Freeport Journal Notes Republican Win and National News
The Freeport Journal reports Bloomington Republicans won by an average majority of three hundred. It critiques Democratic views on General Grant, notes the Supreme Court upheld the legal tender act 5 to 4 with Chief Justice Chase restored. Paris news remains unsettled and confusion surrounds a railroad passenger rates tariff bill.
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Bloomington
United States Supreme Court
Chase
Supreme Bench
Washington city election yields Republican majority over 4000
In Washington city last Thursday the Republican ticket won by more than four thousand votes. Neighbors of President Grant support his administration. General Compman, Adjutant General of the Grand Army of the Republic, was elected a delegate to Congress by 4,087 votes over Democrat Robert I. Merrick, once known as Spread Magle Dick in Chicago in 1860-61.
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Washington City
Grant
General Cmpman
Grand Army of the Republic
Congress
Robert I. Merrick
Mr. Merrick
Chicago
Spread Magle Dick
Grant Proclaims Extra Senate Session May Tenth
President Grant issued a proclamation for an extra session of the Senate on May 10 to receive communications from the Executive and act upon them. The session centers on matters from the Joint High Commission, with its labors due to be completed by then and the result submitted for treaty power approval or rejection.
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Grant
Senate
Joint High Commission
United States
Lincon
South Carolina
Buchanan
Asrawas Lincoln
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Abraham Lincoln
Union
Methodist view on amusements in concrete terms
The New York Methodist says amusements are discussed in concrete terms not abstractions. They treat drama and dance as real, workable facts. Methodists resist squeamishness and pursue a social religion with little acidity or bile.
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New York
Governor Palmer Doubts Chicago Session Feasibility
Governor Palmer voices grave doubts about holding a General Assembly session in Chicago. A Illinois statute requires all acts to be done in the state capital Springfield. A prior Supreme Court ruling held a joint resolution cannot repeal a statute. An extra session likely to be proclaimed to convene in Springfield.
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Palmer
General Assembly
Chicago
Hlinoix
Springfield
Supreme Court of Ilinois
Thompson Camppeey
Yen Vance Admission Debate in North Carolina Senate
The letter argues against removing Zen Vance’s political disabilities and seating him in the Senate. It claims his election was Democratic, cites violent speeches as harmful, and urges accountability for Southern constituencies. It warns that admitting him would empower Republicanism and urges action to suppress Ku Klux outrages.
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Senate
Zen Vance
Greet
North Carolina
Vallandigiania
Frank Jilai
Dhey H
Governor Palmer to convene special session over penitentiary funds
The governor will call a special session on May 23 to fund the State Penitentiary. Springfield opposes new appropriations for a state house, willing to drive the capitol from their city. The extra session may cost about $50,000 and Illinois lists many state institutions, yet provides for the incurably insane only by sending them to county jails or poorhouses, a matter urged for action.
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Palmer
Springfeld
Springfield
Ilinois
Joliet
Insane Hospital
Normal University
Industrial University
Champaign
Reform School
Pontiac
Southern Normal University
Carbondale
Insane Asylum
Anna
Northern Insane Hospital
Elgin
Fulton
Eye and Hat Infirmary
Chicago
Illinois
Prominent 1872 Republican presidential candidate list
The article lists leading Republicans for the 1872 nomination including Grant, Blaine, Colfax, Logan, Schenck, Morton, Butler, Washburne, Evarts, Boutwell, Wilson, Banks, Geary, Greeley, Sherman, Meade, Wade, Kelley, Bingham, Garfield, with Cox and Brown contending for Revenue Reform. It notes vice presidential names Hawley, Shellabarger, Alcorn, Clayton, Revels, Bullock, Ward, Robeson, Frelinghuysen, Orr. Democratic names include Hoffman, Adams, Hancock, English, Hendricks, Adams, Thurman, Blair, Winthrop, Haight, Field, Davis, Pendleton, Cass, Garrett, Slocum, Johnson, Hancock, Walker.
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Grant
Charles Sumner
Blaine
Colfax
Logan
Schenck
Morton
Butler
EB. B. Washburne
Wm. M. Evarts
Boutwell
Wilson
Banks
Geary
Horace Greeley
Sherman
Meade
Ben, Wade
William D. Kelley
John A. Bingham
James A. Garfield
Jacob D. Cox
Ohio
B. Gratz Brown
Missouri
George W. Julian
Wendell Phillips
W. S. Hancock
English
Thomas A. Hendricks
Charles Francis Adams
Thurman
Frank P. Blair
Robert O. Winthrop
Haight
California
Stephen J. Field
David Davis
Geo. I. Pendleton
George W. Cass
Pennsylvania
Thomas W. Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Gen
IT. W. Slocum
New York
Herschell W. Johnson
Georgia
John Hancock
Texas
Walker
Virginia
Right of Personal Security Ku Klux Bill Debate
An editorial defends the Ku Klux Bill as protecting citizens from violence by enforcing constitutional rights. It argues the bill mirrors 1792–1795 acts authorizing presidential use of militia to suppress unlawful combinations, cites Lincoln and Washington, and urges Republicans to support federal protection of life and liberty against Southern violence.
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Congress
South
United States
Ku-Klux Klan
Knights of the Golden Circle
Canada
Ku-Klux
Ku- Klux Klan
Democratic Party of
North
America
Democratic Party
Republican Party
The
Fathers of the Republic
Tate
Grerce Washington
WasuixaTow
Pennsylvania
Walhington
Washington
Grast
Wasutxerox
Grant
Union Church at Morseville builds shared denomination church
A Morseville Illinois church news letter reports the Union Church built on a joint stock plan with $10 per share, welcoming all denominations. The wooden building cost about three to four thousand dollars, with a Universalist sermon by Dr. Forester of Aurora at dedication.
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Pleasant Water
Jo Daviess Co
Freewort Journal
Morseville
Forester
Aurora
Union Church
J.rs
General Jesse H. Moore argues for broad amnesty in Congress
General Jesse H. Moore of the Decatur district delivers a temperate speech in Congress urging general amnesty for the South. He urges treating conquered peoples with gentleness, aligning southern interests with the union, and argues for universal suffrage and local self-government under constitutional rule, condemning violence by insurgents and urging Democratic parties to denounce terrorism.
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Jesse H. Moore
Congress
Decatur
115Th
Illinois Regiment
Army of the Cumberland
Grotius
South
Lhan
Illinois Education Report Printing Debate in Congress
On a Friday in April Mr McNegy yields to Mr Bukuhara urging adoption of a Senate passed resolution to print ten thousand copies of the Commissioner of Education report. He argues the data on teachers districts and officers benefits teachers, officers, drivers, and the public nationwide.
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Commissioners of Education
McNegy
McNiely
Linois
Mtr
Bukuhara
Hurchard
House
Senate
Mlinoisas
Criterion
United States
Congress
Llimois
Commissioner of Education
Linoig
Buucuano
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