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 515
... Whitney's " excesses " and his " deals " with treacherous spoilsmen , ex- claimed privately : " I have not been ... Whitney gave him clearly to understand the necessity of reassuring the protected manufacturers and industrial Trusts is ...
... Whitney's " excesses " and his " deals " with treacherous spoilsmen , ex- claimed privately : " I have not been ... Whitney gave him clearly to understand the necessity of reassuring the protected manufacturers and industrial Trusts is ...
Page 522
... Whitney had found the bald - headed , close- mouthed little man with the walrus mustaches most useful as a confidential aide in his stock - market forays . Whitney , with his increas- ingly sinister Wall Street reputation , could no ...
... Whitney had found the bald - headed , close- mouthed little man with the walrus mustaches most useful as a confidential aide in his stock - market forays . Whitney , with his increas- ingly sinister Wall Street reputation , could no ...
Page 633
... Whitney , who was not only the richest but " the ablest Democratic politician , " as the Philadelphia Times said , to enter the lists and undertake a " most heroic " battle , revived many drooping spirits . " It was the promise that he ...
... Whitney , who was not only the richest but " the ablest Democratic politician , " as the Philadelphia Times said , to enter the lists and undertake a " most heroic " battle , revived many drooping spirits . " It was the promise that he ...
Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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