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 125
... capital was trans- formed by Stalwart Republicans into a thing of ponderous neoclassical beauty , but now rumors spread of magnificent real - estate " jobs , " ex- travagances , and contract swindles . By 1874 , the capital staggered on ...
... capital was trans- formed by Stalwart Republicans into a thing of ponderous neoclassical beauty , but now rumors spread of magnificent real - estate " jobs , " ex- travagances , and contract swindles . By 1874 , the capital staggered on ...
Page 187
... capital and created a " glut " of " ill - digested " securities in the world's money centers . Jay Cooke's difficulties , as with dwindling reserves he turned over more funds to the giant railroad project whose profits lay ever in the ...
... capital and created a " glut " of " ill - digested " securities in the world's money centers . Jay Cooke's difficulties , as with dwindling reserves he turned over more funds to the giant railroad project whose profits lay ever in the ...
Page 664
... capital . In the revolution of the Civil War , Northern capital allied with free farmers had fought the domination of the landed economy - more for its own liberation than for the liberation of slaves . Thenceforth out of this Second ...
... capital . In the revolution of the Civil War , Northern capital allied with free farmers had fought the domination of the landed economy - more for its own liberation than for the liberation of slaves . Thenceforth out of this Second ...
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