TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merrill,Horace Samuel
TI  - The Republican command, 1897-1913 /Horace Samuel Merrill and Marion Galbraith Merrill
SN  - 9780813163901
AV  - JK2356 .R478 1971
PY  - 1971///
CY  - [Lexington]
PB  - University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
KW  - History
KW  - Labor unions
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1849-1877
KW  - Working class
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: A Republican Era, 1897-1913; I. Republican Return to Power, 1897-1898; II. Special Interests and Warmongers Disrupt the Leadership, 1897-1898; III. Shrewd Gestures on Currency and Trust Problems, 1897-1900; IV. Opportunities and Dangers Emerge, 1900-1901; V. Roosevelt Invigorates the Party, 1901-1902; VI. Roosevelt, Allison, and Spooner Confront the Insurgents, 1902-1903; VII. Cannon, Trusts, and Currency to the Fore, 1903; VIII. The Election of 1904; IX. The Party Leadership Confronts Big Business, 1905-1906; X. An Epidemic of Political Caution, 1906XI. The Roosevelt-Aldrich-Cannon Triumvirate, 1907-1908; XII. The Taft-Aldrich-Cannon Triumvirate, 1909; XIII. Party Regularity Disintegrates, 1910; XIV. Taft, Tariff, and Trusts, 1911-1913; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; 2; b
N2  - This powerful book reminds us of the enormous power the nation accords its political leaders and how in the significant period, 1897--1913, these leaders failed to meet their responsibilities. Their inadequacies, the authors feel, delayed the administration of justice for all citizens, neglected the Negro, and seriously impaired the future effectiveness of their own once viable, successful, and justly proud Republican Party. The authors follow the maneuvers of McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Senators Aldrich, Platt, Allison, and Spooner, and House Speaker ""Uncle"" Joe Cannon as they juggled pressin
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