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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1888
Page
3
State Senator A. A. Wolfsberger Representative Sherwood Dixon States Attorney J. J. O Connor Circuit Clerk Levi Beemer listed on the sample ballot card for forthcoming local elections.
The Lee county Old Settlers' Association gathers at the court house park for its annual reunion with Rev Barton Cartwright sharing memories of early life in the Rock River valley. The event honors aging pioneers, lists those who have died, and elects officers and a new executive committee.
In a Staten Island debate between Dr O F Burton Republican and John Lloyd Thomas Prohibitionist, Mr Thomas argued that prejudice governs policy. He quoted President Arthur on tariff reform noting excise taxes and unequal burdens, sparking partisan chants from both sides.
Representative Barnes introduces a bill offering a $100000 reward to any person who discovers the true cause or germ of yellow fever or its practical prevention or destruction, or who finds a certain method to modify or prevent the disease without discovering its cause.
Farwell praised Cleveland as an able politician and party leader. He called him a capable statesman with limited experience yet honest, and a Democrat large enough to lead his party without question of democracy.
The Massachusetts portion of the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes operatives in Lowell mills earned from 85.5 to 90.8 cents per day on average.最高 daily wages reach $1.05, about $6.30 weekly, while female drawers earned about $2.05 weekly. The data appears in the 1882 Massachusetts Report, page 331, cited in Gompers testimony before the Senate Committee.
Two thousand commercial men of Chicago sent a telegram to President Cleveland last Saturday. The signers, traveling salesmen and salaried commercial men, pledged hearty support for Grover Cleveland as the next president. Notably, at least fifty Republicans who never voted Democratic now endorse Cleveland and Thurman.
Col Ingersoll harmed his standing with the Republican machine at the national convention by declaring the party could elect Gresham but not a corporation attorney like Harrison. He chose to use his talent for the cause, yet the Republican National Committee refused to employ him in the canvass due to his outspoken nature.
Henry Wilson argues that reducing duties on raw materials in England led to a doubling of native wool production. He cites England France and Belgium to support free raw materials policies and urges adopting the same approach to profit from the example.
Republican senators intend to pigeonhole the Canadian Retaliation bill in the Foreign Affairs Committee. Senator Morgan vows to stop it, but the measure was sent to a subcommittee led by Morgan with Evarts and Sherman, two against his one.
The Senate passed a joint resolution appropriating $100,000 for relief of yellow fever sufferers to be expended under the direction of the President.
When you want wedding invitations party invitations or handsome printing of any kind call at The Sun office where you can be suited in anything you may wish.
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