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participant in frauds upon the people by stuffing 

 ballot-boxes ; who was the legul advim-r of the par- 

 tii-* wlio perpetrated tlie Credit Mobilier frauds upon 

 the Government, and who is surrounded by all the 

 corrupt and vicious element* in New York City, led 

 by the notorious John Morrissey and others of like 

 infamous reputation. 



4. That true ami genuine reform, and an honest 

 administration of the affairs of the Government, can 

 be looked for only at the hands of the Republican 

 party, which has the disposition, courage, and integ- 

 rity, to punish such unworthy members of the party 

 as are guilty of misbehavior or crime in office; where- 

 as the Democratic party always suffers its rogues to 

 go unwliipped of justice. 



5. That the best interests of the State of Missouri 

 demand a change of administration from Democratic 

 to Republican, to the end that immigrants may be 

 induced to settle within our borders, that capital BUT 

 be safe here on its investment, and that the tide of 

 prosperity which flowed into this great common- 

 wealth under Republican rule prior to the year 1870, 

 and which has been disastrously checked and re- 

 pulsed by the accession to power of the Democratic 

 party, may again visit us, leading to that develop- 

 ment of our magnificent agricultural and mineral 

 resources which would speedily make Missouri the 

 Empire State of the great West. 



6. That the Republican 

 party stands pledged to 

 promote and sustain our 

 public-school system, and 

 to improve the same until 

 every child in the State 

 shall have opportunity to 

 obtain a good education ; 

 and the Republican party 

 stands pledged to oppose, 

 and by all proper and legit- 

 imate measures to remove, 

 every obstacle to the suc- 

 cess and usefulness of the 

 system, whether that ob- 

 stacle is found in constitu- 

 tional provisions, unwise 

 legislation, sectarian big- 

 otry, ''gnorsnce, o* political 

 prejudice. 



7. That the principles 

 and policy of the national 

 Republican party, as enu- 

 merated in the platform 

 adopted in the National 

 Convention held at Cincin- 

 nati in June laxt, meet our 

 hearty approval, and that 

 we hereby indorse, ratify, 

 and reaffirm, the same ; 

 that we recognize in Ruth- 

 erford B. Hayes and Wil- 

 liam A. Wheeler, the Re- 

 publican candidates for 



President and Vice-President, men of the highest 

 moral worth, of tried integrity, and ample capacity; 

 men who are in every way fitted for the exalted po- 

 sition for which they are nominated; and that the 

 sentiments expressed in their letters of acceptance 

 are worthy the men and the cause, and we call upon 

 all good citizens of the State without regard to pre- 

 vious party affiliation to rally to their support, and 

 pledge to them the votes of a united Republican 

 party in the State of Missouri, enthusiastic in their 

 support of a ticket which even Democratic malice 

 with all its venom has confessed its inability to as- 

 sail. 



The following additional resolution was 

 adopted by a close vote after considerable dis- 

 cussion : 



That while the mighty advancement toward the 



perfection of human rights won by the soldiers and 

 patriots of the Union be vigilantly guarded, the Ke- 

 bublioftO purty Htunds ever ready to wcl,in<- to full 

 fellowship any and all persons who have ever been in 

 the council or camp of rebellion upon the single con* 

 dition of belief in and support of republican prin- 

 ciples, so that the valor and heroism of Americans, 

 whether born of right or wrong judgment, shall be 

 honored by a patriotic devotion to a nation whose 

 great foundation was laid by our common fathers. 



The Greenback party also nominated presi- 

 dential electors, and candidates for Governor 

 and Lieutenant-Governor. 



At the election, which occurred November 

 7th, there were 351,604 votes cast for presiden- 

 tial electors. Of these the Democratic candi- 

 dates received 208,077, the Republican candi- 

 dates 145,029, and the Greenback ticket 8,498. 

 The plurality of the Democratic vote over the 

 Republican was 58,048 ; majority over all, 54,- 

 550. The total vote for Governor was 850,236, 

 of which Phelps, Democrat, received 199,580; 

 Finkelnburg, Republican, 147,694; and Alex- 

 ander, Greenback, 2,962; Phelps's plurality 



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over Finkelnburg, 51,886; mnjority. 48,924. 

 The highest Democratic majority on the rest 

 of the State ticket was 57,610 ; lowest, 58,051. 

 Of thirteen members of Congress chosen, ten 

 were Democrats and three Republicans. The 

 Legislature of 1877 consists of 28 Democrats 

 and six Republicans in the Senate, and 101 

 Democrats and 42 Republicans in the House, 

 making the Democratic majority 22 in tht> 

 Senate, 59 in the House, and 81 on joint ballot. 

 A decision was rendered by the United 

 States Circuit Court in April, in the cases of 

 the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, the Iron Moun- 

 tain, the Chicago & Southwestern, and the 

 Atlantic & Pacific Railroads, against the State, 



