George Julian: “Thousands of officials were turned adrift for no other than party reasons, while political nepotism was the order of the…”

Something more than empty promises and windy declamation was necessary, and that something, in an evil hour, was supplied by the Democrats themselves.

They cripple a great national industry and source of wealth, and insult the principles of American jurisprudence.

It was a confession of Congressional incompetence to deal with a problem which Congress alone had the right to solve.

He was the most conspicuous public rascal of his time, but was far from being alone in his odious notoriety.