Past Presidential Elections and Senate Shifts noted
The piece surveys presidential electors chosen by legislatures, House selections in 1800 1824 and 1870s, and lists minority presidents with popular vote counts. It also notes five Senate terms expiring March and forecasts replacements including Clayton Logan West Blaine Alcorn Robertson Hamilton and others.
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Sax
Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
House of Representatives
Aaron Burr
John Quincy Adams
United States
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Adams
Jackson
Crawford
Clay
Taylor
Cass
van Buren
Buchanan
Fremont
Lincoln
Douglas
Breckenridge
Grant
Seymour
Greeley
Morrill
Maine
James I. Alcorn
Mississippi
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Robertson
South Carolina
M. C. Hamilton
Tilden
Texas
Cigar Contents Debate Sparks Dictionary Jest
A scientific writer lists acids and chemicals found in cigars sparking ridicule from readers who joke about smoking unabridged dictionaries. The piece notes people are fastidious and prefer plain tobacco, despite claims of complex cigar additives.
Adams Defeated in Massachusetts A Purity Cry
In Massachusetts the defeat of Charles Francis Adams is described as a severe blow to the pure in heart who believe freemen vote for men of broad views. Adams is praised as virtuous and wise, while Massachusetts’s cultivated people repudiated him emphatically last week.
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Charles Francis Adams
Massachusetts
Adams
Republican plan to claim doubtful states after election
The passage notes Mizzer Chandler began claiming South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana for Hayes the morning after the election. It argues the Republican program has been to seize uncertain states and gamble on them, comparing the effort to knowing as much as the King of Siam.
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Mizzer Chandler
South Carolina
Florida
Louisian
Hayes
Siam
Slogan on enfranchisement in the Republican party
The remark praises the Republican party for enfranchising Black voters and argues they should be given increased voting capacity if the party gains legislative power again, suggesting two additional votes for the colored man.
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Republican Party
Fragmentary political lament buries rebel claims
A brief fragment laments burying Rebel claims beside Republicaniam in a broad grave. The text hints at historical political rhetoric without clear context or identifiable figures.
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Morton
Republicaniam
Counting the Electoral Vote and the TwentySecond Rule
The piece argues for an honest national vote count in the 1870s election, warning against violent contests and favoring a clear majority for the winner. It examines the Twenty second Joint Rule, Senate House procedures, and the need for joint action in disputes, stressing that a fraudulent count would doom the Republican cause and urging adherence to constitutional processes.
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Louisiana
Hayes
Tilden
Senate
House
Congress
Morton
Sherman
House of Representatives
Representatives
United States
Republican Party
Cincinnati Inquirer
Petrification as Burial Alternative Proposed by French Inventor
A Greenoble inventor suggests preserving the dead by submerging the body in a special liquid, turning it to stone in about five years. In a millennium, preserved relatives could be used to construct houses, with petrified remains nickel or bronze plated as statues.
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Greenoble
France
New Mexico Bill Faces Senate Deliberation And Population Debate
The last Congress passed a House bill admitting New Mexico to statehood. Senate action at the next session is anticipated amid opposition, largely over Catholic population and sectional tensions. Population estimates: 1870 New Mexico 91,870. 1876 about 150,000. Colorado 1870 under 40,000 and two thirds larger now.
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Congress
New Mexico
House
Senate
Colorado
Friends of
Forehead Kisses Mark Reverence Without Notable Fun
The piece notes that each kiss on the forehead signals reverence yet the moment carries little joy or celebration. It observes a somber tone where affection is acknowledged more as respect than amusement.
Land of Pure Delight Phrase Sparks Language Debate
A fragment mentions a phrase describing a place as the land of pure delight and notes a linguistic quirk about stove pipe entries, reflecting a playful, if unclear, regional saying.
New York and Philadelphia Election Night 1876 Report
From Our Own Correspondent New York and Philadelphia recount the bitterly contested 1876 presidential election. Rain fell as 185000 registered voters cast ballots amid peaceful hours then amid crowds at Everett House Fifth Avenue Hotel and Printing House Square. The piece notes rival claims issues with states and lingering suspense hours after midnight. Philadelphia marks Women’s Day at the Centennial Exposition with 80000 attendees and plans for a permanent Woman’s Pavilion and League continuation. President Grant arrived with family. foreign exhibits face packing and questions linger about the permanent exhibition space and postfire repairs.
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New York
Philadelphia
The
Register
Everett House
Fifth Avenue
Printing House Square
Tribune
Times and Sun
Bird of Freedom
Peter Cooper
Greenbacke
Brooklyn
Treasury
Board of Finance
Woman's Pavilion
Woman's National Centennial League
Grant
Holland
Japan
Raprx
Chinatown Residents Scrutinized by Chinese Commission
A San Francisco inquiry by the Chinese Commission finds that the city’s 30,000 Chinatown residents remain unwashed except for rare intervals, highlighting sanitary concerns raised during the investigation.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Editor's Note on Poem Lines From a Promising Youth
An editor remarks that the quoted verses were written by a young man of great promise who has lain in his grave for fourteen years solely for his own arousal. The remark frames the poem as a legacy of a late, troubled author.
London fires see sharp rise in insured property loss
A quiet man remarks on taste as he hides behind a door, while data show four-fifths of recent London fires involved insured property. The note implies rising insured losses over five years of fires in the capital.
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London
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