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Republican party at crossroads over temperance platform
A Dixon Sun summary of editorials and letters discussing the Elgin Advocates critique of the Chicago platform's temperance stance, calls for enforcement through constitutional prohibition, and internal GOP tensions. It notes candidates like Col. B. F. Sheets, local debates on saloon policy, and reactions from Republicans and Prohibitionists about party direction and integrity.
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Elgin Advocate
Chicago
Republican Party
B. F. Sheets
Oregon
Ogie County
Col. Sheets
Prohibition Party
Democratic Party
E. C. Sickles
J.M. Ruthrauff
F. A. Sheets
L. M. Andrews
J. F. Howard
John Wilkinson
Ramsberger
Hvening Telegraph
Epitorr
Evening Telegraph
Lam
Princeton
General Elliott
Elliott
Rome
Senate
Illinois
Reform School
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Franklin
Cleveland
Bprtor Dixon Sun
Rockford
L. D. Whiting
Bureau County
Whiting
West
Salmage
Storrs
Abbott