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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1877
Page
2
The Democrat predicts President Hayes will earn lasting glory if he sincerely inaugurates and fully pursues his policy. It argues his administration could be seen as great and beneficial, converting any title stain into admiration by contemporaries and future generations.
A fragmented letter dated March 2 from 15 Gramercy Park addresses Governor Lafayette Grover in Salem Oregon. The message includes terms like exploded ruinous expense and folly. The note appears signed but is incomplete and unreadable in places.
A Washington dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercial quotes an intimate associate of Hayes predicting that Hayes will press a pacification policy despite Blaine's faction. The associate says supporters will march along the path Hayes sets, with some howling voices likely, and that the public will sustain him.
The Tur Concord Patriot reports broad approval of President Havers’s inaugural address from Democrats and Republicans alike. It praises his policy as honest and sincere, pledging support to restore peace and prosperity and to pacify post war issues if sustained by his program.
The Knoxville Chronicle lauds President Hayes for a strong admiral cabinet led by Col. David M. Key. It lauds Key’s patriotism and calls the lineup the best since 1840, noting Democratic opposition as political posturing while praising Hayes as honest and a standard bearer.
The Memphis Avalanche notes Senator Key as a representative of Southern conservatism whose selection signals Hayes will keep promises. The pick is praised as aligning with principled conservatism and as an affirmation of Hayes's acceptance and inaugural statements.
The article surveys reactions to President Hayes and his Cabinet choices. It cites Southern acceptance, Western republican support, and Democratic opposition, noting calls for an extra session to pass the Army bill, and praising Hayes for independent appointments and restraint. It mentions key figures like Key and Butler.
Reports from the Ninth Congressional District indicate Bell a regular Democrat leads Speer Independent Democrat and Archer regular Republican by a fair margin. Official tallies are slow and may be close.
In Wayne Indiana one mile from Huntington this morning Michael Merriman in a fit of insanity shot his eighteen year old son in the head fatally wounding him and shot his sixteen year old son in the head causing a serious wound before killing himself. Merriman formerly confined at the State Insane Hospital had been discharged a year ago after deemed cured and had shown no signs of danger until today.
Vice President Wheeler will recommend no person for appointment and will not sign papers. If the President asks his opinion on any subject he will give it frankly and heartily. He will studiously avoid any interference with the Chief Executive.
In New York on March 13, all contestants withdrew objections to the probate of Commodore Vanderbilt's will. The planned trial did not begin as the matter was settled beforehand between William H. Vanderbilt and the contestants. Notable counsel included Secretary of State Evarts Judge Mathews Jeremiah Black and David Dudley Field.
In Fort Wayne Indiana on March 11 a man’s body was found two miles from the city side of the road frozen. The deceased is identified as Joseph Aleger, formerly a resident. He left the town Friday afternoon on foot and reached a toll gate at nine last night seeking admission but was refused. Authorities suspect he became lost and froze to death.
BEAVER March 7 In the Second District Court Judge Doreman sentenced John D. Lee to death with execution set for Friday March 23 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Lee arrived from Salt Lake City at 2 p.m. in custody of Marshal Nelson and U S Prosecuting Attorney Howard.
Petroleum V. Nasby vents in Toledo Blade about the Democratic defeat in brutal satirical prose. He blasts Cassid Morton Blaine Edmunds Sherman Davis Field and others, laments losses, mocks the High Joint Commission, and imagines a New York tabernacle and barroom politics as the path forward.
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