Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . tion of the well-known principles of their or-ganization. An election for county and other local offi-cers took place on the 7th of August, hutmembers of Congress and presidential electorswere voted for on the 7th of November. Thetotal vote for electors was 259,614, of whichthose on the Tildon and Hendricks ticket re-ceived 159,6%; Hayes and Wheeler, 97,156;Cooper and Carv. 1,944; Smith and Stewart,818. The plurality of Tilden over Hayes was62,540; majority over all, 59,778. the tenCongressmen chosen were all Democr
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . tion of the well-known principles of their or-ganization. An election for county and other local offi-cers took place on the 7th of August, hutmembers of Congress and presidential electorswere voted for on the 7th of November. Thetotal vote for electors was 259,614, of whichthose on the Tildon and Hendricks ticket re-ceived 159,6%; Hayes and Wheeler, 97,156;Cooper and Carv. 1,944; Smith and Stewart,818. The plurality of Tilden over Hayes was62,540; majority over all, 59,778. the tenCongressmen chosen were all Democrats. A convention of the Democrats of the Statewas held at Louisville on the 18th of January,1877, to consider the state of the country andgive expression to their sentiments regardingthe disputed result of the presidential was the largest political convention everheld in the State, and included most of the prominent Democrats from all the speeches were made, but the generalsentiment of the occasion was freely expressedin the following resolutions:. BLIND FISH, MAMMOTH CAVE. Resolved, That we reaffirm our ancient faith inrepublican institutions, our devotion to the Unionof the States, the doctrine that the Federal Govern-ment is strictly ne of delegated powers, and thateach State has the right to regulate its own domesticconcerns. Resohed, That it is our firm conviction that Sam-uel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, at the lateelection for President and Vice-President, receivednot only a large majority of the popular vote, butalso a large majority of the electoral vote, and thatliberty and the Constitution demand that they shallbe placed in the offices to which the voice of thepeople has called them. Resolved, That a count of the electoral votes by thePresident of the Senate, without the concurrenceand direction of both Houses of Congress, would bein violation of the Constitution, contrary to usage,revolutionary in character, and an act of usurpation
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