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 127
... carried on by an army of 100,000 Republican bureaucrats ? What scruples or nice compunctions had he ever acquired which cynical leaders like Conkling or Morton or Ben Butler could not laugh away ? IV It is high time that we cease to ...
... carried on by an army of 100,000 Republican bureaucrats ? What scruples or nice compunctions had he ever acquired which cynical leaders like Conkling or Morton or Ben Butler could not laugh away ? IV It is high time that we cease to ...
Page 228
... carrying a gripsack . . . in his hand . " Reid , an intense partisan , relates that he informed Chandler of his ... carried South Carolina , Florida , and Louisi- ana . Can hold you State ? Answer immediately ! " your The warnings ...
... carrying a gripsack . . . in his hand . " Reid , an intense partisan , relates that he informed Chandler of his ... carried South Carolina , Florida , and Louisi- ana . Can hold you State ? Answer immediately ! " your The warnings ...
Page 257
... carried on by demagogues and stump orators , such as Blaine . When the Bloody Shirt seemed to have lost its potency in making the peo- ple forget Hard Times , Blaine , making a lightninglike shift , began to deliver thunderous speeches ...
... carried on by demagogues and stump orators , such as Blaine . When the Bloody Shirt seemed to have lost its potency in making the peo- ple forget Hard Times , Blaine , making a lightninglike shift , began to deliver thunderous speeches ...
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