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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1894
Page
2
Rankin drops from Twenty eighth ranking while Cicero Republican Campaign Committee names Austin’s David Oliphant as chair. The piece notes ward contests, candidate names like Sagh and Omona, McKeena ambitions, and local endorsements amid Easter observances and West Town political press.
The piece recalls Coxey era allies like Carl Browne and Col. A E Redstone, notes Redstone as a Greenback agitator, and discusses Hendricks rumor links. It praises Col Addison Ballard for Alderman, previews Vinpitca Tour ties to South Side politics, and includes a portrait of Erastus Wiman.
The tariff bill moves to the Senate this week with a House backed plan to abrogate reciprocity treaties. Sugar interests demand explicit presidential directions, risking a fight to keep the sugar clause on the free list. Cleveland's era notable for political turmoil and seigniorage coinage pressure faces a possible veto versus cabinet sentiment.
The Cicero Republican convention held March 17 in Library hall Anatin elected Chas E Piper president by acclamation and mapped a slate including C S Castle as Supervisor and Treasurer and Geo J Bliss as Assessor. Ed E Austin retained Town Clerk nominations went to three new constables. Democrats nominated a formal ticket with slim chances.
The Vindicator may shift West Side edition from weekly to daily says Colonel William Halley who notes twelve years of success and rising demand. R H Smith to stay as political editor with potential staff additions, per Chicago Dispatch.
A Democratic meeting in Austin nominated a ticket for Cicero with H. D. Pierce for President of the Town W. J. Reynolds for Trustee George B. Codgal for Assessor F A Curtis for Collector H B Richardson for Supervisor and A W Neitzche for Clerk Only a few attendees attended the formality as Cicero remains Republican in all directions Pierce is manager of Chicago Marble Company residing at 133 Grove avenue Reynolds is a Marshall Field & Co salesman living at 740 Woodbine avenue Codgar is a local dry goods merchant Curtis from Morton Park has sought the collector role before Richardson is a banker at 104 Home avenue Nietzche is not known to the reporter
A Cicero reader note identifies John Mc Kenna as the man attempting to defeat Alderman Dan Ackerman in the Twenty-eighth ward. The piece suggests Mc Kenna is a former ally seeking return to the Democratic Party.
Friday morning reports say Patrick Eugene Prendergast may be spared the gallows temporarily after his attorneys secured a stay of execution to review his mental condition. The court would impanel a jury to determine sanity at the time of impaneling, potentially delaying the capital sentence. Batt Higgins unlikely to receive reprieve from Acting Governor Gill and is expected to die at ten today.
An unidentified man, Prendergast, shot Mayor Harrison at his home after, he rang the bell and asked to see him. The mayor died within twenty minutes. The killer surrendered at Desplainies Street station. Separate notes recall Thomas Higgins, condemned for another murder, and various local notices from Cicero precincts detailing events, sales, and community notices.
Postmaster Hsing sent a 500 dollar check to T. W. Harvey chairman of the Central Relief association. The funds came from entertainment arranged by the county democracy at Central Music Hall on February 22.
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