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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1872
Page
2
The piece critiques legislative inaction on redistricting under the 1860 census and questions gubernatorial duty to redraw electoral lines. It rails against patronage in Grant-era politics, blasts Radical Reconstruction and centralized federal power, and warns of further legislation undermining republican liberty.
The Democratic State Convention gathered in Jefferson City on the 12th inst, endorsing unity and experience to save liberties. Col Armstrong chaired, Judge Newland elected temporary chair, and David A Sutton named secretary as delegates and a State Central Committee were appointed and organized amid resolutions attacking registration abuses and preserving democratic rights.
The article discusses John A Hockaday of Callaway County as a favored candidate amid gubernatorial and legislative mentions. It notes his prior Democratic alignment, his long-held Illinois and Wisconsin political ties, and his standing in the party as a trusted, incorruptible leader.
The note attacks Civil Service reform as a voice of the honest masses. It cites President Grant and Secretary Cox, claiming cabinet conflicts over reform. It questions testing clerks for political character and notes Gen Belknap and War Department intrigue at Washington in March 1872.
Items detail conflicts within the Liberal Republican coalition, accusations of subservience to Congress, misgivings about the Grant nomination, and tensions in Christian County. It covers convention preparations, factional splits, editorials from Ozark Monitor, and local political rhetoric including depictions of cliques and candidates.
True Democrat letter from Barry County urges support for Greeley and Brown against corrupt politicians. Writer discusses local business growth, a new school taught by J C Gyre, and a thriving community with farms, wagons, and a promising crop outlook. Also notes civic pride and intent to publish a new slate of subscribers.
Walnut Grove township Greene County Missouri held a temperance meeting in 1872 endorsing candidates who oppose intoxicating liquors and advocate retrenchment. Delegates to a Greene County convention were urged for August 17 blank 1872 at Springfield Court House to nominate a ticket and publish proceedings.
Missouri Governor Brown issues a proclamation convening the Twenty-sixth General Assembly at Jefferson City on June 19 1872. The special session aims to provide for the election of presidential electors under the new congressional apportionment and to determine the method for selecting the President and Vice President.
In the district the Radical party supporters are observed by small sheets on behalf of leather interests. Mullings and Abbott chair the Congressional Committee. They have "crawfished" but the tail is united with the ears while the body and brains cling to Liberalism and intend to vote for the Democrat of the Liles, Old Honesty, Mersiflel.
Fragmentary ad notice lists real estate sale with names and locations but text is garbled. It mentions a county sale, interests, costs, and a person named Frank Magers, with references to properties, notices, and dates unclear.
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