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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1882
Page
2
On Central Illinois flatlands continuous rains have flooded fields drowning as much as one and a half crops. Wheat is ready to harvest but wet ground prevents reapers from operating and risks loss of the harvest.
In Town the Constitutional Amendment prohibiting liquor manufacture and sale passed by about forty thousand votes. Cities mostly opposed it while rural precincts supported it strongly. Iowa followed Kansas, and Indiana has a similar measure. Illinois lawmakers will be urged to submit a like Amendment next winter.
The Freeport Republican party expresses strong faith in the delegates chosen for the Congressional Convention and pledges full support to the candidate they name to succeed noted past representatives. The statement emphasizes patriotism, good candidates, and unity across counties.
The Mlingis Republican State Convention in Springfield assembled as the largest ever in the state. Stephenson County sent Hon. Jas Cochran Hon. Howard P Barton Hon. James Taggart Louis Karcher Esq Capt. Wm Flemming Joyal L Munn Esq S D Atkins Hon James Cochran chaired Stephenson delegation. W T Holcomb chosen Congressional caucus chair and J B Brown secretary. Committees named with Atkins on organizational committee. Senator George Want chaired the State Convention and delivered a strong speech.
John Carson Smith of Cook County was nominated for State Treasurer and Charles T. Stratton of Jefferson County was nominated for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The editors place their names at the head of our columns with pleasure and will update after the election. A fuller account of the convention will follow.
The Freeport Bulletin notes a decisive primary showing for Congressman Hawk in all wards, blaming the Sheetsmen for slander against Hawk over DORR. It reports county results, listing Hawk delegates and margins, with total city votes 599 and county caucus tallies across wards and townships.
Telegraphic dispatch from Freeport Illinois June 24 1882 reports the death of Major Robert M A Hawk at 10 50 PM from apoplexy. The veteran Civil War officer and longtime Carroll County clerk and congressman is lauded as an honest, patriotic statesman and Christian gentleman. Recollections recount his service from the 92d Illinois Infantry to brevet major and pivotal battles at Swift Creek Wade Hampton’s cavalry. His career included four consecutive terms as Carroll County Clerk and multiple terms in Congress, amid harsh political attacks.
A tribute recalls the late Congressman as a public spirited soldier and statesman. Despite mud-slinging, his district sided with him, reflecting their respect and electing delegates to renominate him by acclamation had he lived. The community extends tender sympathy to his stricken wife and children.
Delegates gathered at the Opera House in Freeport to elect officers and hear remarks by J C Garver and others. They adopted resolutions on the death of Congressman Hawk praising his service, pledged sympathy to his family, and adjourned until July 18 1882 to attend his funeral.
Delegates gathered at Wilcoxen Opera House in Freeport on Monday June 26 1882 for the Stephenson County Republican Convention. Miles White chaired as temporary leader with Willard P Naramore named temporary chairman and S J Davie and Louis Stoskopf secretaries. A credentials committee reported delegates from Krin Winslow Kent and Rock Run with listed members.
On motion of Hon. James I Neff delegations were authorized to cast full votes. A committee from each town and ward reported delegates to State and Congressional conventions. The committee named John Adamson James Tageart K P Barton and others. Delegates to the Congressional and Senatorial Conventions were listed and adopted. A resolution instructed delegates to back BR. M. Hawk for Congress and J G Smith for State Treasurer. The convention adjourned.
An 1879 affidavit by Michael Lawver defends Gen Atkins as a sober capable editor and criticizes rivals in Freeport and Stephenson County. The document, sworn June 12, 1879, accompanies commentary from the Daily Republican Bulletin praising Lawver and Richards while attacking a rival newspaper.
Ohio liquor interests press a campaign against the Cincinnati Southern Railroad over Sunday closing. The grievance centers on president Theodore Cook who backed the Sunday Closing bill. A brewer in Cincinnati hints at withdrawing patronage and freight to the line, while Cook defends the railroad against what he calls coercion.
From Davis to the Freeport Republican editor. Davis will host a Fourth of July event for 806 people with a chance to go to Rat City or Freeport. The town’s band has played nightly for two weeks preparing for the holiday. The piece notes illness and losses in the community, mentions the Good Templars’ ice cream event amid a storm, and Dr. B F Bradshaw’s town visit seeking County Clerk nomination on credit to the county.
Starting April 17 trains run Freeport to Chicago Union Depot at 6 05 am and 9 95 pm arriving 10 43 pm and 7 10 pm Return services depart Chicago 6 58 am and 4 45 pm reaching Freeport at 1 05 pm Daily run to test new route with promotional pickup offer at 4925 Good Green Rio Coffee J Schutich’s.
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