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 224
... Election Day , some thirty - three com- panies , nearly the whole defense force for the Atlantic seaboard , were rushed into South Carolina . The United States Marshals and soldiers . who thereupon oversaw the election returns acted ...
... Election Day , some thirty - three com- panies , nearly the whole defense force for the Atlantic seaboard , were rushed into South Carolina . The United States Marshals and soldiers . who thereupon oversaw the election returns acted ...
Page 359
... election to the United States Senate . Although respectable ele- ments in Maryland showed horror at Gorman's brazen tactics of bribery , he had also " a faculty . . . of inspiring confidence in the moneyed interest , " which ended by ...
... election to the United States Senate . Although respectable ele- ments in Maryland showed horror at Gorman's brazen tactics of bribery , he had also " a faculty . . . of inspiring confidence in the moneyed interest , " which ended by ...
Page 704
... election day approached , especially at New York , where Repub- licans prepared a monster " victory parade " for Saturday , October 31 , preceding the election . All expert reports now indicated that Mr. Bryan would probably be defeated ...
... election day approached , especially at New York , where Repub- licans prepared a monster " victory parade " for Saturday , October 31 , preceding the election . All expert reports now indicated that Mr. Bryan would probably be defeated ...
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