De Alexander: “The passage of these vicious appropriations, requiring the help of Republicans, gave rise to numerous charges of bribery…”

More valuable still is his exposition of the Philippine question in its bearings on American life and politics.

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.

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

In his text he explains the controversy so that the plain man may understand it, while in the notes he adduces the evidence that the specialist requires....