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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1880
Page
2
The piece endorses James A. Garfield of Ohio for president and Chester A. Arthur for vice president. It notes opposition figures such as Lyman Trumbull as Illinois governor candidate and mocks Democratic critics while praising Garfield as a national leader fit to guard American interests.
The article analyzes the 1880 Republican nominating scene with General Garfield as a rising candidate. It contrasts Grant, Blaine, and Sherman camps, noting Sherman’s support shifted Garfield forward while Blaine’s faction considered backing Garfield. It cautions against letting convention conditions color the ensuing canvass.
The article quotes President’s veto message rejecting a Marshals bill aimed at federal election policing. It argues the bill creates unaccountable officials, lacks constitutional basis, and would destabilize relations between national and state powers. The piece portrays the veto as exposing a Democratic effort to undermine the federal government.
Reports from Washington New York and Ohio describe strong support for Garfield and Arthur after the Republican nomination. Festive crowds, banners and gun salutes greet Garfield from Chicago to Cleveland while editors warn of possible political tremors and rival Blaine support fizzles amid party tensions.
Major General James A. Garfield rises from canal boatman and carpenter to Williams College graduate and Civil War hero. The article chronicles his humble beginnings in Orange Ohio, his rapid rise in the Ohio Legislature, military command and staff service, and later political leadership in Congress and the Senate. It notes his family, marriage to Lucretia Rudolph, farm life, and tariff positions with a defensive letter to the Columbus Dispatch.
A statement argues that full control of national law by the people would reveal its debauched character and the Constitution’s power to shape that outcome.
The Treasury reports grand war costs from 1861 to 1879 totaling 6.796 billion dollars in gross expenditures with 6.187 billion from wartime items. Major items include interest on debt 1.764 billion, army pay 1.040 billion, subsistence 351 million, clothing 345 million, transportation 336 million, pensions 407 million, and bounties 140 million. Navy war costs total about 412 million plus cemeteries 5.24 million and Ford’s Theatre 3.63 million. Paris dispatch notes Jesuit decrees and ministerial orders. final dates extend to late August for establishments to dissolve or evacuate. Baltimore and Ohio orders twenty sleeping cars to be delivered by Oct 1 as part of a joint sleeper initiative with Pitman.
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