Returning Boards Declare Republicans Guilty of Florida Fraud
A fired broadside portrays Florida 1876 canvass as corrupt with affidavits from returning board chiefs and visiting statesmen. It cites Archer No.2 219 votes added in Alachua, 100 fraudulent Jefferson votes, 74 Leon ballots stuffed, Georgia negroes hired, and money and jewels as plentiful as oranges in a scheme that denied Tilden the state.
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Republican Party
Florida
Melvin
Counting Out Board
L. G. Dennis
Board of
Alachua County
Columbia County
W. U. Selkirk
New York
Thurlow Weed
H. H. Thurber
Levy County
Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Hayes
Wheeler
United States
Democratic Party
Radical
Indiana
S. B. McLinewenra
Stearns
North
Canvans
Supreme Court of
Tilden
Archer
Leon County
Hoyt
George C. Harris
McLin
Louisiana
Department of Justice
Washington
William Ampt
Cincinnati
Tallahassee
Melin
F. C. Barlow
Exit Hayes Reform and the Rise of Radical Backlash
The piece argues Hayes led the Radical Congressional reform effort to end the civil service restraints and suppress reform. It claims he feared Florida returning board disclosures and sought northern allies to shield himself. The New York Times accuses Hayes of betraying reform and restoring the old machine, with Radicals opposing the backsliding.
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Hayes
Radical Congressional Committee
Florida Returning Board
New York 7 Mes
Returning Board
Tata
Kentucky Congressman Blackburn Opposes Reopening Electoral Question
Congressman Blackburn of Kentucky says he would rather sue Satan in his own camp with Beelzebub as judge than risk any question before the Supreme Court as now constituted. He is described as a statesman of fine ability and sound judgment.
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Gar
Blackburn
Kentucky
Satan
Beelzebub
Supreme Court
Episcopal Church
Roscoe Conkling
Rapix
Republican rhetoric on Florida apportionment and party integrity
A reflective piece questions Republican leaders in Florida over an unconstitutional apportionment law, noting opposition by a Republican governor and dissent from lawmakers. It critiques party funding demands and returning boards, and mentions Indiana politics, Hayes, and Greene county Independents weighing a Voorhees Democrat for the legislature.
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Indiana
Florida
Greene County
John McKee
Posey County
Main Street
New Harmony
Faster Day I ts Weather and Erie Sale in New York
Our New York letter reports a grand Easter day with vast crowds in Central Park and lavish finery. It details the six million dollar Erie sale, Gould and Fisk’s schemes, and Morgan’s Reconstruction committee, plus the death of Wm Orton of Western Union and a comic police court episode involving a lead pipe.
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Erie Railroad
William Orion
Solomon
New York
Gotham
Central Park
United States
New Orleans
New York City
Wall Street
Morgan
James Fisk
Jay Gould
Erie Railway
Banda
Erie
Gould and
Fisk
Wm. Orton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Orton
Western Union
Washington Letter 1878 on Florida ballots and river projects
Special correspondent from Washington reports on Blair's Florida ballots investigations, Butler and Tilden influence in Florida and Louisiana, and potential congressional action on seating Tilden. Also notes House approval of $7.292 million for river and harbor improvements signaling a new era in federal spending.
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Wasureron
D.C
Blair
Maryland
Mr. Yayes
Ben Butler
Florida
Louisiana
Mr. Tilden
Mr. Conkling
Mr. Blair
Senate
House
Mclin
Florida Board of Canvassers
Hayes
Dennis
Congress
Tilden
Electoral Commission
Democrats Face Fallout Over Key House Vote
In Austin the speaker critiques a Democratic backed measure, noting it originated in a Democratic House and pledging accountability. He predicts Democrats who supported the measure will be remorseful as the country awaits written statutes and public reaction.
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House
Austin
E. J. Goodwin
Op Ae
New Har 44Mony
Lichtenbergers’ Store
My3sy
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Johnson
James H. Smart
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Warrick County
Gibson County
Perry County
Spencee County
W. H. Evans
Wu. Swany
Georgia
William H. Selkirk
Horatio Bisbee
Baker County
Gme Sayen
Evansville
MecLin and Dennis
Congressional Committee
W "Weed
Radical Convention
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Sallie Grady
James Drake
James Lockhart
Mt. Vernon
Poseyville
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John L. Wheeler
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