De Alexander: “It is doubtful if any statesman endowed with less genius than Clinton could have kept the project alive during this…”

In accepting the Democratic nomination Cleveland had the great advantage of not being obliged to refer to anything of which he was ashamed.

Indeed, his administration admittedly ranked with the best that had adorned the State for a century, and his friends, including Independents and many Stalwarts, rallied with energy to his support.

Enlightened and persuasive discussion of the negro problem in its present phases and aspects.

Shows the historical reasons for the present method, and its effect on the senate and senators, and on state and local government, with a detailed review of the arguments for and against direct election.