Unpleasantness in 6th District Caucus Sparks Debate
The 6th district caucus in Springfield faced internal strife amid the spread of a letter from a correspondent in the Princeton Republican. Delegates from the district crowded the Leland House to select credentials and organize, while factions sparred over Bryant and Phelps for the resolutions and nomination, exposing rifts over Ingersoll and party unity.
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Springfield
Princeton’ Republican
L. N
Leland House
Col. Fort
Lacen
Cairo Trimble
Princeton
Crawford
Henry
Nent
North
Henry County
J.H. Bryant
Bureau County
Committee On
Emery
The
Peoria ‘Transcript
Bryant
Ingersoll
Knox County
Enoch Emery
Therty
Olson
Peoria
Phelps
Peoris County
Aye
Phillipic
Fort
Begent
Wamapman
Bey
Freemason Claims and Railroad News In One Page
A mixed page notes Masonic skill claims and brotherhood bonds, plus railway industry updates. It reports Chicago Rock Island & Pacific leasing the Chicago & Southwestern line through Kansas, expanding 268 miles and boosting travel and profits for Chicago. It also mentions Muscatine Kewanee Eastern consolidation as Continental Railway, calls for local subscriptions, and notes several state legislators’ deaths with elections planned in November.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Chicago & Southwestern Railroad
Kansas
Southwest
Chicago
Messrs
Tracy, Riddle and Hall
Muscatine, Kewanee
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