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Political explosions and reform talk in New York race
New York October reports expose Tilden's literary bureau in Pennsylvania fraud schemes and warn Republicans of broader anti-Tammany plots. Prominent financiers including John Jacob Astor sign a letter backing Hayes and Wheeler, arguing Democratic policy would harm public credit and tax burden. Local anti-Tammany effort consolidates toward two tickets as elections approach.
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New York
Tilden
Pennsylvania
Green
Julse
Dix
Cdt
John Jacob Astor
Wm. M. Evarts
Evarts
Cooper Institute
Democratic Party
E. W. Stoughton
Tweed
United States
National Treasury
Rutherford B. Hayes
William A.wheeler
James Lenox
J. R
John D
Vermilye
Geo
Coe
Lenox Kennedy
A. A
Low, Morton
Bliss & Co
Cabot Ward
Drexel
Morgan & Wm
Macy
A. Booth
John A. Stewart
Cyrus W. Field
Chas
H. Russell
B. G, Arnold & Co
Sherman
J. W. Ellis
James Brown
C. E. Desmond
John B. Williams
Jas. C. Hamilton
E. D. Morgan & Co
Treasury Department
U. 5
Bliss
Internal Revenue Commissioners
Charles Williamson
Charles Stevens
Perrin
Central
Buffalo
New York & Erie R. R
L. P. Morton
Morton, Bliss & Co
Congress
Willis
John A. Dix
Hayes
Philadelphia
Anti-Tammany Conference Committee
O’brien
Tammany
Smith Ely, Jr
James O'Brien
Ely