The Politicos, 1865-1896A lively history of the parties and the great party oeaders who dominated American politics during the turbulent eyrs of the "Robber Barons." |
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Moderate Republicans held aloof ; at the same time , approval of his policies by Southerners and discredited Democrats was an extreme embarrassment . He found the press overwhelmingly hostile to him ; fantastic rumors concerning his ...
Moderate Republicans held aloof ; at the same time , approval of his policies by Southerners and discredited Democrats was an extreme embarrassment . He found the press overwhelmingly hostile to him ; fantastic rumors concerning his ...
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The Senate held fast , while the President for some days sustained a siege of the politicians by giving out no appointments to office , hoping thus to force the Senator bosses to yield . For ten days of uproar in March , 1869 , the ...
The Senate held fast , while the President for some days sustained a siege of the politicians by giving out no appointments to office , hoping thus to force the Senator bosses to yield . For ten days of uproar in March , 1869 , the ...
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The " bear garden " of Congress , which held even a sprinkling of agrarian " anarchists , " such as La Follette , was still a cumbersome and inefficient legislative machine . It threatened delays for the community of interests which ...
The " bear garden " of Congress , which held even a sprinkling of agrarian " anarchists , " such as La Follette , was still a cumbersome and inefficient legislative machine . It threatened delays for the community of interests which ...
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Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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| Title | The Politicos, 1865-1896 Harvest book |
| Author | Matthew Josephson |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 760 pages |
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