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 332
... bills . A majority of the Democrats in the House , under the leadership of John Carlisle of Kentucky , indig- nant at the " audacity " of the Kelley Bill , tried to filibuster during the last days ; while the Democratic Protectionist ...
... bills . A majority of the Democrats in the House , under the leadership of John Carlisle of Kentucky , indig- nant at the " audacity " of the Kelley Bill , tried to filibuster during the last days ; while the Democratic Protectionist ...
Page 404
... bill , according to its own ideas , continuing high import duties and reducing internal- revenue taxes upon whisky and tobacco instead . To amend the Mills Bill in the Senate ( in any form ) would be a victory for the Democrats , who ...
... bill , according to its own ideas , continuing high import duties and reducing internal- revenue taxes upon whisky and tobacco instead . To amend the Mills Bill in the Senate ( in any form ) would be a victory for the Democrats , who ...
Page 551
... bill whatsoever or accepting a bill which represented a humiliating political defeat . In a strange explosion of wrath expressed in a public letter to Representative William L. Wilson , Cleveland's notorious temper snapped . He fought ...
... bill whatsoever or accepting a bill which represented a humiliating political defeat . In a strange explosion of wrath expressed in a public letter to Representative William L. Wilson , Cleveland's notorious temper snapped . He fought ...
Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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