Note 507 — Chapter XIX · TWEED WINS AND FALLS 1870
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"Governor Fenton and his friends were lukewarm throughout the campaign, the Governor absenting himself from the State much of the time. Late in October he returned from the Western States, and on the 31st, five days before election, he made a speech." From Conkling's speech of July 22, 1872. New York Times, July 24.