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Chances Thrown Away by a Debating Democratic Party
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer argues how internal strife, shifting loyalties, and the Cleveland era damaged the Democratic Party. The piece links Blaine Conkling rivalries, tariff debates, and monetary policy to a nationwide defeat, urging reflection and possible reform within the party. It cites Grover Cleveland, Voorhees, Gorman, and others while framing the 1880s-80s political shifts as a warning and a call for reconsidering Democratic principles.
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Cleveland, Sherman & Co
Napoleon Bonaparte
Waterloo
Wellington
Yancy, Tooms, Slidell & Co
Sherman
Sheridan
Grant
France
Grover Cleveland
Buffalo
Democratic Party
Conkling
Cleveland
United States
Jim Blaine
Roscoe Conkling
New York
Blaine
Conklin
Voorhees
Gorman
Hill
McPherson
Smith
Suhole
Novascotia
Chicago
Democratic Senate
Senate
Congres
Congress
Republican Party
John G. Carlisle
Democratic Congress
John Sherman
Tom Reid
Grover Cleveland Bell Harrison
Daniel Voorhees
Allison
Ransom
Foster
Thomas Brockett Reid
House
Union
Jefferson
Jackson