Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Payne wuxuu u tartamay dib u doorashada 1876 laakiin waxaa laga adkaaday Jamhuuriga Amos Townsend. Si kastaba ha noqotee, wuxuu ku sii jiray siyaasadda, xitaa wuxuu tixgeliyey inuu u tartamo magacaabista Dimuqraadiga ee Madaxweynaha 1880. Tilden, inkasta oo uusan si rasmi ah musharax u ahayn, wuxuu saameyn weyn ku yeeshay shirweynaha. Tilden wuxuu ahaa mid aan caddayn rabitaankiisa inuu ka qeybqaato olole kale, taasoo keentay in ergooyinka qaar ay u guuraan musharixiinta kale, halka kuwa kalena ay daacad u ahaayeen calankooda hore. Tilden wuxuu u sheegay qaar ka mid ah taageerayaashiisa dhow in, haddii uusan tartamin, Payne uu noqon doono doorashadiisa koowaad iyo Gudoomiyaha Golaha Samuel J. Randall labaad. Iyada oo taasi jirto, dad badan oo ka mid ah taageerayaasha Tilden ayaa ballanqaaday taageeradooda Payne, ugu yaraan ilaa Tilden uu go'aansaday inuu galo tartanka. In kasta oo Tilden uu ugu dambeyntii diiday in la magacaabo, fursadaha Payne ayaa la carqaladeeyay markii wafdiga Ohio ay daacad u ahaayeen Senator Allen G. Thurman. Inkastoo Payne uu kaalinta saddexaad ka galay
Codbixintii ugu horeysay ee shirweynaha, kulanka labaad ergooyinka waxay u dareereen Janaraal Winfield Scott Hancock, oo ah ninka la magacaabay.