Great Leaders and National Issues of 1896/Contents
Contents
[edit]- Famous Presidential Campaigns of the Past
The Origin of the “Caucus” — The Election of 1792 — The First Stormy Election — The Constitution Amended — The Country Divided in Parties — Improvement of the Method of Nominating Presidential Candidates — The First Presidential Convention — Convention in Baltimore in 1832 — Exciting Scenes — The Presidential Campaign of 1820 — “Old Hickory” — Andrew Jackson's Popularity — Jackson Nominated — “Old Hickory” Defeated — Jackson's Triumph — The “Log-cabin and Hard-cider” Campaign of 1840 — “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” — Peculiar Feature of the Harrison Campaign — “Rough and Ready” — Democratic Convention in Baltimore, 1852 — “Old Fuss and Feathers” — A Tragic Period — The Democratic Party Divided — Stephen A. Douglas — John C. Breckinridge — The Constitutional Unionists — Woful Misunderstandings — The Result of the Election of 1860 — Ulysses S. Grant and Horatio Seymour — Unique Campaign of 1872 — The Most Critical Period in the History of Our Country — Charge of Fraud — More Trouble — A Way Out of the Danger — The Republican National Convention of 1880, in Chicago — The Most Peculiar Political Campaign of Later Years — “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion”
- Questions for the Next Administration to Consider
The Hawaiian Tangle — The Venezuela Dispute — The “Queen of the Antilles” — The Armenian Massacres — Our Quarrel with Chili — The Necessity of The “Sick Man” — The Tariff Question — The “American System” — The “Tariff of Abominations” — Later Tariffs — The Money Problem — A Substitute Must Be Provided — “Bimetallism” — National Bankruptcy and Divorce Laws — The Temperance Problem — “Paternalism in Government”
- A Protective Tariff
By Hon. Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the House of Representatives
- A Tariff for Revenue
By Hon. Wm. L. Wilson, Author of the “Wilson Bill”
- Gold and Silver, and the Problem of Our National Currency
By Hon. J. K. Upton, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Three Administrations
- Hon. John Sherman on the Currency of the Future
Checks, Clearing Houses and Paper Notes — A Safe But Expensive Policy — “One-half of Gold and One-half of Silver”
- Live Questions of To-Day
- Political Giants of the Present Day
By Edward S. Ellis, A. M., Author of “Standard History of the United States”
- Benjamin Harrison — Harrison's Marriage — Sterling Integrity and Marked Ability — Harrison Becomes a Soldier — Harrison's Record in the Field — Harrison Nominated and Elected President
- Grover Cleveland — Cleveland Goes West — Cleveland's Early Public Career — Cleveland as Governor — President Cleveland's First Administration — Cleveland Re-elected — “Struck Fire”
- John Sherman — Sherman's Younger Years — Sherman a Lawyer — “Another Dead Cock in the Pit” — An Ardent Supporter of Lincoln — In the Senate — Sherman's Administration of the Treasury Department
- Thomas Brackett Reed — Reed as a Teacher — A Brilliant Lawyer — Nominated for Congress — Reed in the Speaker's Chair — “Present, But Not Voting” — Home Life
- Charles Frederick Crisp — A Brave Soldier — His Public Career — In the Congress — At Home
- John Griffin Carlisle — Earlier Years — Public Career — Personal Qualities — His Most Remarkable Characteristic — Home Life
- Levi Parsons Morton — Earlier Years — In Boston — A Memorable Transaction — In the Congress — Vice-President of the United States
- William B. Allison — First Entrance into Politics — In Congress — Soldier-Voting — Declining the Portfolio of the Treasury
- David Bennett Hill — “I Don't Want to be an Angel” — Launched Upon the Sea of Politics — The Republican “Landslide” of 1894
- Henry Moore Teller — Excellent Success — A Power in Politics — A Pronounced “Silver Man”
- William Lyne Wilson — Stirring Times — In the Congress — The “Wilson Bill” — Personal Qualities
- William McKinley — “You'll Do” — A Fire-tried Veteran at Twenty-two — The “McKinley Bill” — Exalted Sense of Honor
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew
- Matthew Stanley Quay — Quay's Tariff Record — His Life Story — Personal Characteristics
- Cushman K. Davis
- Stephen B. Elkins
- Shelby M. Cullom
- Charles H. Parkhurst
- Richard P. Bland
- William R. Morrison
- Horace Boies
- Our Former Presidents
- The Republican Convention
- The Republican Platform
Allegiance to Protection Renewed — Reciprocity Demanded — Merchant Marine — The Currency Plank — Justice to Veterans — Foreign Relations — Suffering Cuba — The Navy — Foreign Immigration — Civil Service — Free Ballot — Lynchings — National Arbitration — Homesteads — Territories — Temperance and Rights of Women
- Life and Public Services of William McKinley
By Hon. John Sherman
- Life and Public Services of Garret Augustus Hobart
- The Prohibition Convention and Platform
- Life of Joshua Levering
- Silver Must Be Restored
By Horace Boies
- The Democratic Convention
- The Democratic Platform
- Life and Public Services of William Jennings Bryan
- Life and Public Services of Arthur Sewall
- The National Convention of the People's Party
- The Platform of the People's Party
- Thomas Edward Watson
- The Speech That Made Bryan
- Indianapolis Democratic Convention, Platform and Candidates