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 484
... bankers ' patriotism , when there is question of gold , is notoriously short - winded . The bankers could not use paper money or Legal Tender to cover their commitments due abroad and payable in foreign specie . True , they had certain ...
... bankers ' patriotism , when there is question of gold , is notoriously short - winded . The bankers could not use paper money or Legal Tender to cover their commitments due abroad and payable in foreign specie . True , they had certain ...
Page 527
... bankers in person to obtain fresh deposits of gold in return for government paper currency . Thus painfully some $ 25,000,000 more were gathered in an early effort to dam up the flow of gold from the Treasury . The adverse trade balance ...
... bankers in person to obtain fresh deposits of gold in return for government paper currency . Thus painfully some $ 25,000,000 more were gathered in an early effort to dam up the flow of gold from the Treasury . The adverse trade balance ...
Page 593
... bankers well in advance and prevent the withdrawal of Treasury gold by the very banks who subscribed to the loan , as had happened in January . He threatened to publish the names of such " unpatriotic " bankers . At this , several bankers ...
... bankers well in advance and prevent the withdrawal of Treasury gold by the very banks who subscribed to the loan , as had happened in January . He threatened to publish the names of such " unpatriotic " bankers . At this , several bankers ...
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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