Author: [Republican Party of Pennsylvania].
Title: Democratic Frauds. How the Democrats Carried Pennsylvania in 1867. [Together with the German Edition]: Demokratische Betrugereien: Wie Die Demokraten IM Herbst 1867 Den Wahlsieg in Pennsylvanien Davontrugen. (John K. Robinson, Republican, Vs Samuel T. Shugart, Copperhead).
Description: [Pennsylvania ?]. [1868?]. [1868?]. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcovers, two pamphlets, each bound in printed self-wrappers. The first, "Democratic Frauds", with "[No. 178]" printed at the head of the title, consists of 11 & [1] pages. The second volume "Demokratische Betrugereien", with "[No. 179]" printed at the head of the title consists of 12 pages. The corners of each pamphlet are lightly creased and there is foxing to the top corner of the second pamphlet's cover page with minor chips to the top & bottom inner corners of that leaf. Very good.

During the summer and fall of 1867, a 16 mile long railroad was being built in Clearfield and Center counties in Pennsylvania. Only a few feet of the road was to be built in Center county. The work was being done by about 400 Irish laborers who lived in shanties along the railroad bed. An election of a state Senator was to be held in the Center district. In order to elect a Copperhead in this Republican district, the Chairman of the Democratic State Committee connived with a Roman Catholic priest to transfer the laborers from their shanties in Clearfield to shanties in Center county a few days before the election. Fraudulent naturalization papers were procured and the Republican, John K. Robinson, was defeated by the Copperhead, Samuel T. Shugart. In the April 19, 1868 issue of the New York Times the reversal of the election was reported: "A contested election case has occupied much of the time of the Senate at the present term of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and has concluded with the ousting of the Democratic incumbent, SAMUEL T. SHUGART, and the swearing in of the Republican contestant, JOHN K. ROBINSON, as the representative of the Senatorial district composed of Blair, Huntingdon, Centre, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry Counties. Very good .

Keywords: AMERICANA; POLITICS; CAMPAIGN LITERATURE; PAMPHLETS; DEMOCRATIC FRAUDS: HOW THE DEMOCRATS CARRIED PENNSYLVANIA IN 1867; DEMOKRATISCHE BETRUGEREIEN. WIE DIE DEMOKRATEN IM HERBST 1867 DEN WAHLSIEG IN PENNSYLVANIEN DAVONTRUGEN; COPPERHEAD DEMOCRATS; REPUBLIC

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