A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . ad-locked. This was so apjiarent thatthoughtful men saw that some newand extraordinary means must befound to save the country from civilwar. Congress, after long and earnestdiscussion, passed a bill creating anElectoral Commission, to which itwas agreed to submit the dis2 commission was to consist offifteen members, five to be appointed by the House, five by the Senate, and theremaining five t
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . ad-locked. This was so apjiarent thatthoughtful men saw that some newand extraordinary means must befound to save the country from civilwar. Congress, after long and earnestdiscussion, passed a bill creating anElectoral Commission, to which itwas agreed to submit the dis2 commission was to consist offifteen members, five to be appointed by the House, five by the Senate, and theremaining five to consist of judges of the Supreme Court. Tlie Senate l)eing Republican, its presiding oflRcer, the Vice-President,named three Republicans and two Democrats; the House naturally appointedtliree Democrats and two Republicans; while of the Supreme Court, three wereRepublicans and two Democrats. This, it will be noted, gave to the commission•eight Republicans and seven Democrats. The body by a strict party vote de-cided every dispute in favor of the Republicans, and on the 2d of March, 1877,two days before inauguration, Rutherford B. Hayes was decided President-electof the United SAMUEL J. TILDEN. (1814-18,86.) CHAPTER XX. ADIVIINISTRATIONS OK HAYES, GARKIELD, ANDARTHUR, 1877-1885. R. B. Hayes—The Telephone—Railway Strikes—Elevated Railroads—War with the Nez Ferce Indiana—Remonetization of Silver—Resumption of Specie Payments—A Strange Fishery Award—TheYellow Fever Scourge—Presidential Election of 1878—James A. Garfield—Civil Service Reform—Assassination of President Garfield—Chester A. Arthur—The Star Route Frauds—The BrooklynBridge—The Chinese Question—The Mormons—Alaska Exploration—The Yorktown Centennial-Attempts to Reach the North Pole by Americans—History of the Greely Expedition. THE NINETEENTH PRESIDENT. BiRCHARD Hayes wus hum ill Delaware County, Oliin. Octo-ber 4,1822, and was graduated fromKeiiyou College at
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