[782] Bigelow, Life of Tilden, Vol. 2, p. 74, note.
[783] Ibid., p. 63.
[784] Blaine, Twenty Tears of Congress, Vol. 2, p. 584. Morrison of Illinois declared that Davis' "most intimate friends, among whom I may count myself, don't know to-day whether he favored Tilden or Hayes. He didn't vote at all."—Century Magazine, October, 1901, p. 928.
[785] Senate: For, 26 Democrats, 21 Republicans; against, 16 Republicans, 1 Democrat. House: For, 160 Democrats, 31 Republicans; against, 69 Republicans, 17 Democrats.
[786] Century Magazine, October, 1901, p. 933.
[787] Bigelow, Life of Tilden, Vol. 2, p. 64, note.
[788] "General Grant sent for Senator Conkling, and said with deep earnestness: 'This matter is a serious one, and the people feel it very deeply. I think this Electoral Commission ought to be appointed.' Conkling answered: 'Mr. President, Senator Morton' (who was then the acknowledged leader of the Senate), 'is opposed to it and opposed to your efforts; but if you wish the Commission carried, I can help do it.' Grant said: 'I wish it done.'"—George W. Childs, Recollections, pp. 79, 80.
[789] Conkling, Life of Conkling, p. 521.
[790] Rhodes, History of the United States, Vol. 7, p. 263.
[791] Bigelow, Life of Tilden, Vol. 2, p. 84.