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The “Great American” Game of Public Office for Private Gain
Harper’s Weekly – August 9, 1884 One of the key planks in James Blaine’s 1884 campaign was Protection — high tariffs to protect working men and farmers against free trade....
Can He?
...determined to pay down the $2 billion national debt with gold, to ensure specie resumption in January 1879, and to limit further inroads from greenbacks and “free” (unlimited) silver. Nast...
Mr. Lincoln Taking the Oath of Office in the Front of the Capitol
...1857 decision that “Negroes, whether slave or free . . . are not citizens of the United States.” He died in 1864.) The week before the goof, Nast had sent...
An Appeal to Marble
...investigating committee chaired by Clarkson Potter (NY) to try to prove that “Rutherfraud” Hayes was an illegitimate President. Although the committee was stacked with Hayes’s political enemies, its investigation foundered...
“Another Stocking to Fill”
...William Curtis. Once again, it looked as if his political enemy James Blaine would be the probable Republican nominee. That, combined with Curtis’s censorship, comprised his current “vale of tears.”...
Senator Tweed in a New Role
...of Special Audit” — comprised of Mayor Oakey Hall, and Tweed (as president of the newly-created Public Works Commission) — to pay pre-dated as well as current claims, 90% of...
Senator Tweed in a New Role
...of Special Audit” — comprised of Mayor Oakey Hall, and Tweed (as president of the newly-created Public Works Commission) — to pay pre-dated as well as current claims, 90% of...
A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to “Blow Over”—”Let Us Prey”
...Citizens Association held a meeting of influential citizens from both parties on September 4, and formed a Committee of Seventy to lead the charge against the Ring. Committee President William...
“Too Thin!”
...by double-crossing the Boss and issuing an injunction prohibiting Comptroller “Slippery Dick” Connolly from any further issuance of bonds or contracts. On Saturday, September 9, a sub-committee of the Seventy,...
“Stop Thief!”
Harper’s Weekly – October 7, 1871 Back on August 27, the Times had editorialized “Why (Comptroller Richard “Slippery Dick”) Connolly was kept in office and how it was done?” The...