The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-07-16
The Tilden, Frauds of ;76.

| Upon the recommendation or suggestion
of Gov. Hoadley, of Ohio, the President ap.
pointed Gen. E. F. Noyes. of that State,
a government director of the .Unfon PA.
cific Railroad. 1t had been a common
practice with Republican Administrations
to make selection Of one Democratic
Director, and the choice of Gen. IN Dyes
was simply carrying out this poliey.aU pom
the announcement Of the appointment,
the Democratic press opened an assault
upon the President, for having honored a
man who had been prominent III Stealing
the Presidency from Mr.. Tilden in 1876.
Gen. Noyes was one of the Republicans
who went to Florida to prevent Manton
Marble. John f. Coyle, and C. w. Wooley
from securing BY bribery an electoral vote
to determine the result of the Presiden-
tial election. Referring to the affected
horror Of the Democrats at. the appoint
ment, the Philadelphia Press makes the
following crushing point: YA'l J:igW 'es-@s
No one acquainted with the facts will
be deceived with this hue and crY,,r but,
since they invite it, it may be well to
tell again the .damnable story OF Demo-
cratic infamy in Florida in 1876. Manton
Marble, John f. Coyle, and C. w.
Wooley were the agents sent to Florida
from the National Democratic .gheada>
quarters in New York, provided with a
cipher with which they were to COM
municate directly with Sam aef j.. Tilden Isl
residence in Gramercy Park. The dis
patphao which 1ncSp1 hoft1oo;o% fbnco man
in Tallahassee and the New York agent
give clear and continuous story of
events which have since become history.
They can be summarized thus: -
After all attempts to bulldoze the Re
turning Board and m anipulate the TetHrns1
were found futile plot was laid to buy
the one electoral vote which would have
made Tilden President ,Mr. Marble taless
graphed that he had received ban offer lto
Inland over at any hour RED uired ,Tilden
decision Of board and certificate Of Goy.l]
ernor for $500, 000.n sA"num Der . of. d6sts 1
patches then passed back and forth which
show that both Marble and WooIey were
bidding for the same vote and, this. Qcea-
stoned some confusion. But finally Mr..
Marble telegraphed to New Y ork:iy RrasI
position received either giving vote of 4
Republican OF Board, or his concurrence
~ Ot Huu5AlS fA1lECbUISH MILE
from being cast, for half hundred btltsE
United States documents.:'' After some
delay this answer went from Creamery
Park: Telegram here. Proposition &C.
cepted if done only once. Better CONSULT !
with Wooley and !; act in concert. You
can trust him. Time very important and |
there should be no divided councils s'i II
The power and money arrived in Tale
hassee too late to purchase an electoral
vote for Samuel ]. Tilden. and the whole
infamous transaction fell through, to be
FULLY exposed, however, at later day.
That party with such a record should
cry fraud, y is only another proof of the
colossal & effrontery of u all Organization
which attempted to gain control Of the.l
government by stealing and bulldezing.;jj
The less our Democratic friends. .sayll
bout fraud III ls7s,, t tlhe better Ind wiser
t will be for them.r.iT Junblusaing eff
orts to purchase vote in Oregon and an.
ther in South Carolina,G anaathe expos
ure of cipher kilograms, in relation to
slorida, ought to seal their mouths On this
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