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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1872
Page
2
The Ways and Means panel reports adversely on abolishing the income tax. Ohio River Improvement Convention sits at the Chamber of Commerce with leaders from major river towns. Read full convention coverage in local columns.
Cuartes, Colorado’s congressional delegate, calls for a novel plan to consolidate territories into states. His proposal would unite Colorado with Wyoming, Dakota with Nebraska, Utah with Nevada, Washington with Oregon, and Arizona with California, while New Mexico remains a territory and Alaska becomes a province.
The Tax Enquirer labels the fei' Committee of Southern Outrages report as a "Committee for the Manufacture of Radical Capital." A careful reading of both majority and minority Congress submissions, plus Southern press coverage, suggests capital was already manufactured before the committee began its inquiries.
A troubled editor fears the Indiana Republican State Convention may endorse the Grant administration and push his renomination. The piece invokes old rhetoric and a dying horse metaphor to underscore the controversy and stakes.
The piece criticizes the Ohio Lieutenant Governor for expanding his powers beyond presiding over the Senate. It recalls blocking vote changes and deter... (text cut)
The piece argues the New York customs investigation is timely though the irregularities exposed are not surprising. It contends such investigations are political tools with motives beyond exposing wrongs and suggests party strategy drives the timing ahead of national conventions.
The piece argues the current probe aims to harm Grant more than raise revenue and that any action by him will be deemed wrong or self-serving. It notes the public’s manipulation of motive and predicts Grant might maneuver to sidestep the political trap.
Hon A F Perry in the House last Saturday presented a reform view that rejects a purely routine executive process. He warns against a commission system and argues against Congressmen shaping appointments. He favors a non competitive approach and criticizes Chinese style exams as insufficient. He seeks a reform path emphasizing executive responsibility and proper appointment selection.
A Detroit saddler keeps a monkey that sits on the counter. A countryman buys a saddle for twenty dollars through the monkey and is attacked by the animal. The man screams as the monkey claws him, and the proprietor questions the fuss claiming no relation to the animal. The bizarre scene ends with the customer insisting the monkey kept the saddle.
A Detroit thief rang a doorbell and claimed to be sent by a Mr. on the door plate to collect twenty dollars owed. The servant brought the mistress who learned the visitor’s ruse. The ruse failed when the mistress noted the husband had been dead seven years.
Senators debate arms sales to France during the Franco Prussian War with Conkling defending inquiry into motives and noting Remington sales. House moves include public lands bills, railway bridges, and a civil rights act proposal while other amendments and votes unfold.
The House debates suspending rules to print minority views with the majority report. J Dunnell of Minnesota introduces a bill extending land payment time for settlers. Garfield reports the deficiency bill including a repeal of the law requiring publication of laws in newspapers. Butler objects as general legislation. The motion to suspend the rules proceeds as the House adjourns.
In Spencer county Indiana a plan forms to honor Mary Todd Lincoln by erecting a monument on her grave site. A local association with Gen J C Veatch as president and Curran A DeBruler as secretary seeks public funds to mark the resting place of the mother of the nation’s savior and call for support from Lincoln’s supporters.
A four foot long simple tube with a four foot slide, pitched in B flat and D, was found by Herr Kosleck in a Berlin curiosity shop. Musicians praised its tone and the ease of playing the diatonic scale, noting its lack of modern piston mechanisms yet its ability to reach high notes once used by Bach and Handel.
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