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 332
... bills . A majority of the Democrats in the House , under the leadership of John Carlisle of Kentucky , indig- nant at the " audacity " of the Kelley Bill , tried to filibuster during the last days ; while the Democratic Protectionist ...
... bills . A majority of the Democrats in the House , under the leadership of John Carlisle of Kentucky , indig- nant at the " audacity " of the Kelley Bill , tried to filibuster during the last days ; while the Democratic Protectionist ...
Page 458
... bill seeking to curb or regulate monopolies should be passed at the same time . As one disingenuous Senator remarked , such a measure would serve as a " good preface to an argument upon the protective tariff . " Amid painful excitement ...
... bill seeking to curb or regulate monopolies should be passed at the same time . As one disingenuous Senator remarked , such a measure would serve as a " good preface to an argument upon the protective tariff . " Amid painful excitement ...
Page 543
... bill as it stood , except for a few details which required changing.56 But the bill as a whole , as Henry Watterson declared , by its cowardly concessions " struck a blow at the cause of genuine tariff reform . " 57 In no way did it ...
... bill as it stood , except for a few details which required changing.56 But the bill as a whole , as Henry Watterson declared , by its cowardly concessions " struck a blow at the cause of genuine tariff reform . " 57 In no way did it ...
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