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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1882
Page
2
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The notice touts CHICAGO WEEKLY HERALD and FREEPORT REPUBLICAN as top Chicago papers with a $2 subscription offer plus a Dr Kendall herb book for advance payers. It also notes San James Partridge's appointment as Peru minister and proposed inquiries into J R Shipherd over Peru guano, along with nominations of Teller, Chandler, and Hunt to Cabinet posts and Russia envoy duties.
The House passed the Army Appropriation bill retiring all officers 62 and older. Sherman would be placed on the retired list at once, with Hancock McDowell Pope and Augur to follow in five years. Senate action is next. Nebraska politics feature talk of Grand Army of the Republic backing General Silas J. Alexander for Governor. ex Union soldiers claimed to be high in state ranks. Shermans foes persist in slander, which evidence later shows baseless. The habit of such attacks may reflect long-standing political tensions.
A notice seeks a well recommended leader for the 1884 Democratic National ticket. The ad prefers a wealthy, war‑recorded but prudent man who speaks on tariff issues, with no postal address on Governor’s Island or Gramercy Park. Respond confidentially to the National Democratic Communities in Washington, D.C.
The article notes Senator Logan endures rheumatism in the back for two winters and has spent much time confined to his room. Friends press him to visit Hot Springs, Arkansas for a few months to recover, urging him to pause public duties until health improves. A Census Office report lists Chicago and Cook County debt figures and per capita debt for Illinois towns, with numbers for 1879.
The Chicago Herald reports John B. Gough addressing the Central Woman's Temperance Union and opposing a Senate tax bill funded from questionable sources. He urges study of national education and taxes, recalling anecdotes about Thaddeus Stevens and a colored preacher, illustrating varied views on philanthropy and public funds.
General Stephen A. Hurlbut of Belvidere Illinois and native of Charleston died suddenly of heart disease in Lima Peru on Thursday of last week. He was sixty six on November 29 and had a long career as lawyer politician and soldier. He served in Illinois constitutional convention in 1847 and as a Whig elector in 1848. He later held two terms in the Illinois legislature and became brigadier general in the Union Army with a May 27 1861 commission.
The subject commanded the Fourth division at Pittsburg Landing in 1862 and rose to major general. He led the Sixteenth Army Corps in Memphis and served near the Gulf, retiring in July 1865. He sat in the Illinois Legislature in 1867, acted as a Republican presidential elector in 1868, served as Minister Resident to Colombia after Grant’s inauguration, was elected to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, and was named Minister to Peru by Garfield arriving in the capital in late July.
Minnesota Congressman Donnell opposes referring tariff reform to a commission as delaying action. He criticizes Democrats for broken tariff promises and urges Republicans to stay decisive, arguing protection for American producers without harming steel rail industries. He warns against Congress endorsing the commission as a constitutional departure.
The city election produced five Republican and five Democratic winners with strong turnout. In the First Ward the Democratic alderman candidate won by a large margin due to long residence and local popularity, while Third Ward saw notable support for Andy Brubaker amid broader Democratic gains.
Stormy weather accompanied the town election in which Democrats won nearly every seat, except Highway Commissioner. Voters flocked to polls as Republicans largely abstained. The new Board of Supervisors lists ten Republicans and ten Democrats with names tied to local precincts and wards.
A sharp editorial attacks the Guiteau faction within the Republican Party, denouncing vocal gatekeepers and slanderers who back or defend Garfield enemies. It warns that the party must purge traitors, uphold principles, and press Congress to enforce civil service reforms to crush political vampires and protect the nation.
The Belleville Advocate urges President Arthur to pursue sweeping civil service reform through practical legislation. The editorial argues the party and nation share an interest and calls for Stoss to seize the moment and strengthen party alignment with the country.
The noted Davis, a government agent against illicit whiskey operations, was ambushed and killed by about twenty bootleggers after they waited along his route and fired. The piece then condemns labor theory critiques and recounts New York cigar factory wage disputes where women faced equal pay resistance and mass dismissal.
Senator Mahone replies to an invitation banquet in Boston, praising Virginia’s education efforts and racial policies. He argues Virginia offers full citizenship to Black people, boosting moral and intellectual advancement and preventing emigration. The piece also notes Baron Struve’s Washington tenure and a wife’s interest in Japanese ceramics during a Tokyo visit.
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