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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1872
Page
2
The House Committee on Banking and Currency favored Sherman's bill to retire the three per cent certificates approved by the Senate weeks ago. There is growing talk in Columbus about delaying the election for delegates to the Constitutional Convention until next year.
The inquiry into the District Attorney's office for the Southern District of Ohio proceeds with Mr. Hawi appointed by the Attorney General to lead the investigation.
Yesterday the Senate extended the act allowing transportation in bond from seaboard to internal ports to Pittsburg. The Iron City will henceforth be recognized as a port of entry.
A Jersey City dispatch exposes widespread official corruption in multiple cities and ties it to national party politics. It condemns Tammany, New York Customs, and Democratic and Republican misdeeds, urging independent presses to challenge entrenched plunder.
The passage argues for true independence of the press against party influence. It laments political presses as often untrue to the people and calls for a manly protest against mischievous counsels to rebuke public wrong doing and safeguard citizens rights without fear or favor.
The article argues that modern war is dominated by machinery, especially rail networks and breech loading weapons. It cites Prussia's war effort, showing trains supplying 85 000 troops within forty hours and single- and double-track plans that kept armies ready. It contrasts with French failures and notes the shift from personal valor to mechanized logistics in warfare.
The author questions the cool use of technology and distant command in war. He likens a general directing regiments from afar to a necromancer, arguing this "glory" of modern grand strategy yields rivers of blood and raises questions about titles and honors attached to such power.
A morning fire destroyed Dr. Jayne's granite block at 84 Chestnut Street Philadelphia once the tallest in the city. Fire officials note insurance issues and water delivery limitations to upper floors. Diligent Engine Company aided by adjusting its pump to reach the height, with other city engines duplicating the feat. The upper portions burned due to water reach limitations.
A detailed critique of Sardou's Rabagas, satirizing avocats who exploit politics. The play centers on Rabagas guiding Monaco’s cabinet, under the Prince’s eye, from reform to reaction, then drifting to the French Republic amid political maneuvering and caricatured ministers.
The text argues against offering seats in Congress or high paid posts such as postmaster consul or attache without the brains or address of the French capital. It implies such offices carry salary or fee rewards but lack worthy qualifications.
The Senate passed several bills including education bond issues, holiday designation, sewer assessments, and civil code amendments. Remonstrances against liquor law repeal were filed from multiple Ohio counties. Government reports and confirmations of nominees followed, with debate on railroad and education measures and a note on Dickens burning letters.
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