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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1882
Page
2
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The Mayors Office of Freeport Illinois announces an April 18 1882 election in all wards at usual polling places with two questions for voters to decide. The first asks if the city shall become incorporated under the general incorporation law for cities and villages and the second asks about minority representation in the city council if incorporation occurs. Jas McNamara Mayor.
Notice of the annual election for Freeport Illinois officers to be held Monday April 3 1882 in all wards at specified inns and streets. Voters choose an Alderman police magistrate city clerk city attorney city treasurer city marshal street commissioner and four city surveyors. Polls open from sunrise to 7 pm. Woo Quan City Clerk.
The death is announced of Rear Admiral James H Spotta of the United States Navy. He was a Kentuckian. In a special election on Tuesday for a member of the Legislature a very light vote was polled. The result gives Hon James Bayne the Republican candidate a majority between four and five hundred.
Official statistics show 769 929 bushels valued at 438 461 imported into the United States since last March from Ireland Scotland Nova Scotia and Canada. Without these imports a potato famine might have occurred.
Judge Advocate General Swain rebukes irregularities in the Mason trial and grants leniency to the defendant. Major Hawk, one legged Congressman from the Fifth Illinois district, delivers a speech opposing the anti Chinese bill while facing strong partisan pressure. his courage is noted by all who know him.
Tuesday elections filled vacancies in Illinois House with James Bayne of JoDavias county replacing Joseph Moore in the Tenth District and F N Tice of Ogle county replacing John H White in the Twelfth District. Both winners are Republicans marking a GOP gain of one seat. The Forty third District seat remained Democratic after a concurrent local race. The Rutland Vermont Herald and Globe endorses Edmunds for Senate, praising his independence and influence.
The passage argues that a public figure’s honesty, ability, and efficiency should be judged by public records rather than personal warmth. A public servant who shows a history free of robbery or dishonesty is seen as deserving vindication, even if not personally entertaining.
All railroads feeding Bust from Chicago pool through passenger business. The monthly pool pays the same whether twenty or five hundred passengers are carried. Kia benefits roads for now, erasing competition. The arrangement deprives roads of incentive to compete and may end when large shippers resist. A future law banning pooling among railways is hoped for by some.
The New Orleans Democrat argues floods offer a lesson for farmers, speaking at the year’s start about tight supply and challenges as waters begin to subside. The piece emphasizes preparedness and resilience amid ongoing recovery efforts.
The writer laments hunger among the poor and warns that charity only masks deeper needs. They argue prosperity hinges on diversified crops, citing 1882 flood lessons and contrasting Bourbon persistence with historical shifts in slavery. They assert agriculture sustains nations while nomadic violence fades.
In the New York Tribune, Sergeant Mason who tried to kill Guiteau in his cell is dishonorably discharged from the U S Army with loss of pay and eight years hard labor. The stake is to uphold exact justice and maintain Army discipline after the shooting incident.
The South trends toward overthrowing Bourbon-led oligarchy as young, progressive men grown since the war seek public power. They oppose wartime secession legacies, denounce old state rights tactics, and vow to scrap the old scales that harmed progress. Tensions rise as older leaders stifle these ambitions with political control.
Senator Logan delivered a strong Senate speech on Thursday backing his bill to divert internal revenue from distilled spirits to school support. The measure aims to apply the entire income derived from taxes on the sale and circulation of spirits to education funding.
A Senate speech argues for distributing a sixty million dollar annual education fund to states by population, to support public schools normal schools and industrial arts. It defends local control, urges compulsory attendance, and compares international farming and agricultural education to bolster a unified national system. Strong focus on costs, distribution, and the need for trained teachers.
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