A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . ing tours, but talkedmany times to the crowds who called upon him at his home in Canton, official vote in November was as follows: McKinley and Hobart, Republican, 7,101,401 popular votes; 271 electoralvotes. Bryan and Sewall, Democrat and Populist, 6,470,656 popular votes; 176electoral votes. Levering and Johnson, Prohibition, 132,007 popular votes. Palmer and Buckner, National Democrat, 133,1


A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . ing tours, but talkedmany times to the crowds who called upon him at his home in Canton, official vote in November was as follows: McKinley and Hobart, Republican, 7,101,401 popular votes; 271 electoralvotes. Bryan and Sewall, Democrat and Populist, 6,470,656 popular votes; 176electoral votes. Levering and Johnson, Prohibition, 132,007 popular votes. Palmer and Buckner, National Democrat, 133,148 popular votes. Matchett and Maguire, Socialist-Labor, 36,274 popular votes. Bentley and Southgate, Free Silver Prohibition, 13,969 popular votes. Despite the jiolitical upheavals that periodically occur thi-oughout ourcountry, it steadily advances in prosperity, progress and growth. Its resourceswere limitless, and the settlement of the vast fertile areas in the West andNorthwest went on at an extraordinary rate. In no section was this so strik-ingly the fact as in the Northwest. So great indeed was the growth in thatrespect that the subject warrants the special chapter that CORNER AT TOP OF STAIRWAY NEW CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY, WASHINGTON, D. C. (.•510) CHAPTER XXIII. ADNIINISTRATION OK CLEVELAND (SECOND-CONCLUDED), 1803-1897. THE GREAT NORTHWEST. BY ALBERT .SHAW, ,Editor Rciiew of Reviews, Jormeiiti editor of Minneapolis Tribune. Settling the Northwest—The Face of the Country Transformed—Clearing Away the Forests and itaEffects—Tree-planting on the Prairies—Pioneer Life in the Seventies—The Granary of the World—The Northwestern Farmer—Transportation and Other Industries—Business Cities and Centres-United Public Action and its Influence—The Indian Question—Other Elements of Population-Society and General Culture. Northwest is a shifting, uncertain designation. The term has beeaused to cover the whole stretch of country fromPittsburg to Pu


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