# Great Leaders and National Issues of 1896/Contents
## Contents

* Famous Presidential Campaigns of the Past The Origin of the “Caucus” — The Election of 1792 — The First Stormy Election — The Constitution Amended — The Country Divided in Parties — Improvement of the Method of Nominating Presidential Candidates — The First Presidential Convention — Convention in Baltimore in 1832 — Exciting Scenes — The Presidential Campaign of 1820 — “Old Hickory” — Andrew Jackson's Popularity — Jackson Nominated — “Old Hickory” Defeated — Jackson's Triumph — The “Log-cabin and Hard-cider” Campaign of 1840 — “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” — Peculiar Feature of the Harrison Campaign — “Rough and Ready” — Democratic Convention in Baltimore, 1852 — “Old Fuss and Feathers” — A Tragic Period — The Democratic Party Divided — Stephen A. Douglas — John C. Breckinridge — The Constitutional Unionists — Woful Misunderstandings — The Result of the Election of 1860 — Ulysses S. Grant and Horatio Seymour — Unique Campaign of 1872 — The Most Critical Period in the History of Our Country — Charge of Fraud — More Trouble — A Way Out of the Danger — The Republican National Convention of 1880, in Chicago — The Most Peculiar Political Campaign of Later Years — “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion”
* Questions for the Next Administration to Consider The Hawaiian Tangle — The Venezuela Dispute — The “Queen of the Antilles” — The Armenian Massacres — Our Quarrel with Chili — The Necessity of The “Sick Man” — The Tariff Question — The “American System” — The “Tariff of Abominations” — Later Tariffs — The Money Problem — A Substitute Must Be Provided — “Bimetallism” — National Bankruptcy and Divorce Laws — The Temperance Problem — “Paternalism in Government”
* A Protective Tariff By Hon. Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the House of Representatives
* A Tariff for Revenue By Hon. Wm. L. Wilson, Author of the “Wilson Bill”
* Gold and Silver, and the Problem of Our National Currency By Hon. J. K. Upton, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Three Administrations
* Hon. John Sherman on the Currency of the Future Checks, Clearing Houses and Paper Notes — A Safe But Expensive Policy — “One-half of Gold and One-half of Silver”
* Live Questions of To-Day
* Political Giants of the Present Day By Edward S. Ellis, A. M., Author of “Standard History of the United States”
** Benjamin Harrison — Harrison's Marriage — Sterling Integrity and Marked Ability — Harrison Becomes a Soldier — Harrison's Record in the Field — Harrison Nominated and Elected President
** Grover Cleveland — Cleveland Goes West — Cleveland's Early Public Career — Cleveland as Governor — President Cleveland's First Administration — Cleveland Re-elected — “Struck Fire”
** John Sherman — Sherman's Younger Years — Sherman a Lawyer — “Another Dead Cock in the Pit” — An Ardent Supporter of Lincoln — In the Senate — Sherman's Administration of the Treasury Department
** Thomas Brackett Reed — Reed as a Teacher — A Brilliant Lawyer — Nominated for Congress — Reed in the Speaker's Chair — “Present, But Not Voting” — Home Life
** Charles Frederick Crisp — A Brave Soldier — His Public Career — In the Congress — At Home
** John Griffin Carlisle — Earlier Years — Public Career — Personal Qualities — His Most Remarkable Characteristic — Home Life
** Levi Parsons Morton — Earlier Years — In Boston — A Memorable Transaction — In the Congress — Vice-President of the United States
** William B. Allison — First Entrance into Politics — In Congress — Soldier-Voting — Declining the Portfolio of the Treasury
** David Bennett Hill — “I Don't Want to be an Angel” — Launched Upon the Sea of Politics — The Republican “Landslide” of 1894
** Henry Moore Teller — Excellent Success — A Power in Politics — A Pronounced “Silver Man”
** William Lyne Wilson — Stirring Times — In the Congress — The “Wilson Bill” — Personal Qualities
** William McKinley — “You'll Do” — A Fire-tried Veteran at Twenty-two — The “McKinley Bill” — Exalted Sense of Honor
** Chauncey Mitchell Depew
** Matthew Stanley Quay — Quay's Tariff Record — His Life Story — Personal Characteristics
** Cushman K. Davis
** Stephen B. Elkins
** Shelby M. Cullom
** Charles H. Parkhurst
** Richard P. Bland
** William R. Morrison
** Horace Boies
* Our Former Presidents
* The Republican Convention
* The Republican Platform Allegiance to Protection Renewed — Reciprocity Demanded — Merchant Marine — The Currency Plank — Justice to Veterans — Foreign Relations — Suffering Cuba — The Navy — Foreign Immigration — Civil Service — Free Ballot — Lynchings — National Arbitration — Homesteads — Territories — Temperance and Rights of Women
* Life and Public Services of William McKinley By Hon. John Sherman
* Life and Public Services of Garret Augustus Hobart
* The Prohibition Convention and Platform
* Life of Joshua Levering
* Silver Must Be Restored By Horace Boies
* The Democratic Convention
* The Democratic Platform
* Life and Public Services of William Jennings Bryan
* Life and Public Services of Arthur Sewall
* The National Convention of the People's Party
* The Platform of the People's Party
* Thomas Edward Watson
* The Speech That Made Bryan
* Indianapolis Democratic Convention, Platform and Candidates