Bridgeport Evening Farmer

[1] In the early 1800s, Connecticut remained a strong Federalist stronghold, but under the leadership of editor Stiles Nicholas the newspaper was staunchly Democratic.

[1] The Daily Farmer regularly published content highly critical of Abraham Lincoln, in defense of slavery, and, even during the Civil War, supportive of peace with the Confederacy.

[1] Stiles Nicholas' son-in-law Floyd Tucker took over the position as editor of the Bridgeport Evening Farmer, and continued the paper's militant Democratic alignment.

[1] The Bridgeport Evening Farmer also frequently supported the causes of organized labor, regularly calling for better wages and shorter working hours.

[1] His editorial style was noted as a stark departure of Tucker's partisan management, and proclaimed that the Bridgeport Times-Star would be an "independent newspaper" which conformed to the "modern standards of journalism".