Jeffersonian Democracy vs Hamiltonian Rule in 1928 Campaign
Claude G. Bowers argues the Democratic party must wage war on privilege and pillage, contrasting Jeffersonian democracy with Hamiltonian rule. He attacks the Harding-Coolidge era for corruption, policy shifts favoring the wealthy, and farm distress, urging independents and progressives to unite under Jeffersonian principles to restore government to the people.
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Houston
Tex
Claude G. Bowers
New York World
Democratic Party
Mobile
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Hamilton
Mr. Bowers
Harding
Melton
President Coolidge
Bowers
America
Kansas City
Hamilton
Lincoln
Jefferson
Wilson
Askies
Woodrow Wilson
Jackson
Daugherty
Fall
Man
Manger
Harry Sinclair
Invisible government mobilizes Black Horse Cavalry in Washington
Sixteen years after Beveridge warned of an invisible government, the Black Horse Cavalry of privilege now asserts visibility in Washington. From the 1920 election onward, capital insiders arrive with campaign receipts to control the treasury and power, founding a temple of patriotism on K Street while privilege and pillage corrupt the capital.
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Beveridge
Black Horse
Pennsylvania Avenue
Department
Utile Green House
K Street
Treasury
Patriotic Club
EK Street
Washington
Privilege Enthroned in Tariff Tangle
The piece argues that during a period of political shift lawmakers aimed to privatize government functions by imposing a tariff law costing consumers billions annually. It accuses leaders of sidelining the tariff commission and manipulating facts to suit agendas, claiming a biased, obstructed inquiry followed.
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Woodrow Wilson
Tariff Commission
Not an Enemy of Business Says Democratic Quarrel
A political defense asserts Democratic leaders were not foes of business, arguing Jefferson Jackson Wilson supported honest commerce, opposed state exploitation, and that average shop owners and ranchers are as much business people as bankers or industrial magnates.
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la Follette
Teapot
Albert B. Fatt
Andrew Jackson
Tilden
Cleveland
Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
Walsh
Montana
Pittsburgh Bratiana
America
Jefferson
Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Mellon
Congress
Tron and Steel
Texas
New York
Dollar diplomacy critique blames policy for Nicaragua war
The speaker denounces dollar diplomacy as misguided and harmful to American interests. He argues the United States lacks moral leadership and risks lives in Nicaragua for business aims. He warns against bayonet backed trade, urging a shift to principled policy like Woodrow Wilson's Mobile speech.
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No Man's Land
Nicaragua
la Ter
Philadelphia
Changa
Latin America
Wttle
Woodrow Wilson
Nicaregua
Anti Democratic State Call Aligns With Century Debate
A partisan screed denounces concentrated government power, claiming Hamiltonian dreams fulfilled by a ruling caste. The writer asserts organized wealth controls the state, denies states’ sovereign rights, and accuses bureaucratic agents of pervasive influence and a mocked democracy.
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Egypt
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Hamiton
Ottines
Wilsonian Bays
Federal Trade Commission
Aluminum Company of America
Mulhall
Department of Justice
United States
Jeffries
Roosevelt
Daniels
Syfotls
Andy
Nna
Rome
Paris
Versailles
Brown
Smith
Sreegam
Israel
Democracy and Business
Cuthers Laboratories
Dent
Crystal Ice & Fuel CO
Iowa Public Service Company
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