Great Leaders and National Issues of 1896/Chapter 8

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.