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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1906
Page
12
The Republican paper urges Marshall County voters to back Ma goon Slattery Hannum Gregory and Pritchard for county offices. It lauds Jay H. Magoon as a resident county judge, T. C. Slattery for clerk, Ed R. Hannum for treasurer, Harrison J. Gregory for sheriff, and Prof. Be J. Pritchard for school superintendent, plus re nominating Congressman J. W. Graff.
The article endorses Harrison T. Ireland for General Assembly and notes his farm background and prior service as chairman of the board of supervisors. It praises his honesty and probity and predictsRepublican success in the district. Kerrick and Ireland are described as capable incumbents preparing for a second term.
A Marshall county Democrat endorses Ed R. Hannum as a full time, care for taxpayers candidate for treasurer, contrasts him with rival F. A. Barr a busy wealthier man. The piece also praises Attorney J. H. Magoon for judge, Prof. E. J. Pritchard for county superintendent, Harrison J. Gregory for sheriff, and T. C. Slattery for county clerk, urging a Republican ticket vote and citing local finance concerns.
The notice urges voters to back Republican county candidates citing party achievements and national leadership. It argues continued GOP control will sustain prosperity and asks Republicans to vote next Tuesday November 6 and support both national and local tickets.
The Joliet Republican argues the Republican party has enforced trust laws and broken up restraints, strengthened prosecuting power, and limited public service corporations. It cites past actions and current efforts to regulate corporations and appeals to thoughtful progressive American voters.
The county clerk is preparing five tickets for the ballot to be used this fall. Republican Democratic Prohibition Socialists and Socialist Labor are listed as state tickets. A proposal to sell a strip of land along part of the Illinois and Michigan canal right of way appears on the ballot. Peoria County voters face a higher tax proposal of two and one half mills per hundred dollars.
The Texas ballot shows no populist representation for the first time in sixteen years. The note hints at Texas' prosperity reducing political calamity talk, while promoting subscriptions to the Chicago Daily Chronicle and Henry Republican for four dollars.
A Nebraska oriented piece argues that a new free alcohol act will boost alcohol production for use as fuel and in industry. It highlights denaturized alcohol’s uses in dyes, chemicals, and heating, with claims of lower costs and strong farm benefits for corn and potato crops. It also condemns mail order trusts and urges farmers to halt reliance on big mail order houses.
The proclamation opens 505 000 acres of Kiowa, Apache and Comanche lands in Oklahoma for settlement. Sealed bids go to the interior department with a minimum price of 15 dollars per acre and a 160 acre limit per person. Farm lands will sell from 30 to 75 dollars per acre. interior will fix bid reception date.
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