Great Leaders and National Issues of 1896/Contents

by various authors

Contents

1. 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”

2. 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”

3. A Protective Tariff

   By Hon. Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the House of Representatives

4. A Tariff for Revenue

   By Hon. Wm. L. Wilson, Author of the “Wilson Bill”

5. Gold and Silver, and the Problem of Our National Currency

   By Hon. J. K. Upton, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Three Administrations

6. 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”

7. Live Questions of To-Day
8. 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
9. Our Former Presidents
10. The Republican Convention
11. 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

12. Life and Public Services of William McKinley

    By Hon. John Sherman

13. Life and Public Services of Garret Augustus Hobart
14. The Prohibition Convention and Platform
15. Life of Joshua Levering
16. Silver Must Be Restored

    By Horace Boies

17. The Democratic Convention
18. The Democratic Platform
19. Life and Public Services of William Jennings Bryan
20. Life and Public Services of Arthur Sewall
21. The National Convention of the People's Party
22. The Platform of the People's Party
23. Thomas Edward Watson
24. The Speech That Made Bryan
25. Indianapolis Democratic Convention, Platform and Candidates