Great Leaders and National Issues of 1896/Chapter 8

by various authors

Political Giants of the Present Day

By Edward S. Ellis, A. M., Author of “Standard History of the United States”

• Benjamin Harrison, Soldier, Orator and Statesman.
• Grover Cleveland, Successful Lawyer, Governor and President.
• John Sherman, Great Financier and Statesman.
• Thomas Brackett Reed, the Great “Speaker” and Debater. (Favorite Son of the State of Maine.)
• Charles Frederick Crisp, Soldier, Debater and Parliamentarian.
• John Griffin Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury—Great Advocate of Sound Money.
• Levi Parsons Morton, Governor of New York, New York's Candidate for President.
• William B. Allison, Iowa's Favorite for President.
• David Bennett Hill, U. S. Senator From New York.
• Henry Moore Teller, U. S. Senator From Colorado—Champion of Free Silver Coinage.
• William Lyne Wilson, Postmaster-General, Author of the “Wilson Bill.”
• William McKinley, the Favorite Champion of a Protective Tariff.

  By Edward S. Ellis, A. M.

• Chauncey Mitchell Depew, the Apostle of Sunshine and Cheerfulness.
• Matthew Stanley Quay, Republican Leader and U. S. Senator From Pennsylvania.
• Cushman K. Davis, Senator From Minnesota—His Sterling Services in the State and National Councils.

  By Ex-Governor John S. Pillsbury, of Minnesota.

• Stephen B. Elkins.

  By Congressman Alston G. Dayton of West Virginia.

• Shelby M. Cullom, Senator From Illinois.

  By Congressman Edward D. Cooke, of Chicago, condensed by the Editor.

• Charles H. Parkhurst, the Champion of Municipal Reform.
• Richard P. Bland, Originator of the “Bland Dollar.”
• William R. Morrison, Ex-Congressman From Illinois.
• Horace Boies, Ex-Governor of Iowa.