98: Silver & Gold: From Grover Cleveland to William Jennings Bryan & William McKinley
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The Greatest Loss in American Politics
In brief, grover sees the government holding too much cash. He thinks it's time to cut uncle sam's take and lower prices on goods by lowering international tariffs. But republicans disagree. They depict the democratic president as a free trade zealot whose policies will hurt american businesses and workers. Even some democrats, particularly irish democrats, abandon grover at this point. Come november, neither candidate secures the majority of the popular vote. Grover does win the plurality, but of course, that doesn't really matter. With the aid of new york, indiana and perhaps some bought and paid for votes, ben harrison wins the electoral college and thus
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