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1876". >> THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A DECADE NOW. AND I KNOW I LOVE IT AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU
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DO JUST AS WELL. IT'S A REAL HONOR TODAY TO BE PRESENTING ONE OF THE AUTHORS. OUR AUTHOR AT THIS SESSION IS ROY MORRIS JR. HE'S A NATIVE TENNESSEEAN....
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FAMILY HAILS FROM THE NASHVILLE AREA, BUT HE WAS RAISED IN CHATTANOOGA. HE'S THE AUTHOR OF FOUR BOOKS, ONE IS "FRAUD OF THE CENTURY," THAT'S THE ONE...
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STUDY OF MY ADOPTED HOMETOWN OF CHATTANOOGA DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND ALSO NASHVILLE. THREE YEARS AGO, I WAS HERE AT THE FESTIVAL TALKING ON MY LAST ...
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PARTIES. TELLING IN ESSENCE HOW TO VOTE. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CHARGE THAT THE
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DEMOCRATS HAD PASSED OUT BALLOTS WITH I BELIEVE IT WAS A ROASTER
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THAT WAS -- ROOSTER SIGNIFIED THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AT THE TIME LOCALLY, PASSED THEM OUT TO ILLITERATE BLACK VOTERS TO TRICK THEM INTO VOTING FOR...
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INDIANA BECAUSE HIS RUNNING MATE WAS HENDRICKS OF INDIANA, SO HE CARRIED
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AT LEAST THOSE FOUR. >> HOW ABOUT TENNESSEE? >> HAYES CARRIED TENNESSEE.
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I THINK. JIM, DO YOU KNOW? >> I BELIEVE HE DID. >> I BELIEVE HE DID, YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] >> YES THERE WAS. AN ORGANIZE -- OREGON WAS MORE OF A TECHNICAL...
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THE LECTORS IN OREGON WAS A POSTAL
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EMPLOYEE AND THERE WAS A RULE THAT YOU COULDN'T BE A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE AND BE
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A ELECTOR. BUT THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR WANTED TO DISALLOW
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ONE OF
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HIS ELECTORS, IN WHICH CASE, EVERYTHING IN THE SOUTH WOULD HAVE BEEN BESIDE THE POINT, BUT THIS WAS REALLY JUST A TECHNICAL THING AND THE REPUBLICAN...
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A FAIRLY
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EFFECTIVE PRESIDENT IN SOME WAYS I GUESS TO BE FAIR. IRONICALLY, FOR SOMEONE WHO REMOVED THE TROOPS FROM THE SOUTH, THE MOST FAMOUS INCIDENT OF HIS...
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| 00:42:04 |
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RESULT? EXCEPT I'M KIND OF SEEING SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT HERE WITH PRESIDENT BUSH WHERE HE'S HAD, YOU KNOW, A VERY POPULAR ADMINISTRATION -- I...
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CONSIDERED FRAUDULENT BY ABOUT HALF THE COUNTRY FROM THE START. BUT ONE THING THAT HELPED HAYES WAS THAT HIS WIFE, LUCY, WAS VERY POPULAR, WAS LEALLY...
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| 00:43:47 |
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ONE WAY, TILDEN WAS A VERY BRILLIANT LAWYER AND HE FELT THAT HE OBVIOUSLY HAD THE LEGAL ARGUMENT ON HIS SIDE. IN FACT,
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| 00:43:56 |
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HE SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER THE ELECTION WORKING ON A BRIEF TO PRESENT TO CONGRESS SHOWING THAT HE WAS LEGALLY ENTITLED TO THE ELECTION. WHILE MANY...
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| 00:45:14 |
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WERE JUST SAYING, EVERYTHING WAS REPUBLICAN. AND ALL THE PRESIDENCIES HAD BEEN REPUBLICAN. I THINK ALL THE PRESIDENCIES WERE REPUBLICAN UP UNTIL THE...
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BEFORE LINCOLN TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE, PRIMARILY AS I SAID EARLIER BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN SO MANY SCANDALS DURING THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION THAT PEOPLE...
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THEIR SIDE.
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THERE WERE NO ACTIVE REPUBLICAN, AS YOU SAY, MILITIAS INVOLVED. I SHOULD SAY THAT ACTUALLY SOMEONE TOOK A SHOT AT HAYES AFTER THE ELECTION WHILE HE...
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COLUMBUS. THEY NEVER FOUND OUT WHO DID IT, AND ACTUALLY IT WAS HUSHED UP AT THE TIME BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID THAT THAT WOULD REALLY BRING THINGS TO...
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WERE SAYING? >> WELL, IT'S FROM THE -- IT'S THE NORTHERN
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REPUBLICANS AND THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS WITH THE NORTHERN DEMOCRATS WHO HOPED TO COMBINE AND OVERTHROW THE REPUBLICAN STRANGLE HOLD ON THE WHITE HOUSE,...
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YOU'RE RIGHT, A LOT OF PRESIDENTS CAME FROM OHIO. GRANT, HAYES, MCKINLEY, GARFIELD GARFIELD, I MAY EEP BE FORGETTING SOMEBODY. TAFT. >> HARDY -- HARDING....
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HE WILL BE AT
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THE AUTOGRAPHING BOOTH OVER AT THE WAR MEMORIAL BUILDING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW US OVER THERE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADING. >>
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YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING AUTHOR ROY MORRIS JR. ON "FRAUD OF THE CENTURY" AS WE CONTINUE OUR LIVE COVERAGE FROM THE SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS THIS AFTERNOON,...
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SCREEN. >> AS
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