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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... hands of Huntington and Jay Gould . Unresting lobbies employed by the Union Pacific , the Central Pacific , and the ... hand ever new government subsidies with which to pay several times over the cost of the tracks they laid across the ...
... hands of Huntington and Jay Gould . Unresting lobbies employed by the Union Pacific , the Central Pacific , and the ... hand ever new government subsidies with which to pay several times over the cost of the tracks they laid across the ...
Page 268
... hand , the much stancher reformer J. D. Cox now told Garfield that the President had utterly failed to accomplish anything in the way of civil service reform and . . . had pursued no system that could be defended by any class of ...
... hand , the much stancher reformer J. D. Cox now told Garfield that the President had utterly failed to accomplish anything in the way of civil service reform and . . . had pursued no system that could be defended by any class of ...
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... hand , while he played the ignorant fool . " Herrick and he had it all arranged when they came to St. Louis . . . . Mr. Hanna was right to let it seem that the eastern end of the party forced his hand in declaring for the gold standard ...
... hand , while he played the ignorant fool . " Herrick and he had it all arranged when they came to St. Louis . . . . Mr. Hanna was right to let it seem that the eastern end of the party forced his hand in declaring for the gold standard ...
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