Oregon electoral fraud cipher tale exposes Democratic plot
The War Office record details Harry Barton and a broader scheme tied to the 1876 Oregon vote, showing alleged bribery attempts to secure an elector. Dispatches describe funds, conspirators, and cipher messages aiming to manipulate the electoral outcome for Tilden and reform.
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War Office
Iajor Barton
Harry
Ife
Union
Democratic Party
Tilden
Reform
Cerbatim Et Literatim
WasmicTon, D. C
Oregon Scandals and Cipher Revelations in Election Plot
A Chicago Evening Journal summary claims Oregon figures and others conspired to misrepresent law and sway the 1876 election. It details a cipher, telegrams, and alleged plots involving Kelly, Tilden, Cronin, and Cronin’s supporters, with references to Alfred Tinman and a Senate committee investigation.
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New York
James WH
Kelly
Hemlock
Tilden
Pelton
Salem
Ore
W. T. Pelton
Gramercy Park
Charles Dimond
Ladd and Bush
Vier
Democrat
San Francisco
James H. Kelly
Odell
Cartwright
Cronin
Washington, D
Senate
Oregon
Chicago Evening Journal
Carpenter
Trumbull
Gramlaters
Ieee
Eidenos
Clarence
Wright
Carteen
Enitor Kelly
Patrick Lon
Post Office Elector dispute referenced with Tilden and Cronin
In Portland on December 1 1876 messaged notes discuss Tilden favored Elector certificate and strategy to control Oregon’s vote. Telegrams mention attempts to convene the Legislature, purchase of Republican Elector, and payments of sums to influence outcomes amid a fraught political dispute.
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Portland
Ore
W. T. Pelton
Gramercy Park
New York
Kountze
J. HN. Patrick
Oregon
Tilden
Louisiana Returning Board
South Carolina Supreme Court
N.Y
Kelly
Bellenger
Cronin
State Committee
Patrick
Odell
Cartwright
Understad
J. Tilden
N. Y
Grover
Gobble
Sunny
Chicago Prices Firmed on Beef Cattle and Hogs Trade
Market notes show pork futures weak with 15 to 40 cents lower closes and lard down up to 25 cents per cwt. Flour quiet with no change, wheat uneven with declines, oats dull, rye steady, barley down, high wines down, cattle demand strong with cows and extra steers quoted, hogs scarce but steady near Saturday levels.
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Ecesaenses
Gil
Aus
Chicago
Dée
Highwines
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