...support. But these interests are in the main the interests of getting or keeping the patronage of the government. Tenets and policies, points of political...points of political practice, have all but vanished. They have not been thrown away but have been stripped away by time and the progress of events, fulfilling...

...support. But those interests are in the main the interests of getting or keeping the patronage of the Government. Tenets and policies, points of political...points of political practice, have all but vanished. They have not been thrown away, but have been stripped away by time and the progress of events, fulfilling...

...main the interests of getting or keeping the patronage of the government. Tenets or policies . . . have all but vanished. . . . All has been lost except office, or the hope of getting it." In a later edition of his book Bryce summed up his opinion of the Republican and Democratic...

...main the interests of getting or keeping the patronage of the government. Tenets or policies . . . have all but vanished. . . . All has been lost except office, or the hope of getting it." In a later edition of his book Bryce summed up his opinion of the Republican and Democratic...

...support. But those interests are in the main the interests of getting or keeping the patronage of the government. Tenets and policies, points of political...points of political practice, have all but vanished." He, too, believes that there was a time when the organizations were animated by principles ; but now,...

...support. But those interests are in the main the interests of getting or keeping the patronage of the government. Tenets and policies, points of political...points of political practice, have all but vanished. They have not been thrown away but have been stripped away by Time and the progress of events, fulfilling...

...support. But these interests are in the main the interests of getting or keeping the patronage of the government. Tenets and policies, points of political...points of political practice have all but vanished. They have not been thrown away but have been stripped away by time and the progress of events, fulfilling...

...support. But those interests are in the main the interests of getting or keeping the patronage of the government. Tenets and policies, points of political...doctrine and points of political practice, have all but vanished."62 Many historians have challenged this view, showing that the national political parties...

...support. But those interests are in the main the interests of getting or keeping the patronage of the government. Tenets and policies, points of political...doctrine and points of political practice, have all but vanished."3 After the turn of the century, under the stimulus of the Progressive vision and of crusading...

...effect. It may suffice here to turn to the well* ' Deut: cho Kern- HIM! /eltfrageu,' p. 134. s 2 known I known volumes of Mr. Bryce, which, certainly, are...in 1880, " what are we here for except the offices ? " 't Of those offices there are over a hundred thousand ; they constitute the spoils, the distribution...