Republican Union Mass Meetings Announced
The Republican County Central Committee schedules mass meetings in Orangeville Dakota Village Buena Vista and Freeport with speakers including Gen J W Shaffer Gen B Dornblaser Hon J Af Addams Hon H C Burchard F C Ingalls Bay and J M Bailey. Community members urged to arrange travel to ensure strong turnouts for November events.
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Republican Union
Republican County Central Committee
J. W. Shaffer
B. Dornblaser
J. Af
Addams
H.C. Burchard
F.C. Ingalls
Bay
J. M. Bailey
Orangeville
Dakota Village
Buena Vista
Freeport
Election Returns Demand Messengers For County
The Republicans of the county towns are asked to dispatch a messenger to Freeport with results as soon as votes are counted. Returns may be telegraphed from Davis and Lena if messengers cannot go. Messengers should be sent where possible to ensure complete county totals by Tuesday night. Telegraph reception of returns expected from all areas that evening.
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Freeport
Davis and
Lena
Look Closely to Your Ballots in Stephenson County
A call for vigilant voting warns voters to inspect ballots for correct names and offices. It cautions that fraud may be attempted by substituting names or transposing offices and urges early, sustained presence at the polls to expose counterfeit votes.
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Stephenson County
Vote the Straight Ticket for state office
The Republican party presents candidates for the coming election. Gen Ghonas Wy Surv is praised for integrity and business ability as State Treasurer. Newton Bateman is commended for public instruction and education leadership, noting a strong school system record.
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Republican Party
Ghonase Wy Surv
Lex
Newton Bateman
Bateman
Logan Addams Wain, Appams Urge Republican Ticket
A Republican appeal urges voters to support Logan for Congress at large, Wain, Addams for State Senate, and other party nominees including Sheriff Robey and Coroner Darling. It stresses unity, the stakes of U S Senate and constitutional amendments, and calls for active campaigning to secure a straight Republican ticket and victory in Illinois.
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Evark Repub
Heopreyye Iy
Logan
Congress
Latioh
John. H. Appams
Addams
Mr.Addams
Mr. Addams
General Assembly
United States
William W. Roney
Republican Party
Robey
Cart. F. A. Darling
The Great Contest and the Fate of Liberty
The piece warns that the upcoming election tests whether government remains by the people or becomes arbitrary despotism like old monarchies. It argues despotism seeks ballot power after defeat in war and stresses urgency to settle these questions now to preserve humane rights and victory from four years of war.
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Spain
Austria
Russia
Oppose Monopolies and defend Legislative Power in State
A late public discussion denounces monopolies held by railroads and large corporations as oppressive to workers. It argues the legislature can restrict charters and that vested rights should not shield abusive privileges. It favors constitutional safeguards, while praising the seven percent Illinois Central tax and urging careful limits on corporate powers to protect public welfare.
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West
North- West
Illneis Central Railroad Company
How Voters Not on Enrollment List May Vote
Voters not on the enrollment list may still vote if they can prove eligibility. Men entitled to vote whose names are absent from the enrollment list are not listed as registered voters.
Logan Defends Union Tactics Against Copperheads in Illinois
In Carbondale General Logan rebutted Col Dickey on abolitionism by outlining Copperhead tactics and their candidates in Illinois. He mocked the party as running abolitionists in some districts and Democrats in others, comparing it to a lost sheep ad a coworker called a she goat, and labeling them rebel Republicans.
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Copperheads
Ilinois
Logan
Carbondale
Col
Dickey
Copperhead Party
Congress
Washburne
Tom Turner
Arding
Thompson
Lavugher
Johnson-Seward
Copperhead
National Union
Grant praise and copperhead critique echoed in editorials
An excerpt from the New York Evening Post dated October 8 presents Gen Grant praised for his stance against the rebels while condemning Copperheads and peace advocates in the North. The piece notes those who reviled soldiers and hindered war efforts will not be forgiven.
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Grant
New York Evening Post
Honor for Jurist backs Baker and amendment
Hon W H Unpvernoon praises John Baker and the Constitutional Amendment in a public speech. He criticizes the current Democratic party for aligning with rebels, saying he can no longer affiliate with them due to duty and honesty in government control concerns.
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H. Unpvernoon
Helleville
Democratic Party
St. Clair County
Johu Baker
Springsfield Journal
Illuminated rooms spark probe over bank building
The Peoria Cranseript notes Southern Unionists lit rooms in a building near the First National Bank, now rented by Gen F C Smith the new U S Assessor and a presidential ally. Fearing loyalty honors could harm his standing with his master Andy he secured a certificate from the building proprietor exonerating himself from the illumination.
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Peoria Cranseript
Culesbug
First National Bank
F.C. Smith
U. S
Andy
Fragmentary 1860s Confederate talk surfaces in Texan dispatch
The readable fragments cite secessionist rhetoric and political threats linked to an 1860 election, urging Texans to back secession and urging loyalty to the Confederacy. The text references a White House, public safety items, and compulsion of freedom, with scattered names and phrases from a heated public debate.
Money power and Tammany in New York politics
The Providence correspondent reports a Democratic candidate for Congress in New York City's 14th district must gain support from Tammany Hall Mozart Hall and other factions before facing the Stumpers. It claims nominations in the city cost twenty five to thirty thousand dollars, with endorsements equating to election.
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New York
Providence
Congress
New York City
Tammany Hall
Mozart Hall
McKeon Party
Young Men’s Democratic Association
Tammany
Cox
Col Dickey in Cridaco and Chicago Mass Meeting
A comic scene unfolded at a Chicago mass meeting last evening featuring Col T Lyle Dickey candidate for Congress at large General Jesse J Phillips for State Treasurer and W W OBrien of Peoria The crowd fled the jailhouse hall as a fire alarm rang and Dickey quipped that the people were tired of him The event was described as an imposing demonstration by the Chicago Tribune dated October 25.
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Dickey
Cridaco
Chicago
T. Lyle Dickey
WW. O'Brien Esq
Peoria
Houge
Bellegin
Chicago Tribune
Nation still stands after rebellion, declares unity
The excerpt contrasts Northern and Southern views, arguing the nation remained intact though rebel states left the Union. It notes local law vanished while national jurisdiction persisted and ends with a shop invitation and a political slogan about readiness after an election.
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Burrell’s
Stephenson St
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