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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1889
Page
2
Governor Foraker delivers a Batavia Clermont County address attacking Campbell for alleged brewery trust ties and election fraud history. He defends Republican governance, cites past Cincinnati voter abuses, defuses Campbell calls for home rule, and pledges fiscal improvement and lower taxes.
General Sherman in a Society of the Army of the Tennessee meeting extols Governor Foraker as the modern knight of service. He recalls Foraker’s mud stained pine woods ride, lauds his plain speaking, and cites wartime and constitutional achievements. The crowd cheers the Ohio leader, then plans to introduce the speaker and notes contested gubernatorial prospects.
Secretary of State Ryan reviews six years of Ohio legislation contrasting Democratic misdeeds with Republican reforms. He cites tax cuts, labor protections, mine safety, dairy and food policing, veteran relief, and the Massie and Dow laws. He praises the National Guard, a nonpartisan police board, and measures against gambling, asserting major savings in state taxes and improved governance.
A. A. Winans of Cedarville rails at James E. Campbell for governor, denouncing “the gang” and boodle methods. He cites letters from leading Ohio Democrats favoring bolting Campbell, warns that Democratic victory would hurt honest elections and restore corrupt practices tied to Cogars Mullens Mulroys Daltons Bernards and OMyerses.
Judge George W. Hoadly denounces ballot box manipulation by the Hamilton County Democrats, urging a new departure after Dayton faction accusations and recounts of miscounted votes. He cites personal shame over disputed totals for himself and Judge Foraker, while Democrats wriggle at proposed protections.
The late Democratic State Convention backed reform and home rule and named Mike Mullen to lead the State Central Committee. The article recalls Mullen’s 1854 election-day arrest for locking up 113 black voters at a Cincinnati station house, a move described as an election outrage. It notes his later pardon by President Cleveland and frames current politics as a test against Campbell and his alleged associates.
Chafing within the party grows over Campbell and Follett as machine choices. Critics call the governor candidate and the ticket tainted by boodle ism and corruption. Dismayed voters reject the Democratic leadership and warn against letting the current control resume state government power.
A partisan critique targets Ohio candidate Campbell linking him to bourbon interests and GOP flaws. It accuses Campbell of protectionist leanings, election fraud ties, and loyalty to liquor power, citing Brewers Congress praise and the Washington Sentinel. It contrasts Campbell with Foraker and frames Campbell as a symbol of corruption and whisky influence.
The piece argues against James E. Campbell asserting that his Mills free trade vote favors foreign wool growers. It questions Free Trade policy as harm to Ohio wool, claiming it forces European labor wages into America and damages domestic industry. It cites Section 8 of the 1888 bill admitting various wool products without duty.
A Democratic chestnut idea is dropped from the Ohio Democratic platform as the party shifts to denounce the registration law seen as necessary for honest elections. Springfield Republic Times cites Dan Dalton of Hamilton County and others in protesting a law that hampers their election day activities.
Saloon keepers face an annual liquor tax of 250 dollars and a survey of payments shows wide state differences. Arkansas 700, Connecticut 500, Georgia cities 1000, Illinois 500 to 1000, Massachusetts 500 to 1000, Minnesota cities over 10,000 1000, Mississippi counties 1000, St. Louis city 1000, Nebraska 1000, larger Pennsylvania cities 1000, West Virginia 500, Wisconsin cities 1000, Dakota 1000, with Michigan Texas and others imposing high licenses or taxes.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat reports candidate Campbell claimed tariff talks would not endanger Democratic gains in Ohio this year. The piece asserts there has never been a chance for Democratic success in Ohio, tariff or none, during this election cycle.
General Horace Porter recalls General Grant's secret 1864 mission to the Rio Grande to monitor Maximilian and French action in Mexico. Wallace gathered precise Mexican conditions and strength, aiding Grant's strategy to keep the Confederacy from reopening a southern blockade route. The plan influenced postwar actions, including troop movements and potential U.S. intervention.
The Schenck family played a lively role in the Second Ohio regiment under Colonel McDowell McCook during the Civil War. General Robert C. Schenck, wary of his nephews, faced a humorous foraging incident when five men were brought to him. A forager named Peter Brown joked he was one of the “blank Schencks,” provoking laughter and the general’s ire before he laughed himself.
A Twenty-ninth Iowa private, Jacob Barnhart of Company I, seized the engine throttle and steered a fleeing Army train back to Little Rock, Arkansas, during a Shelby raid. Though bullets raked the cab, his gamble saved the officers and crew left behind. wounded and ill, he remains awaiting a pension as a respected Dexter Kansas citizen remembered by neighbors.
During John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry Stevens and four men held the end of the bridge to the engine-house. Fire from the Galt House left Thompson dead on the street and Stevens wounded. He urged mercy from Mrs. Foulke then faced execution, later hanged in Charleston with a steady, smiling resolve.
Angelo Pacha, color sergeant with First Michigan Cavalry under Captain Alexander, kept a tin cup in an apple tree crotch during Gettysburg. He later bought the tree for twenty five dollars, had it cut up, and carried the cup relic home. He gifted parts of the tree to former comrades yesterday.
A collection notes battles at Antietam Harper s Ferry Chickamauga with dates and Union Confederate losses. It records Logan monument fund totals over 10000, a tall army officer, a Washington land company with Burdett as incorporator, and war era rolls and survivorship figures for Union and Confederate forces.
A California State University assistant describes Viscolized leather as a preservative compound of chloride of sulfur and fatty substances. It does not strengthen leather yet keeps fibers lubricated, resisting air water and perspiration. Tests show soft pliability after washing versus hard French leather, with potential impact on the leather trade and rubber demand.
Ralph Tarr describes Gulf Stream surface waters rich with minute life. A silk net samples countless jellyfish larvae, barnacle and crab young, and microscopic species, while toothless whales feed by straining and swallowing the abundant prey.
A column discusses sham antiques flooding Paris and other places with items aged by trickery, from worm eaten furniture to gilt Louis XIV style pieces. It notes old coins and Regency clocks cast daily, sold as genuine antiquities at high prices. Also recounted is a note on a blue-skinned Dublin resident named Blue Billy and a DIY panacea for birds.
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