The Politicos, 1865-1896Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938 - 760 pages A lively history of the parties and the great party oeaders who dominated American politics during the turbulent eyrs of the "Robber Barons." |
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Page 258
... John Sherman , quitting his arduous and somewhat mysterious labors in the Treasury at Washington , returned to his ... Sherman's trim , slender figure and wise , eager little head , a storm of hisses arose . The people shouted jeers and ...
... John Sherman , quitting his arduous and somewhat mysterious labors in the Treasury at Washington , returned to his ... Sherman's trim , slender figure and wise , eager little head , a storm of hisses arose . The people shouted jeers and ...
Page 277
... Sherman , the leading aspirants . John Sherman , the clever Secretary of the Treasury who had dominated the Hayes Administration , was now at the height of his fame , and the promise of conservative statesmanship that he bore drew ...
... Sherman , the leading aspirants . John Sherman , the clever Secretary of the Treasury who had dominated the Hayes Administration , was now at the height of his fame , and the promise of conservative statesmanship that he bore drew ...
Page 458
... John Sherman , by request , intro- duced an Anti - Trust Bill early in December , 1889. Such a law had been advocated in the platforms of both parties ; it proposed , under the interstate - commerce clause of the Constitution , to ...
... John Sherman , by request , intro- duced an Anti - Trust Bill early in December , 1889. Such a law had been advocated in the platforms of both parties ; it proposed , under the interstate - commerce clause of the Constitution , to ...
Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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