Tilden Perjury Charge Shapes 1884 Debate
The Chicago Tribune and other papers seize on Samuel J. Tilden's sworn statements. Text argues two contradictory oaths prove perjury and condemn a Democratic candidate to presidency as a threat to public morals and the nation. Analysts warn of corrupt alliances should he win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. “Tilden
Tilden
Ross
Wilden
The
United Anldhe States
St. Zoule
Alton
Azariah C. Flagg
Tiden
Aleeiy
Mr. Tilden
Samuel J. Tilden
Lening
Iris
Chicago Tribune
Speech of Our Next Vice President at St Albans Vermont
The Hon. Win A Wheeler spoke from a hotel balcony in St Albans after arriving from the White Mountains. He denounced the opposing political faction while noting his nomination as Republican vice presidential candidate by Vermont and Massachusetts. He warned of renewed conflict with the party that saved the Union and urged vigilance to protect the nation’s honor and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win. A. Wheeler
St. Albans
White Mountains
Vermont
Massachusetts
England
Democratic Party
North
Union
Senate
Spirit of the South and Republican fate in Vermont
A Vermont audience hears a fiery argument on Reconstruction, urging Republicans to defend Union gains under Hayes. The speaker warns of Southern influence and Northern Democrats, praising Gettysburg sacrifices and urging ballots on the first Tuesday of November to ensure continued Union triumph.
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Kentucky
South
Hayve
Congresa
Libby
Andersonville
Salisbury
Lincoln
Virginia
United States
Missouri
Kansas
Hamburg
Prussia
Democratic Party of the North
Democratic Party
North
Washington
Union
Hayes
Ohio
Vass
Vermont
Ories
Gettysburg
Plain Words for Business Men Urging Reform and Stable Policy
A cautious call to business men across parties to support decisive reform and avoid the uncertain, potentially oppressive impacts of a Democratic victory in the presidential election. It argues that Southern leaders would seek control, threaten reconstruction measures, and trigger economic stagnation, higher distress, and widespread bankruptcies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilden
Endricks
Democratic Party
United States
Tilden and Hendricks
Sendricks
Alr
Sufferings of the Poor in New York City
George Calder of the Sick Relief Bureau of the New York Children's Aid Society reports severe illness and death among poor children in New York City. Over June to July doctors treated 688 children at home with 1,880 visits. aid includes food relief and large in-kind distributions to ease summer hardship.
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George Calder
Andren
Rasmus
Economic Fears Over National Policy And 1876 Election
A distressed forecast warns that uncertain policy and indeterminate changes threaten business, labor, and capital. The piece argues the Tilden and Hendricks ticket would harm prosperity, risking a public calamity and a dull economy under Democratic leadership.
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Sune Ao
Stron
Ness
Tilden
St. Louis
Inter-Ocean
New York July Records Show Hottest Month in Sixty Years
The New York Sun reports July as the hottest month in sixty years with a mean temperature of 80.18 degrees and a peak of 100 degrees. Rain fell on thirteen days accumulating 2.9 inches, and the city’s mean temperature over 21 years ran 4.64 degrees above average.
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New York Sun
Shady Place
New York
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Republic Magazine
Parson Brownlow
Tennessee Republicans
Philadelphia
Ind
Fae
Anzeiger Des Westens
Tllinois
Staats-Zeitung
Carl
Schurz
Wheeler
Samuel J. Tinden
Rome
Anter-Ocean
Congress
New York City
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