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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1876
Page
2
A Republican greenbacker vote for Peter Cooper could equal a vote for Tilden. The U S treasurer's October public debt statement reports a reduction of 34,558,130 in the month just closed.
Discan an American spiritualist medium described as an impostor and vagrant was sentenced in London to three months imprisonment with hard labor.
The text recalls Samuel J. Tilden as the drafter of the Credit Mobilier scheme per Dukes Ames testimony and urges an immediate end to hostilities. It notes Gov. Sfuyes defending the affair and a three day pre election push for Republican success through individual effort to secure a full vote and a clean victory.
A 1864 remark calling the army a legalized mob is linked to a Copperhead candidate in a Pennsylvania district congressional race. The text also notes Tilden’s claim that union soldiers were trespassers, highlighting heated Civil War era rhetoric.
Tut, treasurer of the city Democratic executive committee, was arrested Saturday for conspiring with 40,000 fraudulent tag receipts. Paper prepared for the issue could be used to secure illegal votes for the reform candidate.
A hurricane off Florida began October 26 and lasted 26 hours. It crossed Cuba and struck Key West causing widespread destruction. Kaya Larga island was flooded and its 400 residents were reported swept away.
Mn TILDEN’s followers hail him as a modern political Hercules yet a closer look shows he never joined a public goods contest until victory seemed assured. The daring reformer avoided active reform until a decisive win appeared near.
Horace Greeley charged the current Democratic presidential hopeful with deep involvement in the vast 1868 election frauds in a signed public statement dated October 20, 1869. The question remains whether Greeley’s assertion was truthful or deliberate falsehood.
A veteran Ohio governor candidate is cited with five years in war from lieutenant to major general and lengthy public service. An eminent lawyer compares Hayes and Tilden noting Hayes’ broader studies and wider legal practice, while highlighting Tilden’s long career in law and politics.
The Kent letter from October 1860 shows Governor Tilden opposing a convict labor bill and urging against federal coercion of South Carolina, arguing the Republican party lacked moral right to elect a president and that the nation had no right to defend its forts.
The text asserts Gov. Hayes's strong ties to top Republican figures including Schurz Cox Curtis Matthews Hoar and Morgan. It argues his presidential election would represent a triumph for the noblest and best elements within the party and for reformist leadership nationwide.
The passage condemns reform as replacing union soldiers with confederates in Washington. It notes Hambleton who named his son John Wilkes Booth as a committee clerk and says Corcoran Harvey and Mason joined the national Democratic committee by Lamar. It argues Democrats act this way when empowered.
The writer questions Mr. Tilden's potential presidency arguing he would run national affairs like failed railroads. They compare consolidation and bond handling to prior railroad reorganizations and accuse his reform stance as costly to beneficiaries.
The piece accuses Mu TripeN 1 of posing as friend to workers while harming Brady's Bend Pennsylvania and Michigan iron mines. It claims he paid miners with bogus currency and enriched himself by bankrupting local iron works, leaving workers and residents in hardship.
The Republican strategy centers on winning the solid south plus New York and Indiana to secure a majority. The Democrats fear losing South Carolina and the plan hinges on breaking southern unity or capturing one of four pivotal states, notably North or South Carolina, New York, or Indiana, to defeat the Wisden plan and elect Hayes.
The article accuses Mr. Tilden of duplicity in promising payment of southern claims to win New York votes. It cites his acceptance letter dismissing self-imposed restraints as futile and labels his pledges as worthless and contradictory. It laments evasion of taxes and scorns his candidacy for Washington.
A speaker qualified on the subject presents Mr. Tilden's career noting he has never spoken in federal courts and has never been a member of the house of representatives. The remarks contrast his experience with Gov. Hayes to assess political qualifications.
The quote questions the executive department head's practical knowledge of naval or military matters and public administration. It notes limited experience in Washington, no significant public papers, and highlights roles as New York state assembly member and governor, with a past constitutional convention participation.
Reports to the National Republican committee show strong confidence in Hayes Wheeler’s election. The GOP expects gains in the solid South and predicts Republican success in South Carolina North Carolina Florida and Louisiana. California Oregon Indiana Ohio New Jersey Connecticut and New York are projected favorable with varying margins.
The speaker urges unity within the Republican party to defend the national ticket against defeat. They warn that defeating the party endangers government control and criticize the opposing candidate as a railroad wrecking figure linked to corrupt lobbying and fraud. The stakes concern all citizens and the integrity of the government.
A group of New York business leaders including John Jacob Astor Moses Taylor and James Lennox backs Hayes and Wheeler arguing the nation’s debt interest and expenditures have fallen and the public credit improved under the current administration. They say businessmen oppose a political change seeking to preserve stability and avoid upheaval while detailing large declines in debt costs and taxes over the past decade.
The article notes Gov. Hayes has far more public service experience than Tilden. Hayes’ record includes three years as Cincinnati city solicitor focusing on taxation and municipal law, five years as a military officer, and broader executive and leadership skills gained from municipal affairs and military service.
The piece argues for Tilden over Hayes, citing sixteen years in public service including executive and committee work. It contrasts Hayes’s three years of civil service with Tilden’s five-year governorship and broader experience.
The Cleveland Herald asserts a reform Democrat candidate crosses new lines in politics. It claims the candidate bought his nomination, funds his own campaign, is close to the nation’s wealthiest gambler and thief, uses rebel gun support, and allegedly defrauds the government by false swearing.
A monthly record from County Clerk Cook enumerates individuals who have excused their freedom in choosing partners for life. The list includes Sawyers, Frazer, Boyles, Harrald, Rahn, Miller, Johnson, Anderson, Peterson, Joelk, Robinson, Williams, Shrink, Smith, Devine, Erker, King, Archer, Farmer, Rastede, Wenke, Betling, Venttie Watson, Lindberg, Johnson, Poston, Baker, Ernst, Imel, Maxwell, Copeland, Lindgren, Strummertz, Cathcart, Davis, Olson, Nilssen, Duer, Pulibar, Colling, Gartrich, Sture, Fider, Stokoe, Morrison, Irvin, Jobson, Hand, Brokaw, Boyd, Ball, Williamson, Chal, Palmer, Denney, Welch, Keeley, Spickler, Badham, Woodin, Kahlke, Vandalsen, Dunn, Asmy, Forbes, Mowry, Crawford, Beal, Thompson, Duffer, Johnston, Flaherty, Dailey.
A Davenport Gazette tale recounts four pleasure seekers fined and jailed briefly after moonlit driving near the bridge. The article mocks the couples and urges Republicans to vote, extolling suffrage as a sacred duty and recalling a man who traveled 2,000 miles to exercise his franchise.
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