Favors Cleveland A Green County Farmer Switches Sides
S M Henderson a leading Green County farmer announces his plan to vote for Grover Cleveland next November after thirty years as a Republican He writes in the White Hall Register about party history tariff reform Cleveland’s views and his reasons for opposing Ingersoll and pension policy He predicts Republican emigration and notes his support for progressive free trade and the Democratic ticket led by Cleveland and Thurman.
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S. M. Henderson
Green County
Grover Cleveland
Henderson
White Hall Register
Ephora Register
Cleveland
Sons of Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Diana
Ephesians
M. Henderson
Ingersoll
United States
Tam
Republican Party
Tom
Harry
Thurman
Wool tariffs questioned by ex governor over woolen blankets
The St Paul Farmer reports that ex Governor Gear of Iowa cited a Bonaparte Iowa blanket buyer to argue tariff harms wool growers. Isaac Meek of Bonaparte counters that his mill operated since 1854 and would gain under the Mills bill, undermining Gear's point.
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Gear
Iowa
Congress
Bonaparte
van Buren County
England
Meek
Isaiah Meek
Ira
Dean Srr
van Buren
Carder
Isailah Meek
Free Whisky Plank Sparks Republican Platform Debate
A New York Times interview with Rev. A. F. Schauffler, a Presbyterian clergyman and NYC Mission superintendent, reports his long Republican affiliation but strong opposition to the party’s free whisky plank and its stance on the surplus, criticizing the campaign push for Colonel Inger Soll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Ingersoll
New York Times
A. F. Schauffler
D. D
New York City
Dr. Schauffler
Wisconsin Doubtful: Democrats Aim to Carry State for Cleveland
Washington dispatch reports ex congressman Winans predicting strong Wisconsin effort to support Cleveland Thurman and tariff reform. He cites organized Democratic clubs, labor support in Milwaukee, and a need to flip about 10 000 votes to shift Wisconsin from Republican to Democratic.
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Winans
Wisconsin
Baltimore
Thurman
Tilden
Hendricks
West
Northwest
Milwaukee
Henry Smith
Cleveland
Union Labor
United Labor
Washington Dispatch
Chicago Times
Home Market Delusion Under High Tariffs
An editorial criticizes General Harrison's talk of a home market for farmers under a high tariff. It argues farmers lose ground as prices fall, while protected goods cost more and Liverpool prices fix wheat. The piece says manufacturers gain from monopolies, farmers pay higher costs, and the promised home market remains distant. The Chicago News frames the tariff as harming farmers and benefitting big interests.
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Harrison
Liverpool
Chicago News
Iowa Democrats Hopeful In Fight To Capture Hawkeye State
A Chicago Herald report notes Iowa Democrats seek a hard fought win this fall amid shifted German and Norwegian votes, rising emigration, and a contested 1880s election history. Greenback and Prohibition support mix with labor and Democratic blocs, with potential to name four of thirteen presidential electors.
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Iowa
Larrabee
Anderson
Masere City
Chicago Herald
President’s veto over private pensions sparks reform call
Chicago Herald reports the President condemned fraudulent private pension claims led by Mary Ann Dougherty. He urges Congress to expand oversight or create a tribunal to assess merits, arguing pensions should honor soldiers and their widows, not allow log rolling or improvidence.
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Congress
Mary Ann Dougherty
Pension Bureau
United States
Washington
Republic
Chicago Herald
Illinois Affairs. County fairs map out 1888 season
A Warren business group aims to restore the Gratiot to Warren morning train abandoned by the C M St P. Kemp and Howe from Indianapolis arrested for burglary at Ridge Farm. governor seeks Turner in Missouri for forgery. Illinois county fairs listed for 1888 with many dates and locations across the state. Forestry meeting set at Springfield August 8 with talks by state officials and experts.
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Warren
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Gratiot
Kemp
Howe
Indianapolis
Georgetown
Vermilion County
Snowden
Ridge Farm
Illinois
Adams County
Camp Point
Boone
Belvidere
Brown
Mount Sterling
Bureau
Princeton
Carroll
Mt. Carroll
Charbpaign
Champaign
Christian—Assumption
Pana
Coles
Charleston
Crawford—Robinson
Cumberland
Toledo
de Kalb
Sycamore
de Witt—Clinton
Farmer City
Douglas
Effingham
Watson
Fayette
Vandalia
Ford
Piper City
Franklin—Benton
Fulton
Canton
Avon
Gallatin
Shawneetown
Greene
Carrollton
Hancock
Carthage
Warsaw
Hardin—Elizabethtown
Henderson—Biggsville
Henry—Kewanee
Cambridge
Iroquois
Milford
Jackson
Carbondale
Jasper—Newton
Jefferson
Mount Vernon
Jersey
Jerseyville
Jo Daviess
Galena
Kankakee
Kendall
Yorkville
Knox
Knoxville
Lake—Waukean
la Salle
Mendota
Iingston
Fairbury
Logan
Lincoln
Atlanta
Macoup
Carlinville
Marshall
Wenona
McDonough
Bushnell
Macomb
McHenry
Marengo
Woodstock
Mclean
Bloomington
Menard
Petersburg
Mercer—Aledo
Montgomery
Hillsboro
Moultrie—Sullivan
Ogle
Oregon
Rochelle
Peoria
Dunlap
Perry—Pinckneyville
Pratt—Monticello
Pike—Griggsville
Pittsfield
Pope—Golconda
Pulaski
Villa Ridge
Randolph—Chester
Richland
Olney
Harrisburg
Schuyler
Rushville
Shelby
Shelbyville
Stark— Toulon
St. Clair
Belleville
Stephenson
Freeport
Tazewell
Mackinaw
Clavan
Union—Anna
Jonesboro
Vermilion—Hoopeston
Catlin
Wabash
Mount Carmel
Warren—Monmouth
White—Carmi
Whiteside
Winnebago
Rockford
Woodford
el Paso
Watseka
Lovejoy Leaves Republicans to Back Cleveland and Thurman
Owen G. Lovejoy of Princeton Illinois son of anti slavery figure Owen Lovejoy publicly supports Cleveland and Thurman and tariff reform. The Lovejoy and Bryant families shift from Republican to Democratic lines as abolitionist roots return to favor tariff reform. The movement reflects broader state wide migration from protective tariff Republicans to Democratic tariff reform.
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Owen G. Lovejoy
Princeton
Ill
Owen Lovejoy
Cleveland
Thurman
Lovejoys
Bryants
J. J. Bryant
Politician Breaks From Party Over Tariff Reform
The speaker says national platform pledges from four and eight years ago were ignored. He criticizes high taxes and monopolies and announces he will abandon party ties to back the tariff reform ticket, aligning with a Chicago Herald line.
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Chicago Herald
Ex Mayor Low Disavows Chicago Tariff Plank
Former Brook lyn mayor Seth Low repudiates the Chicago tariff plank and withdraws from the Republican organization. He commends the Chicago ticket to supporters of the party platform but opposes the tariff direction preferring to align with Democrats on protection and free trade ideas.
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Seth Low
Brooklyn
Chicago
Republican Party
Democracy the Moral Side in Elections Debate
The piece argues the moral weight lies with Republicans losing trust as leaders of the party are seen as traders in politics. It cites Steve Elkins and Tom Platts as driving a revolution and warns that money can buy nominations, labeling the party as disreputable and past usefulness according to the New York Times.
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Republican Party
Steve Elkinses
Tom Platts
Oretorian Guard
New York Jimes
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A. C. Hammond
State Horticultural Society
Daniel Berry
Carmi
J. L. Budd
Ames
R. E. Ferron
R. W. Furnas
Brownville
Neb
State Department of Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
P. M. Forgey
Chestline
C. W. Henry
Vermont
Sugar Creek
Nebraska
L. L. Parker
Douglas County
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William H. Hankins
Albert Hankins
Hurlburt
Ind
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McHenry County
California
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Fox Creek
Albert
Hawkins
Arthur
Hankins
T. J., Albert
George W. Hankins
E. B. Washburne
William Hempstead
South Presbyterian Church of
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Benjamin Bullock
Sparta
St. Louis
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Christopher C. Ellingsworth
Peck Jackson
Illinois Central
United States House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Landes
Grand Rapids
Congressman Henderson
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