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 282
... majority - while Sherman was a poor third with about 100 pledged votes , and three other lesser Favorite Sons , Washburne , Edmunds , and Windom , with negligible support hoped to figure in a compromise . But the dangerous news of the ...
... majority - while Sherman was a poor third with about 100 pledged votes , and three other lesser Favorite Sons , Washburne , Edmunds , and Windom , with negligible support hoped to figure in a compromise . But the dangerous news of the ...
Page 480
... majority of the State legislature as well as the Governorship . Fantastic reports and fears of the insurrection of agrarian “ anarchists " spread through the East , whose feeling was summed up by Godkin of the Nation , when he wrote ...
... majority of the State legislature as well as the Governorship . Fantastic reports and fears of the insurrection of agrarian “ anarchists " spread through the East , whose feeling was summed up by Godkin of the Nation , when he wrote ...
Page 545
... majority measure in the House had sought reductions , the significant changes were nearly all in- creases ; where the majority party had searched for augmented revenues by encouraging imports through lowered duties , unseen hands had ...
... majority measure in the House had sought reductions , the significant changes were nearly all in- creases ; where the majority party had searched for augmented revenues by encouraging imports through lowered duties , unseen hands had ...
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