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his hand upon a book , is The Century Magazine , of February , 1889 ; and on page 622 we read : For my own part , I must confess my fears that , unless some , important change is made in the constitution of our voting population , the ...
his hand upon a book , is The Century Magazine , of February , 1889 ; and on page 622 we read : For my own part , I must confess my fears that , unless some , important change is made in the constitution of our voting population , the ...
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and the combined vote of the two parties gives Bryan a million more votes than Cleveland had won in 1892. But William McKinley , candidate of the Republican party , polls an even larger vote in a well - organized and heavily - financed ...
and the combined vote of the two parties gives Bryan a million more votes than Cleveland had won in 1892. But William McKinley , candidate of the Republican party , polls an even larger vote in a well - organized and heavily - financed ...
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a negro voters , among whom indigence was common and the migratory propensity well developed . ... administered in such a way as to permit illiterate whites to vote , while discriminating against illiterate , or even literate , blacks .
a negro voters , among whom indigence was common and the migratory propensity well developed . ... administered in such a way as to permit illiterate whites to vote , while discriminating against illiterate , or even literate , blacks .
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Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
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