The following list shows how one distribution was made in October, just before the elections:—
| County | Pounds |
| Montgomery | 14,151 |
| Lowndes | 8,283 |
| Butler | 4,235 |
| Dale (to P. King, Haw Ridge) | 2,482 |
| Barbour | 4,527 |
| Bullock | 5,169 |
| Pike (to Gardner and Wiley) | 2,066 |
| Henry | 1,036 |
| Clay | 3,000 |
| Randolph | 2,000 |
| Coosa | 3,000 |
| Elmore | 3,500 |
| Talladega | 7,500 |
| Lee (to W. H. Betts) | 9,792 |
| Russell (to W. H. Betts) | 2,390 |
| Walker | 2,178 |
| “To G. P. Plowman, by order of Charles Pelham, M. C.” | 1,000 |
[2146] Coburn Report, pp. 59, 60.
[2147] Annual Cyclopædia (1874), p. 13; Coburn Report, pp. 247-254.
[2148] The Tribune, Oct. 7, 8, and 12, 1874; The Nation, Aug. 27, and Oct. 15 and 27, 1874; Annual Cyclopædia (1874), p. 12; Foulke, “Life of O. P. Morton,” Vol. II, p. 350. The Hays-Hawley letter was first published in the Hartford Courant and in the Boston Daily Advertiser. It is also in the Coburn Report, pp. 1254-1260.
[2149] N. Y. Tribune, Oct. 7, 1874; Coburn Report, pp. 244, 245, 1221, 1226, 1241, 1247, 1264, 1266.
[2150] Coburn Report, p. 512.
[2151] Coburn Report, p. 931.
[2152] Eufaula News, Sept. 3, 1874; Coburn Report, p. 855.
[2153] Coburn Report, pp. 679, 681, 746.