I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

Many small newspapers relied heavily on the reporting and editorials of the Tribune. Election of 1872

After supporting Ulysses Grant in the 1868 election Greeley broke from Grant and the Radicals. [dead link] He promoted all sorts of agrarian reforms including homestead laws.

presidential election. Grant's Republican administration he was the new Liberal Republican Party's candidate in the 1872 U.