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 70
... professional politician now appeared and simply relieved the poor or the busy citizen of the whole tedious , ungrateful busi- ness of democratic rule . Certain parliamentary and managerial devices set up in 1832 , such as the " unit ...
... professional politician now appeared and simply relieved the poor or the busy citizen of the whole tedious , ungrateful busi- ness of democratic rule . Certain parliamentary and managerial devices set up in 1832 , such as the " unit ...
Page 102
... professional politicians and men of business conflicted in their purpose . The entrance of business- men into politics - even of a potent Dry Goods King such as A. T. Stewart - was then held unorthodox , and the politicians , jealous of ...
... professional politicians and men of business conflicted in their purpose . The entrance of business- men into politics - even of a potent Dry Goods King such as A. T. Stewart - was then held unorthodox , and the politicians , jealous of ...
Page 293
... professional Organization and its generals . Money alone would be ineffective unless the trained political soldiers who knew how to distribute it so as to catch votes would co - operate wholeheartedly . And without the promise of such ...
... professional Organization and its generals . Money alone would be ineffective unless the trained political soldiers who knew how to distribute it so as to catch votes would co - operate wholeheartedly . And without the promise of such ...
Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
Copyright | |
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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