Orations, addresses and speeches of Chauncey MDepew . he Sher-man silver law; and McKinley on tariff, currency, the gold stand-ard, and grave questions arising out of the acquisition and gov-ernment of Porto Rico and the Philippines—all of them era-making measures. Three of these Presidents had urgently in-vited him to join their cabinets, and twice the Presidency hadbeen almost within his grasp. When he first obtained the floorin Congress he addressed Speaker Schuyler Colfax, and when hespoke last, forty-five years afterwards. Vice-president Fairbanksin the chair recognized the Senator from I
Orations, addresses and speeches of Chauncey MDepew . he Sher-man silver law; and McKinley on tariff, currency, the gold stand-ard, and grave questions arising out of the acquisition and gov-ernment of Porto Rico and the Philippines—all of them era-making measures. Three of these Presidents had urgently in-vited him to join their cabinets, and twice the Presidency hadbeen almost within his grasp. When he first obtained the floorin Congress he addressed Speaker Schuyler Colfax, and when hespoke last, forty-five years afterwards. Vice-president Fairbanksin the chair recognized the Senator from Iowa. Seward, Chase,and Stanton, John Sherman, James G. Blaine, and ThaddeusStevens were his associates and intimates. When the future his-torian writes the story of this remarkable period and portraysthe actors in that great national drama who contributed to its dis-tinction, he will place among the few in the front rank the name ofWilliam B. Allison. I I SEP 2a ibd3 PLEASE DO NOT REMOVECARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY.
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