UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA

The Republican Party

A History of its Fifty Years' Existence
and a Record of its Measures and Leaders

1854-1904

By

Francis Curtis

With a Foreword by President Roosevelt, and Introduc-
tions by William P. Frye, President pro tempore
U. S. Senate, and J. G. Cannon, Speaker

U. S. House of Representatives

In Two Volumes

I.

"Let us all consider the history and declarations of the great parties, and thoughtfully
conclude which is the more likely to promote the general interests of our people.

BENJAMIN HARRISON.

"The Republican party was dedicated to freedom. It has been the party of liberty and
emancipation from that hour; not of profession, but of performance. "-WILLIAM MCKINLEY.

G. P. Putnam's Sons

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