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Transcriber's Note

Some words which appear to be typos are printed thus in the original book.
A list of these possible misprints (along with suggested corrections) follows:

CHAPTER I. … the history of the immediate casual[**causal] events which … (?)

CHAPTER VIII. … African slave trade, the services [**of] which, doubtless, …

CHAPTER IX.

The House at this time was dead-locked over the election …

[**deadlocked] (Erase the hyphen — but, there is another one, at CHAPTER V., definitely with a hyphen.)

CHAPTER XI.

The Convention was again called to order by Edwin B[**D]. Morgan … (?)

… of the army and navy who have peril[**l]ed their lives …

[In two other occurrences, in a composite word, imperilled, it is spelled
 with double l:
 CHAPTER XIII., and CHAPTER XIV.]

also: … shall be held in grateful and everlasting rememb[**e]rance.

[It is also spelled without an e in CHAPTER XVII., but, in CHAPTER XIV.,
 it is spelled rememberance.]

CHAPTER XII.

… Representatives, many of whom less than a year before had been engaged in active rebel-loin, …

rebel-[**]loin[**lion] (Erase the hyphen and anagrammatize correctly.)

… when an Act to enlarge the provis[**i]ons of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill …

CHAPTER XIV.

The election was held on Ne[**o]vember 7th, …

These decis[**i]ons, as already noted, could not be set aside without …

CHAPTER XV.

… and to conserve the freedom of the sufferage, …

suffe[**]rage (Erase the e.)

… and Elihu B. Washburn[**e] by J. E. Cassady.

CHAPTER XVI.

In this spirit spirit we denounce the importation of contract labor, …

spirit [**spirit] (repetition)

CHAPTER XVII.

The Union Labor Convention at Cinc[**i]nnati …

CHAPTER XIX.

The provisions of The Hague convention was[**were] wisely regarded …

We are proud of the courage and fidelity of the American soldier and sailors …

soldier and sailors [**either both singular or both plural — a typo? I suggest that both be in plural, as they are in other occurrences throughout the book.]

CHAPTER XX.

… stifling competit[**i]on and dictating wages and prices, …

APPENDIX

- PRESIDENTS PRO TEM. OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE SINCE THE ORGANIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 49-51 1887-91 Jno. J. Ingalls, Kansas.

Jno[**John] J. Ingalls

- POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1876.

[**Under the Electoral Vote, the candidates' pairs are reversed — relatively to the respective Popular Vote columns; in other tables, as well.]

- POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1868.

  [**The total of the second column reads 2,703,249; should read 2,703,243.
   see also:
   CHAPTER XIII.
   … Grant and Colfax 3,012,833, and Seymour and Blair 2,703,249.]

- POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1880.

  [**The total of the first column reads 4,454,416; should read 4,454,506.
   see also:
   CHAPTER XV.
   Garfield ………… 4,454,416]

- POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1888.

  [**The total of the first column reads 5,540,329; should read 5,840,329.
   see also:
   CHAPTER XVII.
   Cleveland ………… 5,540,329)

   **The total of the third column reads 249,506; should read 249,512.
   see also:
   CHAPTER XVII.
   … the total Prohibition vote was 249,506, …]

- POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1892.

[**The total of the third column reads 268,361; should read 268,368.

**The total of the fourth column reads 1,030,128; should read 1,022,102.]

- POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1896.

[**The total of the fifth column reads 13,969; should read 13,971.]

- [Barker, ]M. R. P[**e]op.
   see also:
   CHAPTER XIX.
   … Barker (M. R. Peop.), 50,373; …)

- POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE, 1900.

  [**The total of the sixth column reads 50,373; should read 50,307.
   see also:
   CHAPTER XIX.
   Barker (M. R. Peop.), 50,373;]

INDEX

Bright, Jesse D[**.], 303.
Edmunds, George F., … 300,[**.]
Imper[**i]alism, 274.
Lamont, Daniel S[**.], 302.
… at Philadelphia, 1856, 89,[**;] 1860, 114; …
Wanamaker, John, 302[**.]
People[**']s Party, appearance of, 228; …