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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1872
Page
2
Tax Enquirer lauds Greeley as a protection apostle and urges Labor Reform to nominate him for president. Indiana State Republican Convention opens in Indianapolis tomorrow February 22 with indications of unusually large attendance.
The Ohio River Improvement Convention remains in session at the Chamber of Commerce today. A report of the proceedings will be published elsewhere and is expected to attract interest among readers.
Over one hundred delegates arrived with many more en route as the convention nears a presidential nomination. Readers are directed to our special reporter’s letter on the ground for further particulars.
Augustus Schell ex Collector of the Port of New York was last night installed Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society. He was formerly aligned with the Republican party as part of a new departure movement aimed at uniting liberal Republicans with progressive Democrats against Grant.
Rumor places Colonel Forney as Postmaster General in Cresswell's seat. The piece notes editorial independence would be at risk if he leaves the Philadelphia port collectorship and questions whether he could still run newspapers while joining the Cabinet. It warns that rumors may be unreliable.
The British government shows a fragile hold on power with a Commons vote on Sir Robert Collyer's Privy Council appointment leaving a slim margin. Disraeli's opposition may press the Alabama issue to topple Gladstone, who defends the American case to maintain control while dispatches and letters aim to temper tensions at home.
The London press moderates its denunciation as hints arise that a Great Britain letter to a foreign press correspondent may reflect official views. The event signals tribulation in the Gladstone Ministry and heightens the chance of a direct vote of want of confidence if opposition sharpens its questions.
The piece warns that timber and coal supplies are finite and being depleted worldwide. It notes Europe’s import dependence, France and Germany cutting forests, and Russia maintaining strict forest controls. It highlights American forests as vast but not inexhaustible, with Western regions exporting timber.
Delegates to the National Labor Reform Convention steadily arrive as organizers lock in leaders and committees. Pennsylvania supports Gen Geary on first ballot while Massachusetts backs Wendell Phillips, with other states signaling arrivals and mass meetings at Wagner Hall to rally support.
The speaker laments widespread timber waste as fleets carry away forests and Americans burn millions of trees. Vast regions remain unsettled, timber grows scarcer and costlier, with little effort to conserve or replant for future supply. The critique targets national neglect in managing wood resources.
A legislative session debates petitions on reimbursement for thieves chasers land protection and liquor law changes. An incident prompts Mr. Jones of Trumbull to accuse a rumored night caucus at the Neil House involving Senators Jones Casement Beavis and Lt. Governor Mueller, while others deny the claim and defend free listening in political discourse.
In a lengthy session the Ohio House discussed privilege after Mr. Stimson’s remarks about Democrats. Mr. Jenner cited a Cincinnati telegram alleging Mr. Gage influenced an adjournment. he defended his actions and challenged the source. New bills include canal repair funds, fence liability, name change of Eclipse Machine, and mortgagor fraud penalties. The chamber rejected Taft’s road bill, authorized extra school code copies, and passed several measures including a hearse facility, tax cuts, and cooperative society incorporation.
The Kentucky Senate in Frankfort on February 20 discussed a bill to create a third lunatic asylum with an amendment by Dr. Haggard, but no vote was taken. Resolutions honored Daniel Clark, longtime body servant to governors, who died yesterday. Other measures included insurer relief, Sheriff Clinton County revenue refund, juror exemptions for dentists and druggists, aid to Judge Kavanaugh’s widow, and a disputed Sandford Gain grant. The day ended amid filibuster and a quorum dispute as the apportionment report was debated.
Fragmentary text describes a committee reading and adopting a motion to satisfy members on ability to be nominated and elected to Congress. It mentions an adjourned session in 1873 for the benefit of unsuccessful candidates and distribution of mileage and per diem among sui candidates pro rata.
Reports from London and Paris detail Gladstone hosting Minister Schenck, Thiers state dinner, and various diplomatic notices. Thanksgiving plans for Dublin Cathedral, French Monarchy manifestos, opera ceiling coppering, and fears of Fenian violence color the unsettled scene.
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