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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1874
Page
2
The committee recommends township and ward caucuses be held on Saturday September 26th 1874. By order of the County Central Committee. Freeport September 6th 1874. Ralph Sabin chairman pro tem.
Voters across Freeport wards meet Sept 26 1874 to choose six delegates for the County Convention on Sept 20. Meetings held at Haas Dor man’s livery Pennsylvan ia House Fry’s Block and various local schools. Polls open one half hour to one hour. several committee men announce candidacies for Sheriff and Erie position in Stephenson County.
The 14th inst. street clash in New Orleans left thirty men dead and about one hundred wounded, according to local reports.
General John F. Farnsworth is unanimously nominated by Independents of the Fourth Illinois District at Elgin. The push reveals district reform tensions with Pinckney and a push to withdraw him. Shuler and others oppose, but Pinckney remains the candidate amid concerns over salary grabs and railroad monopolies.
From the Ogle County Reporter the nomination of Hon. D. J. Pinckney of Mt. Morris for Congress spurs editorials. It accuses Pinckney of constitutional violations and personal gain via 1867 and 1869 extra pay, labeling him a salary grabber and urging voters to distrust him. It notes rival press reactions and party affiliations.
A Stephenson county observer ridicules Mr Pinckney for trying to restrain both Democrats and the farmers movement. The writer likens his political stunt to riding two horses in opposite directions and accuses him of craving office over principles, presenting him as a two-faced reformer.
The September 1874 proceedings show the Board of Supervisors of Stephenson County meeting at Freeport Court House. They consider bridge petitions for Richland Creek and Plum Branch, vacating streets in Huron, and approve a detailed Poor Farm cash report including multiple quarantined entries for inmates and keepers through June and July 1874.
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