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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1877
Page
2
A.W. Richards reports the Town State Fair will be held in Cedar Rapids during the third week of September. The Wisconsin State Fair is set for Milwaukee in the first week of September this year.
The event time is fixed for the third week of September and the venue will be set nearby with Freeport as the hoped location. The notice confirms scheduling and a target place to be announced soon.
The bill for payment of Captain James B Eads first half million installment on the jetty work at the mouth of the Mississippi passed the House of Representatives on January 30.
The Legislature considers a bill to compel children to attend public schools. The Journal urges support and predicts that if passed, voters will need an educational qualification. The phrase haste the day is invoked as a rallying cry.
In Dubuque last week we visited the Herald office and spoke briefly with editor Mr. Ham. The paper occupies a fine building, with first class appointments and signs of statewide influence and strong management.
City voters discuss the Cronkrite bills as spring election nears. A mayoral race for two years is looming after a tight last fall election where many Democrats were challenged and lost votes.
Sen E L Cronkrite, minority member, introduced a bill last Saturday to require witnesses to affidavits of challenged voters to have resided in the precinct for thirty days. Id. is seen as always pursuing the main chance and knows election law weaknesses, seeking a remedy to suit minority interests.
The Illinois Press Association enjoyed a profitable annual meeting in Springfield last week. J W Clinton of the Ogle County Press read an essay on eleven years of the association’s work, to be published in pamphlet form. Col and Mrs G A Trarlow hosted a public reception, marking a social highlight of the season.
Chicago official Gen. J. C. Smith, Chief Inspector of Grain, was thanked by thirty-five inspectors in a letter. The note accompanied a gold band with Masonry emblems and a solitaire, praising his kindness and courteous leadership. The group urges continued retention of Smith in the role.
A Illinois legislator from this county introduces bills to repeal the registry law and to alter voter qualification rules to read thirty days. The text argues for stricter voter qualifications to curb votes bought for whisky or drink, claiming such votes affect city control by the Democracy and aim to disfranchise mob-like voters.
The text proclaims Colorado’s admission as a fully equal state with rights of a mature member of the Union. It notes Congressman Belford’s exclusion by Democrats, Colorado’s status as the Centennial State, and her first act casting three electoral votes for Hayes and Wheeler, predicting future wealth and power.
Senate bill by Mr Dement seeks 50 000 dollars to establish a Northern Illinois Normal University with seven commissioners named by the Governor to pick a site Freeport competes with Aurora Dixon Mendota and Rochelle but Freeport is favored as best located and likely metropolis for Northern Illinois.
The report accuses Mr Field of bulldozing tactics in the Committee of Privileges over the Tilden case. Witnesses are pressed and falsehoods spread, with maligned individuals denied a chance to refute. Field blocks Senator West from presenting Governor Wells letter, seeking to hide alleged fraud rather than let the public see the document.
In a message to Congress President Grant recommends making gold and paper equal by law without setting an earlier date than June 1, 1879. He cites a 5 percent gold premium and argues for consolidating coin in circulation. He proposes issuing up to 150 million dollars in forty year bonds exchangeable for legal tender notes to boost home coinage and inflation in a sound currency.
A historical allegory compares Republican strategy to a Confederate farmer’s wartime bargain. In a mock game to win a rooster, the Confederate outplays a Union private on a rubber blanket, then asks what the Yank had up his sleeve, leaving readers to draw their own application about political compromise.
John Pierson, jailed in McLean County awaiting trial for swindling, confesses to killing Gen. Murray McConnell in Jacksonville on February 8, 1869, saying he struck with a poker after a refused $5 loan. Authorities doubt the confession, though investigation continues. Pierson is a four time offender with prior penitentiary time.
Republican advocates assert Hayes and Wheeler will win the legal challenge and be inaugurated. Tilden supporters threaten renewed conflict, while the fourRNAL opposes war as a means to settle the presidential dispute. The piece urges restraint and criticizes postwar aggression amid looming Centennial expectations.
The article describes the February joint session counting electoral votes, naming tellers Allison Ingalls Cook Stone and Senator Ferry presiding. It notes Florida produced three returns prompting an objection and details commission rules for hearings, time limits, and public access, with no decision yet as of February 5.
A minority Democratic member proposes to repeal registry laws and weaken voting safeguards. The Chicago Tribune notes bills to restore and remove voter registry, and to ease sworn-vote witnessing. The piece cites attacks on ballot-box protections, urging citizens to denounce lawmakers who weaken election integrity. It describes witness manipulation and alleged bribe talks tied to electoral processes and Louisiana intrigue.
The saying asserts that the most useful things are often the easiest to obtain, from affordable goods to simple actions like walking and drinking water, and extends the idea to knowledge as the simplest acquired being the most beneficial.
Witnesses faced bullying as Republicans on the Privileges Committee clashed with David Field over control of a large Louisiana case packet. Burchard demanded access to the testimony before it went to the House or printing office, sparking an excited exchange on who should possess the evidence.
Field bulldozed a Republican on the committee and faced backlash as colleagues planned to confront him, noting the clerk of the committee is the proper charge. The dispute reflects tensions over procedure and control within the group.
The Oregon Business summarizes telegrams presented during Senate Privileges and Elections investigations. The messages from New York and Omaha reference figures Pelton Miller and George L Miller with terse notes about telegraph plans and dates, highlighting the era’s political telegraphic correspondence.
An unreadable OCR fragment references Neb and Omaha telegraph activity, treaty mentions, and letters marked to be opened. It cites dates like November 19 and mentions ports, navy, and prompt responses, but the meaning is unclear from the garbled text.
Irregular wire service style fragments report multiple telegrams and names from San Francisco Portland and Salem. Mentions Ip Jayette Lane Roseburg Oregon Sy Pelton Bellinger J Kelly Watts and J Tromso with requests and transfers planned or discussed. Tone mirrors 19th century political telegraph chatter and credential disputes.
New York on December 7 1876 report urges the handling of electoral certificates and supplemental certificates to reflect changes in the Electoral College. Mention from A.8 Hewitt chairman Dem National Committee.
The Senate continued debate on the electoral vote count bill with Morton opposing, Blaine and Howe arguing against constitutionality, Thurman supporting as temporary fix, and Whyte and others voicing doubts. The tally ended 47 yeas to 29 nays as the House began work on the electoral tribunal bill.
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