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 455
... Western and Far Western cities which passed resolutions demanding new silver inflation . A great Silver Convention , secretly organized by mining - exchange interests , was held in St. Louis in the spring of 1890 , and aroused the ...
... Western and Far Western cities which passed resolutions demanding new silver inflation . A great Silver Convention , secretly organized by mining - exchange interests , was held in St. Louis in the spring of 1890 , and aroused the ...
Page 468
... Western and Southern farmers , despite their abundant harvests , was plainly worsened . The settlement of the more arid regions , formerly known as the Great American Desert , had been hurried and wasteful . In western Kansas and north ...
... Western and Southern farmers , despite their abundant harvests , was plainly worsened . The settlement of the more arid regions , formerly known as the Great American Desert , had been hurried and wasteful . In western Kansas and north ...
Page 469
... Western grain States , con- tending with the evil of dwindling crops and falling prices , were filled with a ... Western agrarian , seemed complete . Most Western farmers who reflected upon their misfortunes came to believe that the root ...
... Western grain States , con- tending with the evil of dwindling crops and falling prices , were filled with a ... Western agrarian , seemed complete . Most Western farmers who reflected upon their misfortunes came to believe that the root ...
Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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action Administration Altgeld American Arthur bankers banks Ben Butler bill Blaine Blaine's bosses Bryan Cabinet campaign candidate capital capitalists Carl Schurz Carlisle Chandler Chicago civil civil-service reform Cleveland Committee Congress Conkling Conkling's convention delegates Democratic Party election electoral farmers favor Federal friends Garfield gold Governor Grant Hanna Harrison Hayes Henry House Ibid Indiana industrial interests issue Jay Cooke John John Sherman labor Lamont land leaders legislation letter Levi Morton machine managers Mark Hanna masses McKinley ment Morton nomination Ohio Oliver Morton Olney Pacific party Organization party's patronage Platt political politicians Populist President presidential professional protective Radical railroad railway Republican National Committee Republican Party Ring Roscoe Conkling Samuel Tilden Schurz Secretary Senate Sherman silver spoilsmen Stalwart Sumner tariff Tilden tion Treasury Union vote Washington Western Whitelaw Reid Whitney William wrote York Tribune York World