Democratic Party a History

9781417933143

1417933143

1928. The idea of this book is to tell the story of the Democratic party as a reporter rather than as a historian. Contents: The Democratic Party is Indestructible; The Birth of the Party; The Democratic Creed; The Party Under Madison; The Monroe Doctrine and its Jeffersonian; The Original Slavery Mistake; Beginning of the Jackson Era; The First Party Convention; The Second Convention-Van Buren; Party Principles Promulgated; Polk the First Dark Horse; Van Buren Bolts; Pierce Another Dark Horse; The Approach of the Crisis; The Great Slavery Smash-Up; The Black Days after the Split; The Campaigns of 1868 and 1872; The Great Tilden-Hayes Contest; The Revival After the Tilden Loss; The Cleveland Era; Back in Power After Twenty-Four Years; Cleveland's Second Election; Cleveland's Sound Money Fight; Beginning of the Bryan Era; Bryan's First Defeat; The Parker Nomination and Defeat; The Wilson Era; Wilson's First Nomination; Wilson's Leadership; Wilson and the War; The 1920 San Francisco Campaign; Cox's Nomination and Defeat; McAdoo's 1924 Campaign; The Oil Scandals; The Davis Nomination; and The 1928 Outlook.