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Democratic County Convention Commentary and Local Politics
The piece discusses eight hour work for ten hours pay, labor unrest, and anti-capitalist sentiment. It reports on county convention plans for June 26 to elect delegates, debates over license law, political maneuvering in Warren County, and reflections on labor movements and farmer organizations. It mentions James G Blaine, the Knights of Labor, and the militant stance of local Democrats against importation of European labor.
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Judge Kelly
Chicago
Leheldattihenk
Seine
Congress
Sembly
Associa
Auunge
Pine Grove
Columbus
S. P. Johnson
Taylor
Agnew, Trunkey, Rice and
Oters
Johnson
Warren
Judge Brown
O Cay
Bour
Warren County
Leogen
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Rufus P. King
George P. Orr
O. c. Allen
C. Thompson
Henry Brace
Geo. H. Higgins
Dan Carrol
Neec
Tere
Tus
Warren Lupeer
Franklin Nes
Knights of Labor
Grangers
Illinois
Hun Wm. C. Flagg
Illinois State Farmer’s Association
Laverisen
Serig
America
la Bruyere
France
Knights
Supreme Court