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Dixon, Illinois Campaign Echoes Tariff Debates Stir City
A lengthy Dixon speech cycle covers St John and Fifer rallies, tariff reform debates, prohibition talk, and local council actions. The piece contrasts Lovejoy and Wilson remarks with Fifer's weaker showing, notes crowd sizes at Palmyra and Dixon, and criticizes Republican and Democratic positions on tariffs and protection.
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St. John
Fifer
Louis Stephan, Jr
Stephan & Wenger
A. Levi
J. Schendelmeier
C. Malloy
E. Malloy
A. Null
J. G. Campbell
Jas. F. Daley
James Duffy
P- Keenan
John Powell
Chase Plein
Wm. Pankhurst
Clears’ Brewery
Dixon
Oscar A. Webb
Wm. Plein
Alvin Miller
Second Street
Galena Street
Rock River
Owen G. Lovejoy
Lee County
Palmyra
Gap Grove
Will Smith
Sterling
Rock Falls
Woosung
South Dixon
Lovejoy
Republican Party
Whig Party
Democratic Party
Liberty Or
Abolition Party
New Republican Party
St. Louis
James P. Wilson
John P. St. John
Prairieville
Prohibition Party
North
Brooks
Moseby
China
Longstreet
New Orleans
Keyes
Settle
North Carolina
Congress
Court House Park
Illinois Central Depot
Sublette
Amboy
Nachusa
Franklin Grove
Farrand
Joseph Fifer
Inter-Ocean
Palmer
Cleveland
James G. Blaine
California
Isaac Clements
Jackson County
Oglesby
Uncle Dick
Jefferson
Jackson
Benjamin Austin
Clements
Haave
Polo