Running A “Front Porch” Campaign: The Brilliance of Mark Hanna: Great article

» Brian Tubbs - Great article

I recall reading somewhere a while back that Hanna also basically extorted many western farmers to back Hanna by having Republican-controlled banks call in loans. If true, then McKinley's victory owes to corruption, to some extent.

Nevertheless, the 1900 election (once again, Bryan v. McKinley) was more decisive in favor of McKinley. Bryan's focus on imperialism didn't get much traction in the aftermath of the popular Spanish-American War.

-Brian

p.s. Wasn't Bryan a Presybertian? I seem to recall he served in its hierarchical assembly later on. I could be wrong, though. It's happened before. :-)

-- posted by Brian Tubbs