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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1868
Page
2
A Washington dispatch dated May 12 at 12 15 P M says the vote on the President trial is postponed until Saturday next. The report arrived just as we were going to press.
The article covers Bingham's closing and ongoing impeachment arguments, crowd reactions, and questions about presidential powers under the Tenure of Office Act. It notes secret sessions, gallery clearing, and the slow pace toward a final vote, with Illinois politician Fon Washington Bushnell profiled for Attorney General.
The National Convention of German Turners held in Boston last week elected Franz Lackner of Chicago as President and Chas Kohhe of Philadelphia as Vice President with Henry Huhn of Missouri as Secretary. Forty four delegates attended from various regions. Chicago chosen for next annual meeting. Edward Rummell of Peoria, a leading Northwest activist, was nominated for Illinois Secretary of State. Resolutions supported Monroe doctrine for naturalized citizens abroad, preferred a common school system in the South, endorsed Congress reconstruction, urged gradual national debt payment and consolidation of loans, and opposed payments for emancipated slaves or Confederate debts.
The May 6 Peoria convention met at Rouse's Hall with dense crowds. Gen John M. Palmer won the governorship nomination after preliminaries, with Rob ert Ingersoll and S. W. Moulton also discussed. Officers, delegates to Chicago, and state officers including Secretary James P. Root were named. a party platform urged Reconstruction laws and Congress action against restored rebel states.
The Peoria convention adopted unanimous resolutions praising General Grant and the Reconstruction Acts, calling for public debt reduction by market purchase, expulsion of revenue frauds, and urging labor rights. It lauds soldiers, supports expatriation rights, and endorses Lincoln's and Ulysses S Grant's leadership as Republican nominees. It reaffirms labor wages, civil liberty, and moral national greatness before adjourning sine die.
Special Cedarville report describes a thriving 500-person community in Stephenson County with academies, multiple churches, stores, a post office, and daily mails. Notes scenic bluffs, caves, streams, timber, and a Good Templars lodge over 100 members. Mentions recent Dakota troupe exhibition and local hospitality. An invitation to publish more local items and advertise in the Freeport Directory.
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