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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1880
Page
2
A local Republican appeal urges every voter to be at the polls next Tuesday October 12 and to help elect the full party ticket. It cites General Hancock and a Grant/Fowler interview controversy, praising Rev. Father Cahill and urging Republicans to vote early and ensure all neighbors cast ballots.
September debt reduction totals 8 974 891.68 dollars and cumulative debt from July 1 1880 to October 1 stands at 26 578 112.68 dollars. Senator Thurman praises Garfield as a devout man though wary of politics. Campaign conduct note cites one critic of Abraham Balyeat over courthouse contract. The 1874 courthouse contract was for 78500 dollars. Balyeat left office in December.
The Republican rally in Willshire last Tuesday drew the town’s largest audience and high enthusiasm. Speakers included J L Prick and Joan Darnell with two visitors from Decatur Indiana. The Garfield and Arthur Club led floats bands torches and banners boosting turnout in Willshire township for next Tuesday’s vote.
A Charleston News and Courier dispatch from Fort Motte South Carolina reports a Radical jubilee meeting where Democrats demanded a time division. They formed a solid line and compelled a split. Speakers Colonel John C Haskell Solicitor Jerv ey and General Izlar spoke against the Democrats. Mackey accused the Democrats of all ills and inflamed relations with the Black community.
Lima Ohio politician T E Cunningham spoke to a Wiltshire Democratic meeting in a hotel bar room last Saturday night. An actual count showed eleven Democrats present with Republicans outnumbering them, who cheered Garfield and Arthur as they left. Wiltshire is outside Cunningham’s bailiwick and he cannot claim Voter support in Allen County.
The piece warns Republicans in Ohio about a Democratic strategy to flood districts with forged or manipulated documents before the election. It cites plans to spread vicious caricatures of Garfield and Townsend, praise Hancock, and portray Townsend as a temperance zealot. Distributors will be local workers via mail and express, aiming to sway voters with deceptive literature.
Readers in Hardin County, Kenton report Democratic mass conventions in 1864 and 1874 adopting resolutions opposing conscription and supporting states’ rights. The documents depict antiwar sentiment, calls to resist Union policies, and praise for Confederate aims, reflecting a pattern used to rally volunteers in the rebellion era.
The Canton Illinois Register reprints a 1864 call for a Democratic rally at Bushnell on Friday November 4 with speakers Hon L W Ross Major S P Cummings T E Morgan and Joseph C Thompson urging White men of McDonough to defend the Union and oppose Lincoln's Rebellion while Noble women are urged to rally against tyranny.
A New York Tablet editorial questions Democratic allegiance to Irish voters and urges independence from party bosses. It recalls historical slights by Democrats, warns against coerced ballots, and appeals to Irish Americans to vote by conscience, not for party puppets.
The Empress is praised for founding and funding a school and hospital named after her. She spends substantial time visiting, reading head physician reports, and checking patient care, guided by disciplined or military habits observed in her male relatives.
An English doctor in China notes that most Chinese patients are good and polite but can test patience. He recalls a man who took a four day medicine supply in one dose and returned claiming the dose was split. Another patient mailed dressings separately. He observes a belief in internal administration even for minor injuries.
The speech argues Garfield acted as an attorney in the DeGolyer & McClellan pavement case, denying improper influence by Congress or the District Board. It defends fees to Garfield and Thurman, attacks Democratic rivals with charges of falsehoods, and cites Thurman’s 1873 verdict. A Utah pursuit and capture tale of Fred Hoyt ends the piece.
A traveler asks if a train is theirs at the Kansas Pacific depot. A bystander responds with uncertainty, noting the car bears the railroad name and guessing it may belong to the company. The dialogue ends with a question about any train being lost.
Statewide results show Republicans winning in most towns with large margins. Hartford's GOP ticket led by about 400, Tilden carried Hartford in 1876 by 900. Of 97 towns reported, 56 voted Republican and 34 Democratic, seven split. South Norwalk, Norwich, and Meriden gave sizable GOP majorities.
Washington reports dispute over a claim that Republicans paid rebel and Southern damages totaling 100 million dollars. It notes no such payments have occurred and cites one paid claim under Johnson amnesty. It comments future bills to repeal the statute of limitations on rebel claims.
An advertisement asserts full strength, pure and clean essence tinctures elixirs syrups and fluids offered by L. F. Gackenheimer created from the best articles in the market. The note emphasizes quality and origin of the products.
A young woman buried in Washington Pennsylvania received services jointly by a Catholic priest and a Lutheran clergyman per her request. Though her father is Catholic and her mother Lutheran, she belonged to neither church, making this a historic first in the state for such combined rites. The piece ends with a poetic exchange between two lovers, echoing themes of distance and rarity.
The speaker cautions appointees to assess character with self awareness and to temper guilt with sympathy rather than amplify it through misrepresentation. Emphasizes humane approach to convictions and the impact of judging others.
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