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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Conkling said openly : We are told the Republican party is a machine . Yes . A government is a machine ; a church is a machine ; an army is a machine . . . . . the common - school system of the State of New York is a machine ...
Conkling said openly : We are told the Republican party is a machine . Yes . A government is a machine ; a church is a machine ; an army is a machine . . . . . the common - school system of the State of New York is a machine ...
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And in a letter to John Hay , his close friend , Reid admitted that he was directing the campaign to build up a Blaine machine in New York . " What we now look to is a broadening of the machine , with our fellows in and a united party ...
And in a letter to John Hay , his close friend , Reid admitted that he was directing the campaign to build up a Blaine machine in New York . " What we now look to is a broadening of the machine , with our fellows in and a united party ...
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It was seen then that powerful members of the party's patronage machine , which Daniel Manning of Albany was building skillfully behind Cleveland's broad back , could not be spared , least of all on the eve of a presidential nomination ...
It was seen then that powerful members of the party's patronage machine , which Daniel Manning of Albany was building skillfully behind Cleveland's broad back , could not be spared , least of all on the eve of a presidential nomination ...
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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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