Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesFull-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Dawes had fought only the opening skirmishes of the freight - rate war when he began the acquaintance with William Jennings Bryan which ripened into life - long friendship and political opposition . Dawes had arrived in Lincoln on April ...
Dawes had fought only the opening skirmishes of the freight - rate war when he began the acquaintance with William Jennings Bryan which ripened into life - long friendship and political opposition . Dawes had arrived in Lincoln on April ...
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Dawes ' ticket scratching did not extend far enough to favor William Jennings Bryan in either of his Congressional races , being confined to “ some of the state candidates under the domination of the railroads .
Dawes ' ticket scratching did not extend far enough to favor William Jennings Bryan in either of his Congressional races , being confined to “ some of the state candidates under the domination of the railroads .
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9 Dawes was more than ever certain it was just Bryan's kind of convention . The old party warhorses , who were mostly gold men , had lost delegate contests to men whom Henry Watterson called devils of fiatism , and these newcomers would ...
9 Dawes was more than ever certain it was just Bryan's kind of convention . The old party warhorses , who were mostly gold men , had lost delegate contests to men whom Henry Watterson called devils of fiatism , and these newcomers would ...
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| Title | Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes, Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Author | Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Publisher | Holt, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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