The Politicos, 1865-1896Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938 - 760 pages A 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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Page 187
Matthew Josephson. and brokers who had been close to railroad jobbers followed Cooke in their collapse ; runs spread to commercial and savings banks be- lieved to be burdened with unsalable railroad securities ; money went into hoarding ...
Matthew Josephson. and brokers who had been close to railroad jobbers followed Cooke in their collapse ; runs spread to commercial and savings banks be- lieved to be burdened with unsalable railroad securities ; money went into hoarding ...
Page 394
... railroad properties . As a leading lawyer of Boston , Richard Olney , later explained to C. E. Perkins , the railroad - owner , the existing commission " satisfies the popular clamor for a government supervision of railroads , at the ...
... railroad properties . As a leading lawyer of Boston , Richard Olney , later explained to C. E. Perkins , the railroad - owner , the existing commission " satisfies the popular clamor for a government supervision of railroads , at the ...
Page 526
... railroad view of things . It thus becomes a sort of barrier between the railroad corporations and the people and a sort of protection against hasty and crude legislation hostile to railroad interests . The part of wisdom is not to ...
... railroad view of things . It thus becomes a sort of barrier between the railroad corporations and the people and a sort of protection against hasty and crude legislation hostile to railroad interests . The part of wisdom is not to ...
Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
Copyright | |
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