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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1877
Page
2
The Freeport Journal reports several figures including Tilden Jewitt Hendricks Doze Field Cronin Littlefield Maddox and the Bulletin are unwell. The poem laments autumn leaves and notes Thub Oss plans blue glass in the Bulletin office windows amid a wave of illness.
Tilden and Wendriecks, Potter and Cronin are mourned as raised pets laid away with tender care. The family laments their loss and memory, expressing deep sadness over the beloved animals.
The Dudletin editor, feeling indisposed after too much water with whiskey, presents a politically clouded mood and a disjointed, incomplete editorial effort.
Hon. Lot M. Morrill Secretary of the Treasury is dangerously ill with typhoid pneumonia and little hope is entertained for his recovery.
A Treasury Department clerk in Washington files a breech of promise suit against Senator Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania. Cameron is reported to be 78 years old. Friends attribute the suit to a lack mail rather than genuine romantic motive.
Between two and three hundred bills have been introduced in the House, and as many more in the Senate of our State Legislature, but few have been considered. The session bids fair to be a long one.
Hon N C Burchard delivers a strong parliamentary address on the Electoral Count. He opposes the bill with voice and vote, a stance described as eminently proper and one of the ablest made in the house on the subject.
Democratic and Republican leaders acknowledge the election results while a political impasse continues. The piece ponders what strategy the Democrats will pursue next and estimates how many further electoral cycles may be needed before Stayes and Wheeler can be inaugurated.
A Baltimore lawyer and former rebel army officer testified Friday before a Congressional Committee. He stated he knew Maddox, who alleged grave misconduct by the Louisiana Returning Board, but he would not believe Maddox under oath.
The local whisky market sinks as electoral commission actions dampen Democratic prospects for government control, with prices and mood in the whisky trade declining steadily.
The hired man calls Davis election to the Senate a grand mistake for democracy and says Davis would have been the fifth judge on the Electoral Commission. He adds that the result likely would not change, judging Davis as honest as Bradley.
Testimony before the Congressional Committee alleges several witnesses met Trumbull and Palmer at a quadroon ball in New Orleans hosted by a colored prostitute while the bulldozers associated with Sam Tilden visited the city. A quadroon with pink eyes was noted as the star attraction attracting the strangers.
Pields objection on Saturday to the Commission’s decision marks the first step in this direction. The House’s refusal to meet the Senate in joint convention and proceed with the count, despite a written nod to delay the tally, is the next step in the plan.
The Democrats on Saturday forced an adjournment to Monday to devise new talking points and stall the counting of General votes. They aim to stall the process and may filibuster, potentially delaying the conclusion of the count past March 4 as new complications unfold.
The piece argues Republicans won initial control of election rules prompting Democratic protests at the Commission. It laments that judges in the Supreme Court are swayed by politics, noting a split where Judge Bradley favored courting Florida for Hayes while Judges Clifford and Field ruled otherwise.
Detroit Tribune cites pocket dictionary deciphering a Gobble dispatch from Portland dated December 1. It links Gobble to Grover and suggests a Oregon governor letter favors Cronin in Post Office Elector case. Medicine translates to money. Gobble may be a person who can take in medicine for its alterative qualities.
Judge Leuisse testified before the Senate sub electoral committee on the 9th inst recounting an alleged attempt to buy his vote for Tilden. He described meetings at Cassiday's Hotel with C W Johnson and Shreveport banker Ashur who offered 40 50 thousand then 200 thousand dollars, with broker Walter Pugh involved.
In a decision considered highly unlikely to lead to a conviction the District Attorney entered a node pres in the Belknap case. The action was approved by the President and Attorney General because of expense delay and punishment Belknap has already endured, and Belknap now drops from view.
Miss Tennie Claflin visiting Chicago claims she had a vision foretelling the death of one presidential candidate, which she believes to be Tilden, and asserts the event will occur suddenly in the near future.
Senate approves Senate bill number four directing disposal of unclaimed moneys held by administrators and executors. Funds must be paid into the county treasury and held subject to orders on proper proofs of who is entitled to them.
The Government printer at Washington has been obliged to suspend work for want of money to pay running expenses. Another example of Democratic economy. Democrats, like some other people, seem to think printing prices can be run without money.
The piece discusses Ab Cronkrite and a Democratic feud in Stephenson County over the registry law and ballot safeguards. It notes Cronkrite’s political ambitions, Republican opposition, and the push to repeal the registry system, with commentary on party dynamics and the bill’s unlikely passage.
In Robinson vs People the Drum Shop law was upheld as constitutional. The McLean County Circuit Court ruling was affirmed by the Supreme Court Percuriam, citing Blint vs Webster and Johnson vs the People as controlling. The defense argued the liquor act’s title violated procedural passage, but the higher court rejected the challenge.
A marked contrast in conduct and appearance of the Presidential candidates is noted, with descriptions appearing elsewhere in the issue.
The Territorial Supreme Court last Saturday overruled exceptions to John D. Lee’s rulings and sentence. The Second District Court was ordered to set a new execution date, with a probable appeal to the United States Supreme Court.
The article recounts a heated Florida case in the Electoral Commission with an 8 to 7 split supporting restricting evidence to electoral certificates and Humphreys resignation proofs. It notes the secret session, the later joint convention, and the final 8 to 7 vote upholding four Republican electors for Hayes. It details objections, Democratic filibuster tactics, and ensuing votes in Georgia Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana and the bogus Louisiana certificate incident.
Reported by the Chicago dispatch the Louisiana Returning Board members Wells and Anderson, aged over 70, are held in a damp dungeon under the Capitol for not revealing original election returns. Thompson, the Confederate Sergeant-at-Arms, allegedly confined them in darkness, prompting calls in the House for humane quarters as Wells lies dying on a bed of sickness.
A fragmentary report covers congressional activity around the Electoral Count, including proposed amendments to the Constitution, selection of electors, and special police at the Capitol. It notes bills and resolutions in both chambers, appointments, oaths, and responses from the Supreme Court Justices regarding the Electoral Commission. It also mentions bills on taxes, citizenship for Indians, and public works spending, with dates in January and February and references to state actions and hearings.
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