Disfranchisement claim spurs national outrage in 1878
A scathing Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt condemns Louisiana Returning Board actions as fraudulent and corrupt. It questions the legitimacy of electoral outcomes, urges Congress to reject Louisiana’s electors, and warns of the Republic’s decline if fraud goes unrebuked. It cites figures like Sherman and Wells and portrays partisan fury over reconstruction era maneuvers.
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Congress
Sherman
Noyes
Garfeld
Hale
New Orleans
Wells
Republic
Cincinnati Lnquirer
Southern conduct since the war praised by Tilden
In a declaration attributed to Samuel J. Tilden, the South is commended for its conciliatory spirit toward the North after the war. The piece notes no Presidential or Vice Presidential candidates were urged, no Speaker of the House candidate was offered, and sparse electoral ambition, yet strong advocacy for peace and unity.
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Samuut
J. Tilden
Posey Circuit Court
Antone Raben
George Naas
Bernard Mahler
Mt. Vernon
Posey County
Indiana
Lawyer David Dudley Field on Spouses of Congress veto rule
The prominent lawyer asserts the 1865 joint rule and the 1873 Louisiana vote rejection set a Republican precedent that cannot be ignored. James L Orr Jr of South Carolina, son of former Speaker James L Orr, is noted for his role in the state legislature and lineage to a U.S. minister. If law forms hold in Louisiana Florida and South Carolina they will in Oregon.
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David Dudley Field
Field
Louisiana
Par James L. Orr, Jr
South Carolina
James L. Orr
National House of Representatives
Grant
Russia
Florida
Oregon
Hayes
Waercer
Wikeer
New York Graphic
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Ohio
Congress
Senate
Tinpen
Ilixpricks
Counting the Vote on Grant and Greeley 1873 Precedent
The article recounts the February 1873 joint session counting the Electoral votes, noting Georgia Louisiana Arkansas issues, the Senate and House positions on returning boards, and the ruling that a majority could go behind returns. It cites Carpenter, Conkling, and Trumbull, describes Colfax and Anthony rulings, and mentions the broader Republican precedents and related commentary.
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Schuyler Golfax
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Hoar
Horace Greeley
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House
Hlouses
Arkansas
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Florida
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Lynch Returning Board
Wells
Trumbull
Ilo
Carpenter
Chandler
Conkling
Edmunds
Ferry
Sfrolinghausen
Logan
Morrill
Morton
Sherman
West
Aly. Carpenter
U.S. Grant
Ilenry Wilson
Job K E. Stevenson
Louisiana Returning Board
Nouse
Returning Board
Sheldon
M. I. Bonzano
Supreme Court
Anthony
Congressional probe into Chandler correspondence hinted
A fragment notes that a congressional committee examining telegraphic correspondence of the political circle around Zachariah Chandler during the late canvass may uncover items worthy of investigation.
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Zachariah Chandler
Bull-Dose as Political Nomenclature in Louisiana
The article traces the origin of bull-dozing as a political slur tied to Republican intimidation efforts in East and West Feliciana and Baton Rouge parishes. It recounts the Union Rights Stop secret society that tortured and coerced Black Democrats, using bull whips and even “bull doses” to force allegiance, and notes how the term spread as a loaded label after exposure.
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Louisiana
East
West Feliciana
Mast Baton Nouge
Mount Pleasant
Brethren of the Union
Ile
League
Who Cronin a Nashville clerk and Democrat Elector in Oregon
The Nashville American describes L A Cronin as the Democrat Elector in Oregon who helped elect Til den and Hendricks. In 1860 he was a clerk in the Adams and Southern Ix press office in Nashville and boarded with William Farrell. A naturalized Irish citizen of refined education and nerve, he is deemed to have value beyond his bold character.
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L. A. Cronin
Oregon
Tilden and Hendricks
Adams and Southern Ixpress
Nashville
William Farrell
Sentinel vows to defend democracy with culture and news
The Sentinel pledges to uphold equality of states and citizens under the law while pursuing true democracy. It commits to sound culture and doctrine, editing for national, state, trade, literature, science, and art news, with Washington reports and authoritative coverage of legislative proceedings in the coming session.
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Maine
Florida
Plymouth Rock
Pacific Slope
Sentinel
Washington
Congress
The Wehreregly Sentinel Weekly Prospectus Preview
The Weekly Sentinel will mirror the Daily in purpose and audience but focus on circulation quality. It promises editorials on politics, current events, and varied miscellany, with newsy, literary content for the family circle and a leading market section aimed at farmers.
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Central West
Supreme Court
Weekly
Sunday Sentinel
Indianapolis Sentinel Club Rates and Subscriptions
One copy one year. Clubs of ten or more one year. Weekly and Sunday Sentinel terms. Special terms for agents. Send for circular. Specimen copy furnished free. Address Indianapolis Sentinel Co. Indianapolis Indiana.
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Indianapolas Sentinel CO
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Indiana
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