Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge mkpọsa nke 1876 n'etiti Samuel J. Tilden na Rutherford B. Hayes, Dougherty banyere ọzọ na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, na-ekwu okwu n'aha Tilden, onye Democrat, na Cooper Union dị na New York City. N'afọ 1880, ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ
Democratic National Convention dị ka onye na-akwado onye Pennsylvania ibe ya Winfield Scott Hancock. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụghị onye otu ndị nnọchi anya ahụ, otu onye nnọchi anya nyefere Dougherty ebe ya n'ala iji nye onye ọkà okwu ohere ikwu okwu na-etinye aha Hancock na nhọpụta. Okwu ya dị nkenke, mana ọ dị ike na otuto nke Hancock: