Hayes era notes tax support and scandal claims
A July 1877 column reports June contributions to Hayes civil service reform totaling 4087.45 and notes thousands of consul applications. It discusses mining inspectors, the Louisiana Returning Board case, hints of election fraud, debt reductions, Chandler’s political battles, and Sheridan's investigation into postmasters Chapman and Dula in New Orleans with conclusions of incompetence and resignation.
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East
West Feliciana
Louisiana
Butler
Hayes
George A. Sheridan
Sheridan
Chapman
Post Office
New Orleans
Dula
Justice and vindication in Louisiana vote turmoil
The piece argues that Justice is near as the Wells led Returning Board faces perjury and forgery charges over Louisiana’s electoral vote. It denounces attempts to shield culprits, urges court action to reveal truth, and condemns any executive or political interference. It stresses the need to punish the guilty to protect free institutions.
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Louisiana
Tilden
Philadelphia Times
Washington
New Orleans
Wells
New’ York Tribune
Stanley Matthews
Returning Board
Toy
Nicholls
Wells, Anderson, Cazenave
Kenner
United States
Electoral Commission
President Hayes
Gov. Nicholls
Anderson
Louisiana Court
The Hills Labor Troubles and Tilden Attacks
A New York Herald correspondent notes at least fifteen thousand unemployed in the Black Hills with thousands more merely covering expenses. Forty to fifty thousand pilgrims have visited, most leaving disappointed as the Hills yield little money. The piece also attacks Samuel J. Tilden as unscrupulous for allegedly buying a presidential nomination and election, arguing Republicans accuse him while Hayes and his backers face similar charges, urging fair treatment of all.
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N. Y. Herald
Black Hills
Samuel J. Tilden
Little Valley Republic
Tilden
Louisiana
Mr. Tilden
Hayes
The Carpet-Baggers: a Black's Pen Picture of Carpetbag Rule
A vivid editorial critique traces carpet-baggers in the South after the Civil War, accusing unprincipled Northern adventurers of plunder in Louisiana and New Orleans. It details confiscatory taxation, fraudulent bonds, derelict courts, and forced black suffrage, arguing the regime invited violence, arson, and lawless governance, with widespread murders and public corruption.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Congress
Cromwell
Ireland
Erie Era Highlights Faith Ministers and Local Commerce
A column from Enin, Pa., praises ministers like A. T. Fullerton of Park Church for visiting the sick and comforting the dying. It notes grain shipments from Toledo, arrivals of three vessels with 65,000 bushels, and a large grain consignment to Anchor Line Co. The New York Circus comes to town in August, the Pennsylvania State Fair opens Sept. 24, and President Raymond earns praise for fair planning. The Pennsylvania Equal League meets Aug. 21, and a Washington telegraph reports on Pennsylvania Republican politics and reform challenges in the Cameron-led machine.
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Gallio
Ephesus
Sheridan
Sherman
Enin
A. T. Fullerton
D. D
Park
Hia
Toledo
New York
Erte
Barnum
Pennsylvania
Rainmond
Northwestern
Pennnsylvania
Equal 2 League
Fred Douglass
United States District and Circuit Court
Court House
Mills of the Gods
Gore
Erie Sunday Gazette
Alfred King
North Park Row
King
City Press
Henry Ward Beechex
Waa
Washington
New York Tribune
Iowa
Cameron
Hayes
Saya
Civil Service
Adminiatra‘iion
Haa
Memory McGrary's Mormon Family Scandal Unfolds in Washington
A son recalls Memory McGrary, a longtime Mormon with two wives, traveling to Washington to visit his brother. He reveals the second wife, widow Thornton, arrived eighteen months ago, triggering a wild scene as the mother attacked the man with a rolling pin, water pitcher, and torn coat before calming down.
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McGrary
Washington
Thornton
Mary
Gresley Farm Ruin Seeks Restoration Under New Care
A torn account describes Mr. Gresley’s farm with a $30,000 draw that failed, a hilltop site costing $16,000 to build, a weeded orchard, a damaged garden, and a lone cow amid derelict buildings. Col. Smith now oversees, promising restoration, as Republicans lament party control over conventions and nominations across several states.
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Greeley
Col. Smith
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