as the returns were coming in the next day,

因为统计结果将在明天出来
they were about to hold news conferences,

他们正打算召开新闻发布会
send out messages and say,

发出消息并宣布
"Well guys, guess we lost."

"朋友们我们猜测我们输了"
And then quickly, quickly, inside their offices,

紧接着很快很快在他们的办公室里
they realized that there were nineteen electoral votes

他们意识到在三个存在争议的州里
in the three disputed states,and they said,

有了19张有争议的选举人票他们说
"No news conferences, we're going to win those three."

"不开发布会了我们将赢得那三州"
How? Well that remains to be seen.

怎样呢我们拭目以待吧
The disputed election of 1876 was disputed over the three states,

1876年那场大选在南部三州有争议
that still had Republican regimes, that had widespread fraud,

三个州一直被共和党控制并在选举中
violence and intimidation practice in their elections.

存在大量欺诈暴力以及恐吓事件