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Grant Visit at Galena and a Senator’s Back Pay Claim
President Grant visited Galena last week arriving Thursday evening welcomed by a large crowd. The Gazette office and prominent buildings were lit. He stayed with L. S. Felt and hosted a party by Non R. H. McLellan. A public reception followed at his Galena residence, then the party proceeded to Chicago for a Sunday stay. Senator Samuel Shellabarger of Springfield, an acting member of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, has refused back pay saying it would reflect on his colleagues and he would rather forgo the money than appear demagogic. he notes he drew back pay in 1866 under a prior salary raise but resists voting for the current law’s payment.
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Grant
Galena
Gazette
L. S. Felt
R. H. McLellan
Chicago
Samuel Shellabarger
Springfield
Ohio
Board of Civil Service Commissioners
George W. Curtis
Shellabarger
Congress
Freeport
United States
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Goethe
West Ana
Northwestern Railway
Dave Tks
Pacific Railway
United States Treasury
England
Oliver Goldsmith
Daniel Webster
Russia
Kossuth
Turkey
U. S. Supreme Court
Dartmouth College
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court
Illinois
Supreme Bench
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Supreme Court of
America
Dred Scott
Republican Party
Democrats
William H. Seward
Liberty
Rock Run
Racine & Mississippi Railroad Company