National Union Republican Convention Call for Philadelphia
A February 14 1872 Freeport Journal notice from the National Committee of the Union Republican Party calls a convention in Philadelphia for June 6 to nominate candidates for President and Vice President. Delegates equal to twice a state's Senate and House seats plus two from each territory are invited. the statement lauds past Republican reforms, civil rights, economy, and foreign policy while pledging to uphold integrity and reform. Names of committee officers and state delegates follow, with brief late news items from Washington New York city and Buffalo.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Union Republican Party
United States
Republican Party
Wiciiam Crariy
Massachusetts
William E. Coanouer
New Hampshire
California Supreme Court grants Fair new trial sparks press ire
The California Supreme Court’s action to grant Mrs. Fair a new trial draws sharp criticism from the state press. Across the state no daily or influential weekly supports the proposed constitutional religious amendment. James W. Grimes, former Iowa senator, dies in Burlington after years of ill health. The Mississippi River freezes at Chester, Illinois, in a cold snap unseen in living memory.
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California Supreme Court
Up To Gate
James W. Grimes
United States
Iowa
Burlington
Grimes
Chester
Illinois
Springfield Votes To Retain Poll Tax And Set Road Tax
Springfield officials decide to keep the poll tax in force. The road tax is fixed at 25 cents per hundred dollars, with each municipality empowered to levy an additional 15 cents if chosen.
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Springfield
Effort to remove Yulee political disabilities
Efforts are underway to relieve ex Senator David L. Yulee of Florida from his political disabilities. If successful, he will likely run as a United States Senate candidate in the upcoming elections.
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David L. Yulee
Florida
United States
Postmaster General Names Special Agent for Covington Post Office
The Postmaster General has appointed Stadford Easton as Special Agent to take charge of the Covington Kentucky Post Office during Jesse R. Grant’s illness. The salary is sixteen hundred dollars per year.
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Stadford Easton
Covington, Ky
Jesse R. Grant
If Horace Greeley opposed renomination of several presidents
A witty quip imagines Horace Greeley publishing the Tribune in early American days to oppose a slate of Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe and Jackson. The commentator then asks who would lament the Tribune’s absence at that time.
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Horace Greeley
The
Tribune
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
Wisconsin Republicans call state convention in Madison
The Wisconsin Republican State Central Committee issues a call for a State Convention to be held in Madison on March 18 to appoint twenty delegates to the Philadelphia National Convention and to nominate a Presidential electoral ticket.
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Wisconsin Republican State Central Committee
Madison
Philadelphia
Comment on Mr. Douglass and Planter's Hotel
The Boston Journal notes the Douglass case at the Planter's Hotel in St. Louis as surprising for stopping at an inferior tavern. It says London newspapers and politicians overreact to the American case but anticipates moderation as the English public gains perspective and stops crying before harm.
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The
Boston Journal
Fred. Douglass
St. Louis
Douglass
London
Duke of Ducal Arrives in New Orleans and War Talk Grows
The Ducal party reached New Orleans on Monday with a salute fired as Mayor Flanders and others greeted Alexis at the steamer. A Tuesday reception followed in the Mayor’s parlor at City Hall. Kentucky Congressman Beck attacks Brownlow. Brownlow plans to respond. H R Hulburd is reappointed comptroller of the currency. Catholic Irish in New York fear war with England and Fenian circles pledge to defend Ireland, claiming they can raise 100,000 men in sixty days. A Halifax dispatch reports a treaty for Canadian separation from Britain, with troops withdrawn from Canada and possible proclamation of independence if war looms, per a Boston paper.
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New Orleans
Flanders
Alexis
St. Charles
Duke
New York
England
Halifax
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Boston
Legislature Delays Threaten Statewide Reforms
After eight months of debate the State Legislature faces a critical four week window to pass key laws. Reports warn that eminent domain, tax assessment reforms, city and municipal incorporation, and apportionment bills remain unfinished. quorum concerns threaten ability to act, risking paralysis and continued delays cited by Chicago Tribune.
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Yeas
Chicago Tribune
Illinois Republicans stand firm against Liberal Republican gambit
Illinois Republicans denounce Missouri driven Liberal Republican tactics as treasonous to the party. They express unity with the Philadelphia National Convention, asserting Illinois will support the regular nominees and reject efforts to bait and split the Republican ranks.
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Missouri
Hyde
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Illinois
Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia
Unity in Adversity Foretold by Springfield Republican
The Springfield Republican notes that liberty of opinion yields to shared purpose when facing a common enemy. Minor differences dissolve as citizens unite to meet the danger, moving as a single line toward victory in the upcoming November.
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Springfield Republican
Illinois Apportionment Plan Named By Republican Caucus
The new congressional apportionment bill provides for 283 members at a ratio of 187,000 per seat, Illinois to get 19 districts. A Knox County prepared plan respects compact districts and near equal populations, grouping mutually interested counties without gerrymandering, with districts listed by county sets and total populations.
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Knox O
Alexander
Pulaski
Massac
Pope
Union
Johnson, Williamson
Jackson
Franklin
Perry
Hardin
Gallatin
Raline
White
Hamilton
Jefferson
Wayne
Edwards
Wabash
Richland
Lawrence
Crawford
Jasper
Efingham
Clark
Cumberland
Coles
Shelby
Moultrie
Washington
Clinton
Marion
Clay
Fayette
And
Montgomery
Randolph
Monroe
St. Clair
Madison
Macoupin
Jersey
Greene Calhoun
Scott
Morgan
Cass
Menard
Sangamon
Logan
Christian
Macon
Platt
DeWitt
McLean
Woodford
Tazewell
Marshall
Putnam
Edgar
Douglas
Vermillion
Champaign
Ford
Iroquois
Pike
Adams
Brown
Hancock
Schuyler
Bureau
Whiteside
Lee
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Ogle
Winnebago
Boone
McHenry
Lake
Perea
Highteenth
Cook
Hook Island
Henry
Bureatt
LaSalle
Kendall
Grundy
Will
Kankakee
Troquois
Livingston
Peoria
Stark
Knox
Fulton
Mercer
Warren
Henderson
McDonough
Handcock
Calhoun
Greene
Mason
Seuragendt
Amucott
Effingham
Bond
Madison, &J. Clair
Johnson
Williamson
Saline
Illinois Democrats Back to Defeat Grant in Springfield Caucus
In a Springfield caucus the leading Democrats pledged to “throw up the sponge” and unite to overthrow Grant. General McClernand backed the possum movement, Turner urged honest men to unite, Hinchliff favored any plan to end Grant’s control, and Senator Reddick warned of a big job ahead. Several speakers urged action to beat Grant, with the Chicago Journal caricaturing the President as a hobgoblin.
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Springfield
McClernand
Grant
Vicksburg
Tom Turner
Tom
Hinchliff
Reddick
Chicago Journal
London dispatch on Gladstone language and US faith
A special London dispatch reports that Minister Schenck sent a note to the English Government criticizing Gladstone's language as an imputation on the good faith of the United States. The note is seen as a proper assertion of his government’s dignity and is expected to be answered in a friendly spirit, avoiding diplomatic action over heated words.
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London
Schenck
Gladstone
United States
Mrs Farris Avoids Hanging After New Supreme Court Trial
The postponement of Mrs. Farris's execution led to a new trial ordered by the Supreme Court. Reportedly, she is unlikely to be hanged, as the delay enables further legal proceedings and reconsideration of her case.
Washington and London Pursue Alabama Claims Debate
Washington dispatches report a British note declining a formal demand for indirect damages and casting doubt on outcomes from the Geneva Conference. Senate committees discuss naval expansion, tariffs, steamboat regulation, and amnesty bills as press coverage frames international tension and domestic policy.
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Washington
Alabama
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Edmunds
Foreign Office
Congress
Washinatoa
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
International Steamship and
Western Steam Shipbuilding Companies
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Debates Treaty Inquiry and Amnesty Prospects
Washington reports show senators divided over English treaty references and possible inquiry. Discussion on amnesty and Civil Rights amendments reveals party line tactics, with hopes high among amnesty supporters for eventual passage despite hurdles.
Claims Against Great Britain in Geneva Arbitration Case
The United States requests compensation across eight items including 25,000 for destruction of government vessels, 17,900,633 for merchant vessel losses, up to hundreds of millions for seamen harms, 7,080,478 for cruiser pursuit costs, losses from shifting tonnage to the British flag, 1,120,795 for enhanced insurance, prolonged civil war costs, and interest at seven percent from July 1 1863, with the award due twelve months after.
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United States
Gettysburg
Britain
Naik
Fire at Monticello destroys mills and warehouses
A fire at Monticello Towa on Sunday morning wiped out Frost Wood Co steam planing and flouring mill and three warehouses, with about 20,000 bushels of grain damaged. Dexter W Page foundry burned. Total loss near 20,000 with 8,000 insured.
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Rows
Dusugus
Towa
Frost, Wood & Co
Dexter W. Page
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Maine
Luke P. Poland
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New Jersey
William H. Kemble
Pennsylvania
Howard M. Jenkins
Delaware
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Ohio
John Coburn
Indiana
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Michigan
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Minnesota
David Atwood
Wisconsin
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Franklin Stearns
Virginia
John Stubbard
West Virginia
William Sloan
North Carolina
Thos, W. Osborne
IL. C. Carpenter
South Carolina
John I. Caldwell
Georgia
James P. Stow
H. Southworth
Louisiana
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Mississippi
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B. F. Rice
Arkansas
John B. Clark
A. A. Burton
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Dlorace Maynard
Tennessee
K. B. Taylor
Nebraska
James W. Nye
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Td. W. Corbett
Oregon
George C, Gorham
California
John B. Chaffee
Colorado
W. A. Burleigh
Dakota
Sayles J. Bowen
District of Columbia
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M[all
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Armstrong
Rock Island Union
Committee On Banking and Currency
Hare
Lugland
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Washington Chronicle
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D. C. Feb. 9.—the Comptroller of Currency
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