Tilden Calls for Forbearance and Legal Challenge
New Harmony Indiana November 24 1876 Mr Tilden declares he will contest the election if southern counts are faulty and urges the people to stand by the law. He emphasizes a lifelong fight against fraud and warns that force cannot secure his presidency amid Granie opposition and calls to overthrow the dangerous party.
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Graniites
Tilden
New York
Register
New York Sun
America
Boston Herald
Sun
Boston
Bold Mariner
Tweed
Ludlow Street
Continental
United States
Fifth Avenue
Cardinal McClosky
St. Patrick
Andrew Green
Martin
Department of Parks
Post-election rhetoric and pardons stir party disputes
Critics within the party challenge post election tactics and question President's clemency for whisky conspirators. The Philadelphia Inquirer says pardons undermine prompt punishment and may prompt doubts about motives regarding St. Louis convictions in the same period.
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wasSome
Republican
Philadelphia Inquirer
St. Louis
Two Negroes on Louisiana Returning Board Denounce Political Tricks
The quoted remark fears the Returning Board trio, two Negro members and a third allied with a harsh view of Governor Wells as a dishonest trickster. It questions whether this small group can decide the next four years of the presidency and whether civilization or the republic is failing.
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Louisiana Returning Board
Sheridan
Wells
United States
Kilpatrick Voices Racial Strife Across States
Kilpatrick states colored men in North Carolina sit by roadsides weeping while in Kentucky they arrange with friends to buy them out of slavery. He argues whites, including northern postmasters, will sob by the roadsides when Tildon is inaugurated.
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Tilden
White House
South
South Carolina
One Kilpatrick
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tildon
Atlantic
Pacific
Disco
Nares
Arctic
Portsmouth
Alert
Pele
Peterson
Pole
Northwest Passage
Polar
President Land
Capt. Hall
Esquimaux
Chicago Tribune
Radicals denounce Democrats over electors issue
The Radicals condemn Democrats for backing constitutional provisions on postmasters as electors while criticising the Returning Board in Louisiana for counting Tilden out, a move their Vice Presidential candidate admitted to be a fraud against the people’s rights.
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Tilden
Returning Board
Louisiana
Republican Journals Growl Over Wheeler Campaign Interest
The Republican journals accuse Wheeler of showing little campaign enthusiasm. They say he made few remarks in Vermont and granted only a brief interview, arguing the blame should not rest entirely on him.
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Ray
Republican
Wheeler
Vermont
Bond mentions and Senate praise amid Chandler care
Under the tender care of Zacha riah Chandler the National Credit is strengthening and beautifying. There is talk of having Mr Chandler sign the back of the bonds to gild edges. Chaffee the new Colorado Senator will rank in usefulness with Menars Sharon and Jones, three bonanza Senators.
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Zachariah Chandler
National Credit
Mr. Chandler
Chaffee
Colorado
Bonanza
Menars
Sharon
Jones
Whisky Ring Fiasco Spurs Reform Dodges Dismissed
Jails nationwide overflow as whisky thieves surge. The whisky ring was secured under a pretense of Republican reform, a dodge no longer useful.
Republican backlash over voting in states by party shift
The Republicans are growling over efforts to throw out the States of Georgia Mississippi Alabama Arkansas and Texas. The text notes these states were Republican when few voters supported carpet baggers and Republicans alike.
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Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Texas
Tilden a Strong Leader With Conservative Promise
Samuel J. Tilden is praised as a prudent, highly educated politician with broad grasp of national issues, keen judgment, and proven executive skill. The piece argues he will unite divided sections, resist rash reforms, and expose corruption, guiding a peaceful, prosperous administration from Washington.
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Samuel J. Tilden
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Tilden
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Rancoré
New York Sun
The Cost of Gur Elections As Discussed In The Press
A paragraph circulating in the press questions the claim that the Indiana campaign spent ten million dollars for the recent election. It suggests presidential costs around 1.5 million per major party, totaling about three million, implying a tax burden of seven and a half cents per person. It notes election expenses are borne mainly by voluntary contributions and by party supporters seeking benefits from office. The piece argues the public gains political education and engagement, despite the high cost.
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Central Park
Gotham
Jersey Central
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Beecher
Moulton
Delawaré County
Dr. von Balow
Russia
Franz Liszt
Annette Hesipoff
Rubinstein
Henri Wertheimer
Baden-Baden
Treasury
Sam
Goshorn
America
Indiana
Seema
Mr. Tilden
Jayes
White House
United States
France
New York Herald
Posey
Edward Homer
Isaac Williams
John J. Heady
Louisa Heady
Mt. Vernon
Posey County
Northealf
Tate
Joan L. Wheeler
Hovey & Menzies
Atlas
Circuit Court
Virgil P. Bozeman
Rebecca A. Bozeman
Lemuel Shook
George W. Neff
K. al. Cook
Missionary Baptist Church of
Poseyville
Eleson Cole
County of Posey
Gale
John L. Wheeler
Pri
oWitansaiy Atvy
Haineipie
Edinburgh hunter Gordon Cumming wedding hinted
The note states Gordon Cumming of Edinburgh, famed African hunter, has been captured by Miss Eamon of Cincinnati. It mentions a forthcoming wedding between them.
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Gordon Cumming
Edinburgh
Eamon
Cincinnati
Aleck Stephens Re-elected to Congress in Georgia District
Aleck Stephens secures re election to Congress from Georgia's Eighth District by an almost unanimous vote in a notable political reaffirmation. The result underscores Stephens's strong support base and the district's political alignment as the election closes.
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Aleck Stephens
Georgia
Presidential Candidates and Electoral Tricks in 1876
The piece lists five tickets for the 1876 election led by Hayes Wheeler Tilden Hendricks Cooper Cary Smith Stewart Walker Kirkpatrick. It notes two minor tickets and mentions the scarcity of electoral votes available. An Indianapolis Journal ad offers high rewards for an electoral vote and even hints at stealing states via Zachariah Chandler.
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United States
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ohio
William A. Wheeler
New York
Samuel J. Tilden
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
Greenback
Peter Cooper
Samuel I. Cary
Green Clay Smith
Kentucky
Gideon T. Stewart
James B. Walker
Illinois
Donald Kirkpatrick
Election crisis in 12th Amendment scenario unfolds
The piece discusses whether a House of Representatives victory for Tilden and a Senate preference for Wheeler could force a split ticket from different states, per the 12th Amendment, and cites Zach Chandler’s telegram demanding Florida revert to Republican control, sparking outrage over alleged graft and punitive actions.
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House of Representatives
House
Senate
Tilden
Wheeler
Hendricks
New York
Senate Wheeler
Tilden and Hendricks
Chicago Times
Par Zach. Chandler
Stearns
Florida
M. L. Stearns
Z. Chandler
Grant
Hann Jr Marries Miss Harrer in Evansville Home
On Wednesday November 15 1876 at the bride’s parents residence in Evansville Elder H D D Straton joined Mr. Joan B Hann Jr and Miss Lucy Harrer in marriage. Both parties are residents of Evansville.
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Wall—Harper
Evansville
H. D. D. Straton
Joan B. Hann, Jr
Lucy Harrer
That
City
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