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Title: The Cleveland Era, A Chronicle of the New Order in Politics

Author: Henry Jones Ford
THIS BOOK, VOLUME 44 IN THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA
SERIES, ALLEN JOHNSON, EDITOR, WAS DONATED TO
PROJECT GUTENBERG BY THE JAMES J. KELLY LIBRARY OF
ST. GREGORY'S UNIVERSITY; THANKS TO ALEV AKMAN.
THE CLEVELAND ERA, A CHRONICLE OF THE NEW ORDER
IN POLITICS
BY HENRY JONES FORD
NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS TORONTO:
GLASGOW, BROOK & CO. LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1919
Volume 44 in the Chronicles of America Series. Abraham Lincoln
Edition.
CONTENTS
I. A TRANSITION PERIOD II. POLITICAL GROPING AND
PARTY FLUCTUATION III. THE ADVENT OF CLEVELAND IV.
A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS V. PARTY POLICY IN CONGRESS
VI. PRESIDENTIAL KNIGHT-ERRANTRY VII. THE PUBLIC
DISCONTENTS VIII. THE REPUBLICAN OPPORTUNITY IX. THE
FREE SILVER REVOLT X. LAW AND ORDER UPHELD
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
THE CLEVELAND ERA

CHAPTER I.
A TRANSITION PERIOD
Politicians at Washington very generally failed to realize that the
advent of President Hayes marked the dismissal of the issues of war
and reconstruction. They regarded as an episode what turned out to be
the close of an era. They saw, indeed, that public interest in the old
issues had waned, but they were confident that this lack of interest was
transient. They admitted that the emotional fervor excited by the war
and by the issues of human right involved in its results was somewhat
damped, but they believed that the settlement of those issues was still
so incomplete that public interest would surely rekindle. For many
years the ruling thought of the Republican party leaders was to be

watchful of any opportunity to ply the bellows on the embers. Besides
genuine concern over the way in which the negroes had been divested
of political privileges conferred by national legislation, the Republicans
felt a tingling sense of party injury.
The most eminent party leaders at this time--both standing high as
presidential possibilities--were James G. Blaine and John Sherman. In a
magazine article published in 1880 Mr. Blaine wrote: "As the matter
stands, all violence in the South inures to the benefit of one political
party....