TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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PUBLISHERS' PREFACE

PREFACE

INDEX TO SPEeches, Addresses and Documents.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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I. My Connection with the Silver Question Begins....

II. Unconditional Repeal......

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XXIII. From Cleveland to Chicago..

XXIV. At Milwaukee.....

XXV. Labor Day.....

XXVI. The Bolting Democrats.

XXVII. Letters of Acceptance of Republican Candidates..

-XXVIII. The Democratic Platform....

XXIX. Nomination of Silver Party Accepted....

OXXX. Populist Nomination Tendered and Accepted.

XXXI. Mr. Sewall's Speech and Letter...

XXXII. Third Trip Commences..

XXXIII. In the South....

XXXIV. From Washington to Wilmington...

XXXV. Religion and Politics Mixed.....

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XXXVI. From Philadelphia to Brooklyn....

XXXVII. In New England......

XXXVIII. Tammany Hall and Vicinity.

XXXIX. Traveling Westward................

XL. Meeting of the Democratic Clubs.

XLI. To Chicago via Tennessee....

XLII. A Trip Through the Northwest.

XLIII. At Minneapolis and Duluth....

XLIV. Through the Two Peninsulas..

XLV. Among the Buckeyes and Hoosiers.

XLVI. In the Sucker State.....

XLVII. The Chicago Campaign............

XLVIII. From Lake Michigan to Nebraska.

XLIX. My Labors Ended..

L. The Election Returns.

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Daniel, Speech of Temporary Chairman..............

Debate on Chicago Platform, Speech Concluding.
Democratic Platform ....

Democratic Nomination, Letter Accepting..

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