Identifier: politicalhistory00boyd (find matches)
Title: The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910
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Publisher: Philadelphia Chicago : P. W. Ziegler & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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of injustice, inequality and false pretence; (5)Reform in public land system; reform in treaties with China;reform in civil service; in higher grades of service; in abusesof Republican party. DISPUTED RESULT.—The result of the election, Nov. 7,1876, gave rise to a prolonged dispute which involved manygrave questions of law, and necessitated the raising of a specialtribunal for its final determination. Up to the meeting of Con-gress the condition of affairs was thus : The election returnsshowed that the Republicans carried all the Northern Statesexcept New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Indiana, andthat the Democrats had carried all the Southern States exceptLouisiana, Florida and South Carolina. Owing to lack of faithin the Returning Boards of these three States, the result wasdisputed by the Democrats. Owing to a similar lack of faith inthe methods of the Democrats in those -States, the Republicanswere suspicious of their interference with the Returning Boardcounts and reports.
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SAMUEL J. TILDEN. DAVID DAVIS.

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