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Blocks of five,

A political phrase which originated in the United States in the Presidential campaign of 1888. It was alleged that the treasurer of the Republican National Committee had written a letter to the chairman of the Indiana State Committee, with the recommendation that he secure “floaters in blocks of five.” This was interpreted to mean the bribing of voters at wholesale rates. The managers of the Democratic party widely circulated the letter before the election. A suit for libel was afterwards instituted, but was never pressed.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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