The Politicos, 1865-1896Harcourt, Brace, 1938 - 760 pages A lively history of the parties and the great party leaders who dominated American politics during the turbulent years of the "Robber Barons." |
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Page 97
... Conkling could dispose of hundreds of post offices , United States Marshalships , and numerous other Federal ap- pointments to all of his retainers hailing from various points of the Empire State . Roscoe Conkling , unchallenged boss of ...
... Conkling could dispose of hundreds of post offices , United States Marshalships , and numerous other Federal ap- pointments to all of his retainers hailing from various points of the Empire State . Roscoe Conkling , unchallenged boss of ...
Page 272
... Conkling scandal is the newspaper sensation of the time . This exposure of Conkling's rottenness will do good in one direction . It will weaken his political power , which is bad and only bad.76 There followed a period of discreet ...
... Conkling scandal is the newspaper sensation of the time . This exposure of Conkling's rottenness will do good in one direction . It will weaken his political power , which is bad and only bad.76 There followed a period of discreet ...
Page 314
... Conkling . He had made too many crafty bargains . Therefore , in order to extricate himself from an intolerable position , he pro- posed , as he relates , that he and Conkling resign the office of Senator and seek vindication by re ...
... Conkling . He had made too many crafty bargains . Therefore , in order to extricate himself from an intolerable position , he pro- posed , as he relates , that he and Conkling resign the office of Senator and seek vindication by re ...
Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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action Administration Altgeld American bankers banks Ben Butler bill Blaine Blaine's bosses Bryan Cabinet campaign candidate capitalists Carl Schurz Chandler Chicago civil-service reform Cleveland coinage committee Congress Conkling Conkling's convention delegates Demo Democratic Party election electoral favor Federal followed former Free Silver friends Garfield gold Governor Grant Harrison Hayes Henry Indiana industrial interests issue Jay Cooke John John Sherman labor Lamont leaders legislation letter Levi Morton machine Mark Hanna masses McKinley ment Morton nomination Ohio Oliver Morton Olney once Pacific party Organization party's patronage Platt political politicians Populist President presidential professional protective Radical railroad railway Republican National Committee Republican Party Roscoe Conkling Samuel Tilden Schurz secret Secretary Senator Sherman silver Sound Money South spoilsmen Stalwart Sumner tariff Tilden tion Treasury Union victory vote Washington West Western White House Whitelaw Reid Whitney William workers wrote York