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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1872
Page
2
The Enquirer notes editorials and a bitter fight against Senator Sayler as Republicans weigh actions amid a Congress flooded with hand grant bills. Reports indicate about 56 bills seek land gifts totaling over 200 million acres, an area larger than five midwestern states combined.
The article extols Puget Sound as an inviting Northwest region with abundant homes and healthful opportunity for labor, contrasting its superior harbor depths and navigation safety with San Francisco. It highlights strategic access via the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Hoof’s Canal, praising Commodore Wilkes’ remarks on its waters and forecasting rapid future travel and trade growth.
The region around Puget Sound in latitude 48 degrees is praised for a mild climate akin to Virginia and exceptional timber. It notes abundant wheat and potatoes, abundant grazing, and vast lumber exports—over two hundred million feet annually—with mills employing thousands, ships, and large land holdings.
The English public’s anger over U S Alabama claims has cooled since initial outbursts in the London press. A London meeting of workingmen and manufacturers opposes press and government lines on arbitration at Geneva, urging England to settle and recover costs from the Lairds and other shipowners.
A London sentiment shift among merchants and laborers softens the belligerent British press stance toward the United States. The public mood argues any clash would waste lives and wealth, with most losses borne by common people, not ruling elites.
The Courier argues Sumner gains nothing from his current resolution on the Franco-Prussian era arms sales. It says his past role as Foreign Relations chair should have addressed the matter earlier and accuses him of delaying to injure the administration.
After a protracted debate the Senate adjourned the session with an 8 to 0 vote on adjournment. Arguments centered on Sayler’s right to vote and a series of amendments requiring refunds of per diem and mileage. House actions list numerous petitions and remonstrances on railroad, liquor, land, and school measures from multiple counties and citizens.
The Akron Board of Education debated borrowing for school purposes. A resolution to tax or issue debt was laid on the table before being adopted, with amendments discussed. A bill re-enacting a duck shooting season to April 16 was ordered engrossed for a third reading. Adjourned.
A northwest city resident signs as Proclivity but withholds real name and asserts lifelong abstinence from tobacco alcohol, gambling, and medicine. The piece also carries assorted market items, social observations, and brief notices on culture and crime.
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