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 173
... raised , political experts and technicians could concentrate upon carrying out an elaborate division of labor in their specialized fields , until the man seemed to be replaced by the ma- chine , while the political government seemed to ...
... raised , political experts and technicians could concentrate upon carrying out an elaborate division of labor in their specialized fields , until the man seemed to be replaced by the ma- chine , while the political government seemed to ...
Page 333
... raised duties instead of lowering them , as the popular sentiment demanded , by the ingenious and dishonest device of changing classifications . Rates on bar iron and iron ore and steel rails , which the Senate had lifted above the ...
... raised duties instead of lowering them , as the popular sentiment demanded , by the ingenious and dishonest device of changing classifications . Rates on bar iron and iron ore and steel rails , which the Senate had lifted above the ...
Page 430
... raising of sums of money vaster than ever used before , and the accuracy with which this money was used . For the ... raised the money so quickly that the Democrats never knew any- thing about it . They had their spies out supposing ...
... raising of sums of money vaster than ever used before , and the accuracy with which this money was used . For the ... raised the money so quickly that the Democrats never knew any- thing about it . They had their spies out supposing ...
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