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 42
... groups of the North , interests which only recently had opposed unrestricted suffrage for white men in their own section . These groups - men of counting- houses , owners of factories , and all their train - were as yet a minor- ity , a ...
... groups of the North , interests which only recently had opposed unrestricted suffrage for white men in their own section . These groups - men of counting- houses , owners of factories , and all their train - were as yet a minor- ity , a ...
Page 102
... groups to bid against each other for their charters , lands , rights of way , and all sundry legislative services ... group of Pacific Associates , was at war with the group which owned the Penn- sylvania Railroad , headed by Thomas A ...
... groups to bid against each other for their charters , lands , rights of way , and all sundry legislative services ... group of Pacific Associates , was at war with the group which owned the Penn- sylvania Railroad , headed by Thomas A ...
Page 177
... groups were also irked by the politic compro- mises of the Republicans upon the harassing currency question , and by their misrule in the South , which was " bad for business " and kept this whole region in poverty . Yet the Republican ...
... groups were also irked by the politic compro- mises of the Republicans upon the harassing currency question , and by their misrule in the South , which was " bad for business " and kept this whole region in poverty . Yet the Republican ...
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