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Frederic Haskin's Lett
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS.
xIv.-The Hayes-T ilden Race Of 1876

puViiS.ns - eveoiuteiy r
holy, . man who wosN n
Augean stables at Waahs
they needed cleaning. -
Republican firmly declinai
NIT.
Tilden was presented :.
reformer with q reform n,
had broken the rule Of ~
ring In New York, the maa
political machine ever tncS
country up to that tina
run Boss Tweed out Of n,
and he was the hero o. 4
government forces. To y,
Gratis the slogan Turn -
OUT" meant just the ssma
Tilden In"
There was another facts.
campaign which had its eSsa
OF the chief causes OF ~
Republican bolt Of 1877 !,
fear that General Grant y
much Of . military man i
thise with civil GOVERNS.
whole south was ruled In
nets and the southern neo.i.
in . worse condition thar ~
war closed. Carpet-has,s.
running the state govern.
with the aid of legislatur,s
posed of ignorant negroea y
principled white men, ver.
ening the day of abselvfs
ruptcy. BY 1876 half Of \.
ern states had restored ~.
law, but in many the hayss
held sway and the fedsral !,
were forcing a corrupt soys,
upon the people. The por,I
not sympathize with this n
affairs.
Many Of the liberal Repu,,
however, disguised with n,
ure of the Greeley campaisul
believing that when General
retired there would be no i,
trouble, flocked to the supp
Hayes. Prominent amonr |
were Carl Schurz and MurrI
stead. Others of the Liber,h
ing their own organization N
life in it, went to the Tilden r
the fight. Among these vert|
like Governor Curtin Of Pa
vania. one of the two men
nominated Lincoln for prssidd
1860, General John H. I'll
Charles Francis Adams, and I
who henceforward were know
Democrats,
A Contested Electiea
The election day came an, n
swept the country. Next n
the papers of every shade d
litical faith said Tilden was u
But Senator Chandler NJ
Hampshire. secretary Of N
publican national commits
which Senator Zach Chandla
chairman, gave out the new
Hayes received 1855 votes b
den's 1874, and was elected.
the powerful machinery Of III
eral government was set 10 n
and the contests were orig
in Louisiana, South Carolina,
ida and Oregon.
The house OF represent
was overwhelmingly Demo
the senate was Republican.
country was threatened vi
archy, and congress devils.
electrical commission. As
constituted there were eigl
publicans and seven Demon
the commission and every qv
before it was decided in "a
! Hayes by q vote of eight to
There was an incipient
among Republican senators
would have prevented counI
the Hayes electors from Lor
At the head of it was Roscoe
ling, and enough senators
carried the day had agreed
II Conkling would lead.
Chase Sprague, according
open gossip of the time, per
him to change his mind. II
was revenged on Tilden
defeat of her father, Chief
Salmon P. Chase, for tho
cratic nomination in 1868.
Hayes was given the deci!
March 2, two days before
term expired. The country.
had given a popular majoril
quarter of a million votes {
den. was indignant, but the
no resistance. Hayes had
taken hold of the duties OF
flee before the country q
that he would be liberal. \
the federal soldiers out
south. restored civil governn
over the union. permitted the
Gratis elected to state ONCE
their seats, although elected
same tickets with the
electors who had been thrc'
He disappointed the politid
his own party, but he stamp
anarchy and restored p
peace to the whole nation
Democratic papers called BIZ
, Fraudulency," and there
charges that he had made
with Wade Hampton, Den
governor Of South Carolina
other southern leaders. He
only man who has sat in IN
dents chair whose title to U
is clouded, yet his admins
was one of the most benenc