Republican County Convention to Select Delegates and Nominees
The Republican voters of Stephenson County and Freeport wards are to send delegates to a County Convention at Wilcoxon's Opera House Freeport at 2 PM on Tuesday Aug 31 1880. The meeting will choose eight delegates to the Senate convention in Warren Sept 2 1880 and nominate candidates for Legislative Clerk of Circuit Court Sheriff States Attorney Coroner and Central Committee posts. Committeemen per ward and township to be named. other business may be transacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson County
Freeport
Wilcoxon
Anil
Republican County Central Committee
Buckey' Henry Stewart
Ull Teese Freepard
Winmert
Ward
Mantano
Wage
F. Reaner
Ward Lancaster
Ove
Joel R
Meus Trowk Hun
West Point
Willshows
Manis Wurry
Loran
Cancid
Lamb
Freehort
Buckley
Temperance Hall
Garfield and Arthur
G.and A. Club
B. T. Buckley
1St Ward
A. T. Green
End
Louis Stoskopf
Ard
P. H. Murphy
Treas
Chas D. Snowston
Y. Louis Karcher
Col. Sheetz
J. M. Lyon
Henry Kochsmeier
Kochsmeier
Robert Little
TH. Co. Hyde
L.M. Devore
Orin Williams
Heard
Executive Committee
Republican Caucuses for County Convention Delegates Held at Freeport
A set of Republican caucuses across towns including Wal dams Rock Grove Jefferson Harlam Ridott Loran Rock Run Oneed Dakota and Winston convene to elect delegates to the county convention at Freeport Opera House. Meetings take place on August 23 25 or 28 with polling hours from 1 to 2 hours, at schools halls and Masonic venues, chaired by local committeemen.
Senatorial Convention Delegates Named for Tenth District
Republican voters of the Tenth Senatorial District comprising Sir Daviess and Stephenson counties are to select delegates at Warren Illinois on September a for the nomination of a senator from this district. Delegates are apportioned by votes cast for Republican presidential electors in 1876 one for each four hundred votes with a two hundred vote fraction. Daviess will have seven delegates and Stephenson eight.
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Sir Daviess and Stephenson
Warren
Illinois
Ugg
Edel
Duvless County
Stephenson
Local Republicans announce multiple sheriff candidate names
A fragmented notice lists several individuals including W. W. Stabey Lia Lain Galante and others as candidates for sheriff of Stephenson County, all subject to the Republican County Convention. Additional lines mention a candidate for the legislature and a junior representative post, with dates and hometowns, in a period style announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Stabey
Atlley of
Sherifl
Republican County Convention
Stephenson County
Lia Lain
Sherill
Miyself
Stephenon Gownty
Edivers
Sherhy
Wiersol
Haitor Freeport
TouaNat
Ube Tonsil
Valve
Republican County
Anne
Puankebenger
Stock Grove
Lhereby Simonce Ingsell
Steal
Has
Republican Caucus Notices For Florer Freeport and Lane Towns
The Republican caucus for Florer Freeport will hold August 23 at 3 oclock in the Opera House to elect delegates to the County Convention. Henry Michart as committee man presides. The Republican caucus for Lane easter town will hold August 26 at 6 oclock at the Town House, Freeport, to elect delegates to the County Convention. Polls open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Tur Wleeton
Freeport
Tie Town House
Rezner
Colomittecman
Hancock Loyalist Rally Shapes Virginia Politics
Wade Stampton urged Democratic unity in Virginia praising Hancock and Confederate-era leaders while urging voters to back the Democratic ticket. Notices announce Florence Garfield and Arthur Club meeting at Nesbit School House on August 28 with expected speakers. A train excursion tally shows Garfield leading with Hancock ranked third. voting shows female passengers preferring Garfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Garfield and Arthur Club
Nesbit School
Clear Lake
Dubuque
Waterloo
Garfield
Weaver
Hancock
Dow
Hancock and Garfield support debated at Florence Club meeting
A Democratic bet in Oil City sparked a Garfield led vote with 18 to Hancock support. Florence Garfield Arthur Club met at Florance Station where Ton D. Sunderland spoke on campaign issues. speakers praised Gen Hancock while questioning his political backers. The club grows, with new members urged to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Hancock
Garfield
Florence, Garfield and Arthur Club
Florance Station
Ton. D. EL
Sunderland
Florence
Political fireworks and party talk span the nation
The article critiques Alabama election results, questions census parity, reviews Civil War era bonds and Treasury notes, and reports on Republican club activities in Freeport. It highlights Hancock’s peace stance, calls for unity, and contrasts Democratic and Republican positions on law, order, and reconciliation.
Democratic party forgives Hancock after Appomattox sympathy
The Democratic party, amused by Hancock using his pen for rebel schemes after the Appomattox surrender, is ready to forgive him for fighting them with the sword.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Hancock
Appomattox
Objections to Crain as State Senator Candidate
The Bulletin files its objections to J Addison Crain as a candidate for State Senator. It states Crain would be a lamentable failure as a Republican Christian statesman due to his honesty and reform instincts. It argues his revision stance would hinder lawmaking and only help his own record. The county’s leading Democratic organ is withheld in judgment, suggesting it might withdraw objections if Crain wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bulletin
Crain
J. Addison Grain
J. Addison
Hirst
Senate
J. Addison Crain
Grant invited to investigate San Pedro and Canon Delegua Company
Ex President Grant has been asked to study a land and mining concern named the San Pedro and Canon Delegua Company with 40,000 acres and copper and gold mines in southern Colorado and New Mexico. Eastern capitalists show strong interest as the General undertook a tour to Las Vegas, New Mexico to examine its affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
New Mexico
San Pedro and
Canon Delegua Company
Las Vegas
Grant
General Adams King's Switch in Maryland Politics
General Adam E. King of Maryland, longtime Hancock staffer, resigns from the Republican fold and endorses Garfield and Arthur. In a letter he declares his sincere respect for Hancock but argues his election would aid the Democratic party and harm national interests, framing opposition as his political duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam E. King
Maryland
Hancock
King
Garfield
Arthur
Resolution Urges Congress Aid and Protection for Union Supporters
A convention committee calls on President to forward its report to Senate and House leaders requesting Congress grant protection and aid to Union loyalists under current circumstances. The document notes General Hancock era policy and civil administration, reflecting on its long historical relevance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
C. Caldwell
J.G. Ball
G. W. Whitmore
D. P. Cole
A. J. Evars
A. Bledsoe
J. W. Susiner
Texas
Generalancock
Hancock
Indictment of Hancock and Texas crime rule in 1867 68
The Austin Wochenblatt quotes a Texan chapter from General Hancock history accusing his Fifth Military District of failing to uphold peace. It cites rising murders after November 1867, with 39 per month since Dec 1867 and up to 60 per month in later months, blaming Hancock for lax punishment, calls for stronger courts, and loyalty to the US government amid postwar turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Austin
Texas
Wochenblatt
Fifth Military District
Pease
Sheridan
Mower
Freedman’s Bureau
Buchanan
Sheridan-Throckmorton
Sheridan-Pease
Johnson
Army of the
United States
Mayor Harrison on Army Party Split in Civil War Speech
The Chicago Times notes Mayor Harrison claimed more Democrats than Republicans served in the Union army but provides 1864 soldier vote figures showing roughly one Democrat for every four Republicans. It questions his proof and suggests some Democrats faced coercion while others voted Democratic despite bulldozing.
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Harrison
National Army
the Times
Michigan
Californt Co
Phese
Chicago Times
North's Answer to Wade Hampton in Utica Herald
The piece argues for the Hancock side by invoking Lincoln, Sumner, Wilson and Union soldiers who died for the Union. It asks voters to honor those sacrifices and to support the Democratic ticket, asserting the principles of four years of battle must prevail and the people cannot be defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Hampton
Utica Herald
Virginia
Hancock
Lea
Jackson
Lincoln
Sumner
Wilson
Andersonville
Libby
South
Union
Why He Will Vote for Garfield in Buffalo
AVET, a wealthy Buffalo entrepreneur and longtime Democrat, told a Commercial representative last evening he would vote for Garfield and Arthur this fall. He cited Democracy control by the South, Hancock’s nomination there, and Southern Democrats’ loose financial standards as his reasons for breaking with his party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Buffalo
Avet
Arthus
Hancock
Old Faith and Feud Stir Southern Rhetoric in Illinois
The Chicago Times cites Kerrnan of Okalona and Wade Hampton of Staunton arguing that Lincoln’s monuments and Civil War era principles still motivate Southern sentiment. It urges northern voters to hear Hampton’s Staunton remarks and question whether his views echo those who fought for the Confederacy, stressing the stakes of electoral alignment before November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernan
Okalona
Lincoln
Wade Hampton
Staunton
Virginia
Lee
Jackson
Illinois
Chicago Times
Egypt Letter Describes Italian Tour And Northern Shores
An 1830 letter from Lieut. C. F. Norton recounts a European itinerary starting in Leghorn to Pisa and Florence, detailing the leaning tower, cathedral paintings, Galileo’s lamp tied to the pendulum, bronze doors, Dante’s Inferno fresco, and echoes in a bartistry. Expenses for the day run under two dollars. Norton also notes travel along the Arno, and impressions of Florence and its arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leghorn
Peter the Hermit
Galileo
Campo Santo
Dantes Inferns
Jerusalem
Tielet
Pisa
Foren
Firenza
Florence
The
Arno
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Rok
Young
Oneed
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Genter Till
O. Wd. Auman
Winston
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Matarchy
Henry Michart
Wade Stampton
Ilancock
Gettysburg
Louisiana
Andrew Jackson
Trancock
Ife
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Jlancock
Iwlad
Gen. Hancock
Sambo
Massa Hancock
Alabama
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Treasury
Sherman
Friends of Hancock
Republican Party
General. Hancock
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Party of Law and Order
Patrick Henry
Egypt
C.F. Norton
GG. Norton
C. F. Norton
U. S. Navy
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