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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1879
Page
2
Hutchison won re election by a handsome largely increased majority. Uncle Levi carried his own town and one other. Hutchison was supported by the Journal and budget and buzzard figures noted in the report.
The Buzzard favored Autchison with journal backing, while the Budget backed the Buzzard. Hutchison carried all towns except two in the county and won by a handsome margin of 629 votes amid no comments.
The Galena arch erected last week bears inscriptions from Galena to Appomattox and to the White House and around the world. A parenthetical note adds Galena to the White House again in 1880, predicting a return as surely as he lives.
The Ohio vote buries Thurman, N Y results diminish Slippery Sam, and Senator Bayard of Delaware appears ahead in the Democratic nomination race as the fall elections reshaped the field.
The Charleston News argues that Ohio is gone to the Democrats but predicts a Democratic president in 1880 only if the party abandons current strategy. It claims no Western candidate can win and that the nominee must come from the East and not be Samuel J. Tilden.
A national shift rails against the Confederacy as Republican gains sweep New York for Cornell, Massachusetts Butler, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. The sweeping Republican majorities forecast control of the Senate and a Republican president and House next year, ending the lost cause.
Genera l Grant returns to his Galena home after a world tour receiving universal acclaim. A grand arrival features a marching procession, gubernatorial greetings from Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin, and a public reception with speeches praising his service and republican ideals.
A jet Special Artist recounts a naval encounter near a lighthouse yesterday. The steamer Democrats, under full sail with band playing, collided with an old scow loaded with cabbage in narrow channel. Desperate attempts to avoid disaster ended with damage as the press rushed to cover the event. The pilot, long absent, left the crew unprepared, forcing reliance on poor navigation and instruments.
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