Show Election Incident Lincoln was a er cle politician and never ne hesitated when pr president t to play trumps In a Ii crisis i Colonel A A. A K K McClure l said that that he I told Lincoln he lie couldn't carry Pennsyl- Pennsyl HI la in tn 1864 on the hOUle hine vote otc unless he Pennsylvania so so so- filers h ind nd sent them ba k k here to vote ote Lincoln hesitated only a mom moment nt and then requested both 1 Meade ude and Sl Sheridan Slier Sher er- er idan Idun to send troops Into Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- conic vania for the election which was done McClures McClure's prediction was evidently correct as Lincoln even with ith the troops voting here carried Pennsylvania by by only To this plurality was added some as the r result sult of Pennsylvania soldiers voting I In the field Philadelphia Ledger |