A Chautauqua Boy in 61 And Afterward Reminiscences By David B Parker Second
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Hayes had won more than a majority of the Electoral College and was elected President, intense excitement pre- vailed throughout the country. The contest for Elec- tors in the Southern States and one or two Northern States began in earnest. A Congressional Committee eventually brought out the facts, showing fraudulent attempts to gain and hold an advantage in the Southern States and especially in Oregon. The Western Union Telegraph Company was compelled by subpoena to pro- duce the telegrams th...at had passed between Mr. Til- den's nephew, who acted as his representative, and various agents who were sent to different States to overlook the contest for Electors. These dispatches were in cipher, and I think were delivered to one of the members of the Congressional Committee for safe- keeping. Soon afterwards General Brown of Indiana, a prominent Congressman with whom I was somewhat acquainted, came to my office and said to me : " I know that you can be thoroughly trusted. I want you to go with a carriage to Number — F Street at exactly — o'clock to-day.
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