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 112
... tariff duties on imports . Ever among the most prominent and persistent friends of the war party were the industrialists and their agents , who , with their appetites whetted by the historic gains won in wartime , besieged Washington ...
... tariff duties on imports . Ever among the most prominent and persistent friends of the war party were the industrialists and their agents , who , with their appetites whetted by the historic gains won in wartime , besieged Washington ...
Page 326
... tariff became widespread toward 1880-82 . In the Mississippi Valley spokesmen for Free Trade now vied with the most rabid champions of Greenbacks or silver - money inflation in denouncing the iniquities of monopolists " subsidized " by ...
... tariff became widespread toward 1880-82 . In the Mississippi Valley spokesmen for Free Trade now vied with the most rabid champions of Greenbacks or silver - money inflation in denouncing the iniquities of monopolists " subsidized " by ...
Page 551
... tariff principles . Meanwhile business was depressed by political uncertainty ; the Treasury stag- gered under its deficits , in sore need of the added revenues promised by the proposed tariff act . Yet it appeared now that no Democratic ...
... tariff principles . Meanwhile business was depressed by political uncertainty ; the Treasury stag- gered under its deficits , in sore need of the added revenues promised by the proposed tariff act . Yet it appeared now that no Democratic ...
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18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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