourse questions candidate assessment and campaign funding amid calls for modest sums and donations. The speaker condemns large spending by rivals and warns that campaign pressures corrupt honesty and foster political anarchy.
The Union Labor Party opposes stock gambling and stock watering citing links to the Fidelity Bank failure and the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad wreck as broader risks to commerce and public welfare. It goes further and ends with a pledge to pursue reform.
The passage derides mercantile and archists behind no schemes and condemns the cow of the Which for filin wa force notaaw. It mocks lingering belief in Turner Hall subli¢an and attacks a Republican party driven by local rings including the Bread and Butter Brigade.
A scathing critique of the 1885 Bruce Law Penalizing margin and futures trading calls it a dead letter in Cincinnati. The author denounces brokers advertising Chicago Board of Trade quotes at Fourth and Walnut and questions police action and political corruption linked to stock and grain gamblers.
A Union Labor plank argues for a Government Telegraph to counter the Western Union and Baltimore and Ohio system now under its control. The piece cites Congressional testimony on line duplication costs and a nearly 100 million dollar capitalization used to fund high rates and low wages. It calls for equal pay for men and women and criticizes perceived exploitation.
A partisan critique alleges election fraud in Hamilton and Bellefontaine, accusing ballot destruction and a tainted Board of Elections. The piece denounces partisan representation, warns of a fraudulent count, and urges incorruptible witnesses at every voting precinct to secure a fair result.
A Cincinnati Times-Star critique targets editor Dandy Tift and columnist Verdant Green. The piece calls their editorialWar on socialism and political ambitions petty, likening attacks to petty street quarrels and attacking the Times-Star style as irate and ineffectual.
The Evening News promotes itself as the premier advertising medium, claiming forty thousand workingmen as readers and urging merchants to advertise to boost the paper’s success.
A garbled Duluth text describes a harbor moment with a pupil and foghorns amid unclear narration. The scene appears to involve a kindergarten group and a photographer's account with incomplete phrases and names.
Local council announces the appointments of Ralph Bedumont to a key post and Hon. Wm. Baker to fill a vacant judgeship. Both appointments become effective immediately and are expected to influence upcoming municipal decisions.
Twelfth Ward gathers at Highland and Molitor streets with Maassie, Dietz, Munson, Smith and others as Union Labor supporters pack the venue. Nineteenth Ward at Fifth and Mound hosts Wilson, Pechn ey, and Cosner drawing large attendance amid fireworks and lights. Twenty-First Ward to meet at Evans Street with Page, Bruck and Weier. Forty-fourth Ward public event with Schrage and Davis listed. A busy weekend for ward demonstrations led by Beaumont, Mahoney, and Cosner across multiple districts.
Beaumonts appointments show three days of service in the county with plans for extended engagement. This evening at Hopkins and Freeman streets, Friday night at Harrison, Saturday at Reading. Hon William Baker, candidate for Attorney General, to speak this evening at Madisonville and Linn.
The Sixth Wari Union Labor Club met at No 19 East Ninth Street with many new members. Meetings tonight at Odd Fellows Hall West Lockland and Hopkins and Freeman streets urge Republican and Democratic workers to hear Ralph Beaumont. Wards push for three way calls for union labor, Democrats, and Republicans amid party tensions.
Mr and Mrs Wm Stoms marked their golden wedding anniversary at Mount Washington last night. Mayor Smith has returned as Chief Dellechia in Philadelphia attends to electrical fire apparatus and theaters. no further details provided.
The Central Labor Club met last night in Central Turner Hall with John Lechner presiding. A constitutional amendment sparked a long debate showing parliamentary tact. The club also prepared for its first entertainment and ball at Turner Hall, with plans extending to all wards and a focus on workers.
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