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White side politics and canal vote dominate Dixon letters
Whiteside county politics loom as a major theme with discussion of sheriff candidates and party divisions. The Dixon Sun highlights independent hopes, party critique, and the moral focus on electing officials by direct vote, plus a long note on ceding the Illinois and Michigan canal with voting rules clarified by Chicago press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteside
Seely
Morrison Sentinel
Senator Bent
Andrew J. Seely
Portland
David Cleveland
Hume Township
Cleveland
Mr. Johnson
C. C. Johnson
Lee County
Lee
Johnson
Stewart L. Woodford
New York
Boston
Garfield
Whately
Palmyra
Republican Party
Josiah Little
Ira W. Lewis
Isaac Edwards
Edwards
Preston
Daniel Carey
Carey
Jas. H. Preston
John Blocher
Bradford
China
Lee Cepter
James B. Charters
Court House
Hennepin Canal
J. C. Dore
Chicago
Dore
Chicago Tribune
United States
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Congress