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A single editor was offered the printing of Post-Office blanks worth at least eighty thousand dollars, if by an article no larger than a man’s hand he would show submission to the Administration.
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Sumner reveals an instance of corruption involving the bribery of a newspaper editor to gain favorable coverage.
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