Vermont election echoes in Philadelphia Times blast
The Philadelphia Times cites the Vermont results noting equal percentage shifts that would favor Democrats in Pennsylvania. It accuses the Republican party of inviting corruption and fraud, urges voters to back Tilden and reform, and calls for mobilizing working men to defeat the Radical ticket. It cites Arkansas and Vermont as signs of retrenchment and reform momentum.
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Vermont
Philadelphia Times
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Radical party debt payments compared with tax collections
The Pittsburgh Post notes that over eleven years tax collections have exceeded debt payments by a vast margin, with nine billion dollars in excess and only a small fraction applied to the debt. It argues for tighter economy and suggests billions could have paid off the public debt.
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Radical Party
House
Pitsburgh
Warren County Democrats face brisk campaign push
The piece argues Democrats and Liberals in Warren County are energized with large meetings and rising support while Republicans show weak attendance and internal blunders. It praises Democratic candidates Knight Dalrymple Chase and King Mead, predicts a Democratic local victory and likely support for Tilden and Hendricks. The overall tone declares the light of Democratic strength breaking in the county.
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W. Waters
Warren County
Assembly
Lindsey
Stone
Capt. Knight
Pettifogger
Mr. Dalrymple
Mr. Chase
R. J. King
Philip Mead
Maine Election Forecast Casts Doubt On Radical Lead
The piece argues Radicals cannot reach an 18 000 majority in Maine, predicting a tally under 15 000 and possibly lower, noting a 17 216 margin in 1872 and warning Republicans face setbacks in Maine and beyond as they move toward Ohio and Indiana.
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Maine
Ohio
Indiana
Truth from the Methodist reports Tilden’s decisive victory
The Square notes Gov Tilden won his current office by fifty thousand majority over Gov Dix, a test of popularity. It calls Bristow the only high official to challenge corruption. It adds Boss Tweed has been arrested in a Spanish port and is en route to the United States, with more details elsewhere.
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Gov. Tilden
John A. Dix
Bristow
Boss Tweed
United States
Carmen
Tweed
Havana
Tweed Antelerir
Isle of
Saint Simon
Vigo Bay
Custom House
Spain
North America
Cuba
New York
Grant
Hayes
Wheeler
New York Tribune
Vergennes
Vermont
Tessa
Tilden Clubs
South
Vicksburg Herald
Mississippi
South Carolina
Republican Party
R. B. Hubbard
Gov. Coke
Texas
Boston Pilot
Adams
Ohio Republicans Alarmed by Greenback Defections
The New York Sun reports Ohio Republicans face a migration of greenback supporters from manufacturing districts. Voters disgusted with Grantism and corruption may back Tilden or Cooper on “cheap money.” Garfield’s nomination amid alleged venality sparks party discontent. A reform banner grows as honest citizens desert rogue leadership and anticipate a November revolt.
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New York Sun
Ohio
Tilden
Peter Cooper
Gartfield
Credit Mobilier
Oakes Ames
Garfield
Washington
Shepherd
Congress
John Sperman
Bingham
United States
Japan
Randall Renomination Praised for Public Service in Retrenchment
A tribute lauds Samuel J. Randall as a leading figure in Reform efforts and fiscal restraint. As Appropriations Committee chair, he contributed to cutting over thirty million in public expenditures and urged strict honesty and economy in handling national funds. His renomination is seen as a likely election victory.
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Samuel J. Randall
Randall
Noryjing
Vermont election results show reduced Republican majority
Corrected returns in Vermont reduce the Republican margin from 30,000 to 22,000. Democrats gain 27 percent while Republicans rise about 6 percent. 7,061 new votes, 4,422 Democrats to 2,639 Republicans. Democrats gain two new recruits for every Republican.
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Vermont
Hayes A Know Nothing in Rochester Letter to Editor
A Rochester resident writes to the Union editor recounting his Cincinnati past. He describes Hayes as a violent proscriptive Know Nothing who allied with Richard M. Corwin, then a partner, advocating twenty one years’ residence for foreigners before citizenship and supporting measures to bar immigrants from the old world.
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Rochester
Union
Cincinnati
Richard M. Corwin
L Hayes
Hayes
Bloody shirt talk from Warren era politics debated
A reader's letter recounts a Warren Pennsylvania corridor conversation with Hon. W. H. Shortt and a mysterious Senator about Democratic strategy. They discuss rigging campaigns with fear of niggers, rebel debt, and false outrage, while refusing to admit real Republican misdeeds and reform.
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Creverann
Mr. Eprror
Warren
Corry
Meadville
W. H. Shortt
Cardiff
Wales
Warren County
Senate
Stone
Shorty
Senator
Belknap
Babcock
Boss Shepherd
Blaine
Garfield
Old Grant
Grat
Repubicans
Grant
Clapp
Cincinnati
Hayes
Kilpatrick
Outrage mill schemes debated to sway voters in 19th century letter
A readable political exchange reveals accusations that Republican leaders push deception to retain office. The author cites names like Shortt and Grant, Laos Cameron, and Till en Hendricks, alleging campaign tactics including “torchlight processions” and “rebell debt” rhetoric. The Traveler signs.
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Grant
Pacific
Cameron
War Department
Indiana
New York
Senator
Tilllen
Hendrcks
Shortt
Shorting
Mr. Shortt
Hayes
Maine and nearby states shift politics in late elections
The Maine vote produced a Republican governor win by about 14,000, with a smaller Republican lead in Congress. Four years earlier Republicans led by 17,216. Democratic gains are evident, while Kentucky and Alabama favored Democrats and Vermont and Maine moved Republican with reduced margins. The Reform message exerts magnetic appeal even in Vermont and Maine.
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Maine
Kentucky
Alabama
Vermont
Defalcations and Tweed Arrest Details
Financial defalcations totals listed from 1869 to 1876 amount to over 5.5 million dollars with specific balances due from postmasters, marshals, court officers, governors, pension agents, and other officials. Separately, dispatches report William M Tweed’s arrest route via Havana to Vigo, quarantine on Saint Simon, and planned transfer to New York, plus a German farmer quip about reform after Carl Schurz’s Cleveland speech.
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United States
H. B. Swoope
U. S
Carl Schurz
Cleveland
Casement Nominated in 19th Ohio to Oppose Garfield
ASHTABULA September 8 1576 Republicans and independents in the 19th Ohio district nominate Gen J S Casement as a reform candidate against James A Garfield. Garfield loyalist Blaine is arriving to rally support and readers recall past votes toward Casement’s potential election.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Congress
J. S. Casement
James A. Garfield
Garfield
Jack” Casement
Biae
Cleveland
Dick” Parsons
Blaine
Mallizan
Casement
Comic drug store mishearings and political jabs in 1870s clippings
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a boy in a Woodward Avenue drug store unable to pronounce amacymo ny and then asking which medicine would ease a chair leg injury. The piece then shifts to a jumbled sketch of political shots about Tweed, Grant, Hayes, and Tilden, plus stock and railroad notes from Philadelphia, reading like a miscellany of late 19th century items.
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Woodward Avenue
Arica
Detroit Free Press
Warren Borough Ordinance Bans Air Guns Gyms and Galleries
At a Sept 4 meeting of the Burgess and Town Council of Warren Borough an ordinance was adopted prohibiting establishing galleries rooms or grounds for shooting or practicing with air guns or pistols for money without a license. License fees set at three dollars per day for public or private property and one dollar per day to keep galleries open. Violators face arrest and fines from three to ten dollars after trial. Witnessed Sept 9, 1816 by Burgess Wil Pickettt and Clerk R. Rose.
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Borough of
Warren
A. D
Wil Pickett
Runkenness
Sertoovur
A. T
Baronets
Burgesa
Ang .Ystics
Pease
W. OH. Picket
Burgess
K.P. Erva
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Thomas A. Hendricks
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Rufus P. King
Phillip Mead
Youngsville
Charles Chase
Pine Grove
A. S. Dalrymple
WM. E. Stright
Pittsfield
Warren Academy
E. T. Valentine
G. W. Kinnear
Democratic County Committee
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D. M. Martin
Philip Seigrist
Conewange
R. ON. Seaver
Columbus
Miller
Sugar Grove
C. W. BR
Radeker
Shefeld
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Wm. C. Arthur
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J. W. Folwell
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Solon Wilcox
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James Leonard
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Jackson Purvis
Mead
Samuel Grossenburg, Jr
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George Mertzel
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Pie Grove
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J. &. King
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B.A. Martin
Steware
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James Johnson
Th. Cheney
Trudioute
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Rh. J. Straight
James L. Walser
P. Monroe
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We.ay
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Reading
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Coat and Naviga United Companies of New Jerseys
Pittsburgh, Fitusville & Buffalo
RBR
Philadelphia and Fir Railroad
Northern Central Railroad
Hestonville Pass
Youngsville Borough
Old Burying Ground
M. E. Church
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Mann
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