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NOTES

NOTES

THE LONG MEMORY OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE

 

 

 

1. New York Times, March 28, 1889.

2. Murat Halstead, "Outflanking Two Emperors," Cosmopolitan Magazine, XVII

(August 1894), 424-434; Halstead, "Prince Bismarck," ibid., XI (August 1891), 499-504;

Moncure D. Conway, Autobiography, Memories and Experiences (New York, 1904),

II, 218-244.

3. Philip D. Jordan, Ohio Comes of Age: 1873-1900 (Carl Wittke, ed., The History

of the State of Ohio, V, Columbus, 1943), 183.

4. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, December 25, 1883, January 3, 1884.

5. Ibid., January 12, 1886.

6. Ibid., June 15, 1886.

7. Ibid., June 30, 1886.

8. Ibid., June 30, July 1, 3, 1886; New York Times, June 30, July 1, 1886; Henry

Demarest Lloyd, Wealth Against Commonwealth (New York, 1903), 381-383.

9. Commercial Gazette, June 27, 1886; Lloyd, Wealth Against Commonwealth, 383-

384; Ida M. Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company (Briefer Version, New

York, 1966), 147-148.

10. New York Times, July 1, 1886.

11. John Sherman, Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet

(Chicago, 1895), II, 946-948.

12. Commercial Gazette, July 24, 1886; New York Times, July 24, 1886.

13. Ibid.; two other Republican senators, James D. Cameron of Pennsylvania and

Leland Stanford of California, voted also for the majority report but were not included

on the "Black List." New York Times, July 24, 1886.

14. Chester L. Barrows, William M. Evarts; Lawyer, Diplomat, Statesman (Chapel

Hill, North Carolina, 1941), 448.

15. Commercial Gazette, July 24, 1886.

16. Congressional Record, 49 cong., 1 sess., 7265-7267.

17. Commercial Gazette, July 24, 1886.

18. General H. V. Boynton to Halstead, July 30, 1886. Halstead Papers, The Cin-

cinnati Historical Society.

19. Charles P. Foster to Halstead, April 5, 1889, Halstead Papers. While it is true

most of the officers were Republicans, like most large concerns, the Standard Oil

Company was willing to support candidates of both parties -- especially when it was

believed a candidate would look upon its interests with favor as Senator Payne as-

suredly did. See Allan Nevins, Grover Cleveland; A Study in Courage (New York,

1932), 344.

20. Commercial Gazette, May 27, 1887.

21. Eugene H. Roseboom, A History of Presidential Elections (New York, 1957),

279-280.

22. Halstead to Benjamin Harrison, June 25, 1888, Harrison Papers, Library of

Congress; Commercial Gazette, June 26, 1888.

23. Halstead to Harrison, July 8, 22, October 16, 21, 1888, Harrison Papers; Com-

mercial Gazette, September 8, 9, 1888.

24. Halstead to Harrison, October 25, November 1, 1888, Harrison Papers.

25. Considering Cleveland had won a popular plurality of around a hundred thousand

votes, Halstead's wire was perhaps a little too enthusiastic. Halstead to Harrison,

November 8, 1888, Harrison Papers.

26. Halstead to Harrison, November 26, 1888, Harrison Papers.

27. Halstead to E. M. Halford, November 27, 1888; Halstead to Harrison, Decem-

ber 20, 1888, Harrison Papers.

28. Halstead to Harrison, December 7, 1888, Harrison Papers.

29. Harrison to Halstead, December 22, 1888, Halstead Papers.