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Cameron and Grant clash over civil service and reform
The New York Evening Post criticizes Cameron and allies as corrupt and power hungry. It recounts a White House scene where Grant endorses Fairman for Philadelphia postmaster amid Cameron opposition. The piece notes declines in Grant's 1872 votes in several states and discusses grain prices, farming pressures, and a proposed Georgia led canal project to connect the Atlantic to the Mississippi, with potential Illinois Dixon to river link implications.
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New York Evening Post
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Tweeds
Sweeneys
Whentons
Camerons
Manns
Forneys
Gen. Grant
Civil Service
New York
Philadelphia
Fairman
Furman
Simon Cameron
Washington
White House
Keystone
Grant
Mr. Fairman
New York City
Ben Hassan
Hartranft
Tweed
O’brien
New Jersey
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi River
War Department
Huntersville
Ala
Coosa River
Rome
Georgia
Etowah
Chattahoochee
Ocmulgee
St. Louis
Congress
Committee On Commerce
House
Dixon
Ilinois River
West