New York Herald Calls Grant to Resign Amid 1876 Crisis
The Warren Ledger reports the New York Herald urging Grant to resign as disputes over the 1876 election intensify. It notes Conkling’s stance against fraud, calls for a Hayes victory, and references ballots vs bayonets, Southern returning boards, and dispatches to Congress about Chandler and Florida. Public unrest grows as courts are pressured and troops influence the count.
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Ueuse Special Committee
New Orleans
Chandler
Wim
Florida
The Oregon Electors and the Election Certificate
A historical analysis asserts that Oregon’s three electors were certified by the Governor and that no state certificate can be ignored. It argues Congress may or may not go behind state returns, with implications for Tilden and Hendricks versus Hayes.
The Revolutionists Defend Against Electoral Plot
The Pittsburgh Post reports Radicals push a fraudulent plan to seize electoral votes in South Carolina Louisiana and Florida. They vow to crown a Senator as President by joint convention power aiming to use the army, displacing Congress and the judiciary and overruling election results. The piece labels this a revolution and urges awareness.
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One Issue Dominates in National Politics
The excerpt declares a single national issue after alleged vote thefts in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida. It portrays the Republican party as stealing votes to retain power and asserts the sanctity of the ballot box as the sole issue. It positions the Democratic party as the defender of honest ballots and freedman's rights, insisting the issue overrides all others.
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Oregon Governor certifies electors in disputed Hayes ballot
Gov Grover of Oregon explains he issued certificates to two Hayes electors and one Democrat after ruling a layes elector incompetent for holding federal office. The action shifts Tilden to 185 votes, excluding certain states, and the governor defends his constitutional authority in a December 7 1876 telegraphed letter.
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Disqualification of Oregon Elector Watts in 1876 election
The case held that Watts an Oregon postmaster disqualified as an elector under the constitutional ban on officeholders. The Governor must enforce the constitutional mandate and the next eligible candidate was certified as elected. The Cronin Otters statement recounts disputed proceedings in Salem December 6 1876 with Cronin Cartwright and O dell. the attempt to appoint Watts and a split among electors is described.
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Political Elector Certificate Dispute and Bank Usury ruling
Gov Grover of Oregon awarded a certificate of election as elector to E A Cronin amid disputes over Republican Watts ineligibility. arguments urge uniform application of state matters and authentic certificates. Also noted is a Supreme Court usury ruling on National Banks, plus a Portland dispatch on Tilden vs Hayes and a fatal Brooklyn theatre fire with four hundred dead.
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Minister's Letter Praises Vegetine Cure Claim
The letter from Nevada H. Bost pastor of the Fourth E. Chuck Natl will be read with interest by many physicians and those suffering from the same disease as afflicts the son of the Rev. BE. 3. Bost. No person can doubt his testimony and there is no doubt about the curative power of Vegetine.
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