A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . ere rescued, and negotiations with the Chineseauthorities began, ending in the exaction of very severeterms of retribution for the unparalleled outrage. Re-election of President McKinley.—In the Presidentialcampaign of 1900 William McKinley and William J. Bryan,the candidates of 1896, were renominated, the respectivecandidates for the Vice-Presidency being Theodore Roose-velt, Governor of New York, and Adlai E. Stevenson, lateVice-President. The election resulted in the return of theRepublican candidates by a greater
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . ere rescued, and negotiations with the Chineseauthorities began, ending in the exaction of very severeterms of retribution for the unparalleled outrage. Re-election of President McKinley.—In the Presidentialcampaign of 1900 William McKinley and William J. Bryan,the candidates of 1896, were renominated, the respectivecandidates for the Vice-Presidency being Theodore Roose-velt, Governor of New York, and Adlai E. Stevenson, lateVice-President. The election resulted in the return of theRepublican candidates by a greater majority than in 1896,McKinley receiving two hundred and ninety-two electoralvotes, Bryan one hundred and fifty-five. A bill had beenpassed by Congress, March 6, 1900, making the gold dollarthe standard of value in American money, and the demandfor the free coinage of silver was now supplanted by thequestions of the trusts or business combinations and Amer-ican control in the Philippine Islands. The second inaugu-ration of President McKinley took place on March 4,
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