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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1888
Page
4
The June 20 1888 Greeley Tribune notes Chicago dispatches showing Blaine’s friends discount his chances and seek another candidate. Walker Blaine backs Judge Gresham while Allison or McKinley are floated as possible dark horses amid hopeful convention chatter.
The Republican National Convention convened at noon in a large Chicago hall. Horace M Thurston of Nebraska delivered a keynote addressing party unity. Debate touched on Depew and Teller, with discussions of railroad ties and political strategy. Senator Teller opposes Depew while Colorado delegates show mixed support amid a busy scene.
A political gathering echoes with satire on tariff policy and civil service reform. Thurston recalls the 1860 convention and quotes Moses guiding people to safety, then laments a 1884 wilderness and calls for a four year limit. The meeting adjourns at 3:30 p.m.
On March 2, 1872, H. T. West sent $14.58 to A. H. Cumings & Co. of Sacramento for sixty one pounds of alfalfa seed for J. L. Dunham Richmond Fisk H. T. West M. B. Knowles S. K. Thompson and N. C. Meeker. West believes this was the first alfalfa seed brought to Colorado.
James M Bailey, aged 58, of Evans, Colorado, died Friday after a paralysis attack that began Monday. An Evans resident for over twenty years, he freighted plains earlier in life and was a charter member of Occidental Lodge No. 20 in Greeley. The funeral was Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the Evans church with Masonic rites. he leaves a wife and three children.
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