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Political chaos and fraud haunt 1877 finances and elections
A sprawling dispatch outlines Democratic and Southern influence in Congress, contested electors, and the perils of fraud in the October Cincinnati vote. It notes Field's revolutionary tactics, Senator Kelly's cipher scandals, and the looming Hayes presidency while condemning moneyed scheming and urging strict election safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
David L. Corbin
South Carolina
Congress
House
Kelly
Oregon
Tiden
Ita Conventa
Tilden
David Dudley Field
Boss Tweed
Field
Washington Monument
Gramercy Park
Patrick
New York Times
Goxgating Commission
St. Louis Times
Dem
Samwaer J. Tupew
Washington
Gulf States
Springfield
D. D. Field
Fisk
Gould
Tweed
Louiser
Republic
Hiester Clymer
Pennsylvania
A. T. Walling
Pickaway
United States Congress
United States
Alexander G. Cochrane
Allegheny District
Walling
Hayes
Hunt
Southard
Lynde
Wisconsin
Thompson
Massachusetts
Cochrane
Mr. Reagan
Texas
Electoral Commission
Brown
Kentucky
Reagan
Singleton
Mississippi
Hill
Georgia
Bayard
Delaware
Kernan
New York
Bright
Tennessee
Florida
Louisiana
Willis
Mr. Tilden
Wheeler
Cinvinisti Gazette
Eph Holland
Jim White
Eph
Holland
Frauca
Cincinnati
Democratic Executive Committee
Stanley Matthews
Eph. Holland