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====Hayes years, Stalwart politics====
====Hayes years, Stalwart politics====
[[File:Rutherford Hayes by Huntington.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Howe strongly opposed the policies of Hayes.]]
Early in the administration of [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], Howe became an outspoken opponent of its policies and joined the [[Stalwart]] GOP faction which opposed the abandonment of congressional Reconstruction. He excoriated the civil service efforts of reformers, which prohibited public servants from participation in committees or conventions, branding Hayes as offending:<ref name=pp97-99/>
Early in the administration of [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], Howe became an outspoken opponent of its policies and joined the [[Stalwart]] GOP faction which opposed the abandonment of congressional Reconstruction. He excoriated the civil service efforts of reformers, which prohibited public servants from participation in committees or conventions, branding Hayes as offending:<ref name=pp97-99/>
{{cquote|...both republicanism and equal citizenship as Samuel J. Tilden would never have offended them.|||Howe, March 25, 1878}}
{{cquote|...both republicanism and equal citizenship as Samuel J. Tilden would never have offended them.|||Howe, March 25, 1878}}