Dixon Illinois May 2 1888 Democratic County Convention
The Democrats of Lee county meet in Dixon on May 17 1888 to select delegates for the state convention in Springfield May 23 1888. One delegate per 25 votes in 1884 with additional delegates for fractions. Delegates are allotted to towns and districts under the county committee plan.
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Lee County
Dixon
Springfield
Marion
Nachusa Nelson
Palmyra Reynolds
Sublette
South Dixon
Sease
Willow Creek Wyoming
Lee
Illinois
James B. Charters
James Duallen
James Cullen
County of
State of
William H. Woodyatt
Fuller Named Chief Justice of United States
The President nominated Melville W. Fuller of Chicago for Chief Justice. Chicago praises the choice as sound and strong for the Democratic party in the coming canvass. Supporters cite Fuller’s legal stature, long friendship with Lincoln era figures, and deep experience with statutes and major national cases.
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Senate
Melville W. Fuller
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Democratic Party
Marshall Field
Fuller
Leonard Sweet
Lincoln
Cleveland
Waite
Grant
Supreme Bench
Supreme Court
New York
the Herald
Douglas
Douglas Democracy
Northwest Democrats Praise New Appointment
The President’s action draws praise from Democrats and the Herald as a significant step toward cleaning up the national court. It is described as gratifying and a prodigious move toward reform.
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Democrats
Northwest
The
Herald
National Court
Western public schools and outlay in five states noted
The piece cites James Baldwin on Western public schools with figures for Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. It lists more than fifty thousand school houses, nearly three million students, over eighty-five thousand teachers, and annual expenditures of about thirty-two million dollars.
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Centre of the Republic
Scribner's Magazine
James Baldwin
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Republican printing scandal in Washington exposed
A Washington special details a probe into the Government Printing Office under Republicans, revealing private work bound with state funds. Witnesses describe large volumes of unauthorized private orders in Rounds’ division, including costly bindings for Taylor and Mrs Rounds, ending when a Democratic printer took over.
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Illinois
Springfield
Washington
S. P. Rounds
Chicago
Louisville Courier-Journal
House Committee
C. A. Welsh
Rounds
Taylor
Waldo
The Nation on Rail Strike and Labor Law
The Nation argues transport on land may require sea like constraints with engineers and firemen signing articles and obeying orders. It compares railroading to military discipline and sea law and notes soft coal found in 40 counties with 817 mines and 26,894 workers underground.
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Powderlys
Arthurs
Army
Navy
New York
Halifax
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Dixon Sun
W.W. M. Kennedy
Dixon, Illinois
Democratic County Committee
President Cleveland
Sherwood Dixon
L. H. McKevitt
John H. Engel
P. Fogarty
John W. Blee
Jas. Sheehan
Alto Amboy Ashton Bradford Brooklyn
China Dixon East Grove
Harmon
Hamilton Lee Center
Levetvere
Eeteer
Western Schools
Gallinger
Welsh
Democratic Reform
Benedict
Richardson
Sun Office
Gent’s Furnishings
Charley’ S
OPERA
Maple Park
Alan
M. M. Dunham
Ben Morrell
Royal Chief, JR
James G
Alamet
JH Clark
C. A. Ballou
Jamestown
Sam
Rockford
Dixon, Ills
James H. Todd
Doubteult
R. A. Rodesch
Dixon, Ill
Sheriff’s Sale
Lyman
E. A. Bodwell
Main and
Galena Streets
U.S
Lown
Ae Ho
Tu Dixon Sun
Deere Gultivator
Khartihil
Deere Corn Planters
Binder Twine
C. J. Rosbrook
D. S. Horton
C. T. Raynolds
Oil
Japan
Railway
St. Louis
D. Ss. Horton
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