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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1872
Page
2
Turnt was a lively skirmish in the Ohio Legislature over the Kemp Baylor contested election. Kemp was voted out and Sayler seated, provoking a Democratic walkout to the Library and a resolution not to recognize Sayler. The fight likely resumes today.
DwerRier Attorney Bateman remains absent in Washington seeking an inquiry into District Attorney affairs. The Attorney General and Judge Swing refuse to investigate. The piece urges referral to the County Investigating Committee and calls in Ampt Sater and Sage to uncover Bateman’s alleged concerns.
An editorial condemns Cincinnati’s plan to issue ten million dollars in bonds to fund a railroad to Chattanooga. It warns of excessive debt, cites Ohio and Kentucky legal hurdles, and argues for alternative, safer routes to secure a regional railroad connection without heavy municipal bonding.
The Common Council's Committee on Hailr debated a Kentucky charter for a Southern Railroad amid bids for a three million bonus. Trustee Miles Greenwood faced probing questions from Woolley about sums, contracts, and road routes while the panel sought clear terms and potential embargos.
The article argues a generous bonus could fund a new thoroughfare with benefits while risking heavy taxation on businesses. It notes that a formal bond issue of ten million would open further obligations, similar to an unknown algebraic quantity.
The opposition by trustees to the construction plan favored granting Exe gum ag a bonus to a company capable of finishing the project. The committee agreed to report a resolution to the Council reflecting this stance and proposed action.
In the Ohio Senate debate Mr. Updegraff urged Sayler to keep his seat while Holden pressed to postpone action to March. The chamber grappled with voting rules, adjournment appeals, and a push to swear Sayler in as Senator for the Third District amid a tense partisan standoff.
Amid disorder the House set recess for tomorrow at 10 A.M. Petitions from 225 Huron citizens and others opposed liquor repeal or modification. Mahoning citizens seek an insurance department. Board of Public Works favors a Miami Erie canal dam at Providence and surrender of the Western Reserve and Maumee road lease. Taft bills on fiscal year start pass. witness fee bill recons idered and laid on table.
Special Correspondence from Washington notes Sumner's Amnesty Bill defeat with a Civil Rights amendment, the lively floor drama, and Whitney’s misfortune. It also covers Isabella Beecher Hooker's push for a women's rights hearing and a vivid scene at a temperance meeting among many senators and observers.
The column mocks temperance talk and politics as it covers a lively press feud between the Washington Capital and Daily Republican. It notes the Board of Public Works scrutiny, Shepherd’s social influence, and visions of ornamental city growth amid naval appropriation chatter. Morgan of Ohio spoke on naval funding, with chaos and Boutwell noted.
Adam Grossmann declares that in Covington he was bound over for trial on a theft charge for selling a sewing machine to cover rent owed by Charles Veither. He explains Veither and Mary Veither were separated amid divorce proceedings and that he held the machine with a bill of sale, despite presenting it at trial.
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