(NON-PARTISAN)

FROM THE BEGINNING TO DATE.

EMBODYING

A HISTORY OF ALL THE POLITICAL PARTIES,

WITH

THEIR VIEWS AND RECORDS ON ALL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

GREAT SPEECHES ON ALL GREAT ISSUES,

AND

TABULATED HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS.

BY HON. THOMAS V. COOPER,
Member Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1870-72. Senate, 1874-84. Chairman Republican

State Committee of Pennsylvania, 1881-82-83-84-85-86-87,

Respectfully etlicated

TO THE

PROPOSITION

THAT ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS SHOULD TAKE AN

INTEREST IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.