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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1872
Page
2
Lieut Governor Beveridge and local Republicans call for delegates from Stephenson County townships and Freeport wards to attend a county convention at Freeport Circuit Court Room on September 10 1872. Delegates allocated by township ward votes and Grant vote counts with key nominations for county offices and other business. The notice includes campaign quotes from Grant Greeley and remarks on immigration and American ideals.
Republican caucuses set for September in Winddivnis Freeport and adjacent towns to choose delegates for County Convention. Meetings at local schools open one hour, with polls from early morning to evening. Commiteteemen PRAIN and BLANCHARD urge party voters to attend and select delegates for the county gathering.
J R Leigh, committeeman, announces Republican voters of Gneco will meet at Nchobs House Orangeville on Saturday September 10 at 5 PM to select four delegates for the Republican County Convention to be held at the Circuit Court room in Sea Port on Thursday January 11, 191? Peter Sheck AK, committee member.
The Republican voters of the First Ward in Freeport are asked to meet at Kirk Hans office in Freeport on Saturday evening September 7 1872 at 74 oclock p M to select six delegates for the County Convention on September 10 1872 Committeeman Charles H Knapp has an open hour.
Republican voters of the Second Ward meet at the Pennsylvania House in Freeport on Saturday evening September 7 at 7 14 o'clock to select six delegates for the County Convention on September 10 1872. Caucus opens at 6 30. Robert Little.
Republican voters in multiple towns gather Sept 7, 1872 to select delegates for the County Convention in Freeport on Sept 10. Meetings held at various schools and town halls with polling hours noted. lists include Freeport, Lancaster, Florence, Rock Grove, Buckeye, Dakota, Tidott, Loran, Kent. Committeemen named for each locale.
Gen 8 D Atkins chairman of the Stephenson County Republican Central Committee will speak on political issues. Meetings set for Davis Aug 22 Orangeville Aug 30 Eleroy Aug 31 Buckeye Sept 2 Ock City Sept 3 1872.
Citizens are urged to attend Republican caucuses in their county precincts next Saturday evening. The note stresses personal duty, urging full attendance by all electors and discouraging reliance on others to fulfill the obligation.
From the Advertiser Brownville Neb July 18 Matilda Fletcher of Council Bluffs Iowa gave a remarkable Monday evening forensic effort at McPherson Hall. The hall was filled with Republicans Democrats and many ladies who were richly repaid for their presence.
The Springfield Republican notes eleven million in public debt wiped out in August and discusses Liberalist calls to withdraw Gratz Brown. It reports a Greeley meeting in Bloomfield with cheers for Justify for Jail and mentions Korner leaving Hingis for Indiana to campaign for Cheeley and Grant. It comments on Oglesby’s margins, predicts Illinois results, and notes Hon. John A. Logan’s campaign return to Indiana amid fading Greeley prospects.
A reflective column argues campaigns mislead. actual elections show Republican gains in New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island Oregon North Carolina and West Virginia with West Virginia rejecting a new Democratic constitution and restoring a Grant-Wilson alignment amid broad GOP gains in Tennessee and Kentucky.
A letter from Bucnmay to ROM reports on a straw poll from trains across Pennsylvania and neighboring states. Grant leads with about 650 votes, with 431 preferring straight Democratic, 765 supporting neither candidate, and 700 Irish Catholics in Pennsylvania pledged to Grant except three. The letter mocks Know Nothing influence and notes liberal distribution.
Delegates to the Straight-Out Democratic National Convention arrive by every train in Louisville Kentucky on September 2. West Virginia’s election result shows a clear defeat for Greeley, with Greeleyites backing Camden for Governor while Republicans back Jacobs. Liberal organs urged voting for Camden to signal opposition to Greeley.
Blanton Duncan denies the Republicans have any relation to the straight out Democratic Convention. He states the party remains independent and not part of the current Democratic gathering.
The renegade Farnsworth is urged by Republican constituents to resign. Jack is told that if he wishes to continue reform efforts, he should resign. The exchange underscores a rift over leadership and reform priorities within the party.
In VeBeque Iowa on September 2 burglars broke into the tailor shop of J Liest during Sunday night seizing 400 dollars hidden under the chimney and chloroformed the family before fleeing.
The piece alleges Mahon and the South Bend Tribune exposed a forged Colfax quotation. It asserts that the Chicago Tribune also published the forged item and accused the forgery, noting that Colfax’s alleged words were never spoken. The report underscores claims of fabrication, forgery, and partisan reaction.
An Oneida Community Circular excerpt details Horace Greeley’s early socialist ties. It credits him with promoting Fourierism, hosting propagandists in the Tribune, lecturing on the movement, supporting associations, and opposing critics in a long debate with Henry Raymond.
A Confederate general is accused of altering and falsifying a message from General Grant in Farnsworths St Charles speech. The case is framed as part of the reform party’s alleged slanders and libels used as ammunition in political battles.
Charles Francis Adams writes his family that he will not consent to run as the Greeley candidate for Massachusetts governor. He states he does not sympathize with the Greeley movement and believes Grant’s re-election is essential to the nation's best interests.
The State Convention of straight-out Democrats met in August with large attendance from across Illinois. Hon. Joseph Ledlie led the session, Judge H. M. Weed presiding, and Dr. Leeds recording. Delegates and alternates from numerous counties were named, resolutions denounced Greeley and the Liberal wing, and pledges to support a straight Democratic ticket were adopted.
The New York papers report Horace Seeley wearing a new tweed suit.
From the Ottawa Journal 1872 account: Edgar Hawley and his three children, visiting his mother, were swept away when a swollen creek flooded the ford near Midd Creek. The wagon overturned and all four were lost except one child who survived unconscious. The team also perished. Dozens search the stream as locals lament the lack of bridges and reflect on the bridge bond vote. Mrs Hawley’s body was the only one recovered by Tuesday.
A large Republican rally and procession in Mt Carroll draws 3 000 to 4 000 by 1872 accounts with delegates from York township Rock Creek and other areas. General Oglesby delivers a two and a half hour speech praising Grant and Republican history, followed by brief remarks from J. Shilling and local figures. The Oregon district ticket is nominated with Mason Petrie Campbell Stamsley Jacobs Rice named for offices the Dixon convention approves the slate. Vermont election Tuesday Maire next Monday.
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