Political squabbles and Republican views flood the Baltimore scene
The report notes Union Navy capture and ongoing party frictions. Greeley support remains weak among Maryland Republicans while discussions touch on Douglass, McClernand, and Liberal Central Committee maneuvers. The Anti-Greeley wing under Brick Pomeroy convened at Maryland Institute to back a regular Democratic nominee.
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Brick Pomeroy
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Greeley
Brownz
Battoning
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M. M. Pomeroy
Democratic Party
Pomeroy
Horace Greeley Progress Chronology Cited
The piece catalogs monthly shifts in sentiment toward Horace Greeley, labeling January as The old idiot Greeley and progressing through February eccentric Greeley March Glu Horace Greeley April Horace Greeley May Mr Horace Greeley June Honest Uncle Horace and July Harrah for Greeley. The tone tracks partisan enthusiasm with a recurring focus on Greeley’s persona across months.
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Democratic Party
Greeley
Idiot Greeley
Horace Greeley
Uncle Horace
Rancorous Opposition Pins Down Greeley Burdened by Accusations
The Omaha Herald quotes a year-old attack on its presidential candidate denouncing him with fierce insults. It contrasts with Henry A. Wisk’s three column letter, where he stresses principle morality and pride in truth. He frames the choice between Grant and Greeley as one of honor, rejecting torture by poison as an absurd measure.
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Chicago
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Sacred Ask
Emigration fears in Germany and Glasgow mill disaster
Berlin reports a rising emigration from Germany to America prompting potential imperial repression measures. In Glasgow a massive flour mill blast and fire claimed eleven lives and left twelve injured, prompting a large emergency response.
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Opening of the Baltimore Convention 1872
The Baltimore convention opened at Ford's Opera House with banners bearing state arms. August Belmont called the meeting to order and urged support for the Cincinnati platform over personal rivals. Randolph as temporary chairman praised Jefferson and the crowd's energy, as credentials and resolutions committees were formed and preliminary speeches given.
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