. The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts. WINFIELD S. WM. R. MORRISON. 495 496 POLITICAL HISTORY OF tion to soldiers and sailors. (6) Limitation of Chinese immigra-tion ; approva
. The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts. WINFIELD S. WM. R. MORRISON. 495 496 POLITICAL HISTORY OF tion to soldiers and sailors. (6) Limitation of Chinese immigra-tion ; approval of Hayes administration; charges of corruptpractices and vicious principles on the Democratic party; radicalcivil service reform. The National (Greenback) Convention met at Chicago June9, i88o, and nominated James B. Weaver, Iowa, for President,and E. J. Chambers, Texas, for Vice-President. The platformadhered to the principle of a large legal tender currency ; opposi-tion to refunding of the debt; abolition of national banks andtheir currency ; favored unlimited coinage of gold and silver;enforcement of the eight hour law ; opposed the immigration ofChinese; land grants to actual settlers only ; regulation of inter-State commerce by Congress; a graduated income tax; no re-striction on suffrage ; no bondholders government; no section-alism. The Prohibition Reform Party met in National Convention atCleveland, June 17, 1880, and nominated for President NealDow, M
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