Home Close. View Inside. Apple iBookstore Kno Inc. We suspect not. Summers discussion of the calumnies of so many years ago makes our own seem tame by comparison. James G. The con-tinental liar from the state of Maine! Where's my pa? Gone to the White House! Ha, ha, ha! But the election of is notable in several other respects.
It resulted in the first Democratic victory since Beyond the personal scandals associated with both candidates and the campaign, many other issues were at stake, some of which were addressed, some of which were suppressed or ignored, such as women's rights, civil rights for African Americans, growing disparities in wealth and what to do about that , prohibition, civil service reform, and the challenges immigration posed in creating a more pluralistic society.
Blaine had also made some important enemies. Blaine had once ridiculed Conkling's "turkey gobbler strut. I have given up criminal law. On Election Day, Blaine lost New York by 1, votes out of more than a million cast, and as a consequence, went down to defeat nationally.
Cleveland's popular vote victory over Blaine was only about 23, out of ten million votes cast. Blaine noted ruefully that he had thousands of Irish votes sewed up to the very end and would have won "but for the intolerant and utterly improper remark of Dr. Burchard, which was quoted everywhere to my prejudice and in many places attributed to myself, though it was in the highest degree distasteful and offensive to me.
Burchard had been doing missionary work in Asia Minor or Cochin China. Cleveland went on to preside over eight of the most exciting years between the Civil War and the end of the century. He was the only President elected to non-consecutive terms, and the first to marry in the White House.
His daughter was the first presidential child born in the White House, and the Baby Ruth candy bar was named after his second child, born in between Cleveland's two terms. John Cooper. Skip to Main Content. Cooper Grover Cleveland was elected president in in one of the dirtiest election campaigns in our history.
The continental liar from the state of Maine, Burn this letter! Hurray for the kid! I voted for Cleveland, and I'm damned glad I did!
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