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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION By Charles E. Merriam xiii
CHAPTFR
I. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 1
II. NEW YORK -- SCHOOL OF POLITICS 12
III. POLITICAL UPHEAVAL IN NEW YORK 39
IV. PLATT'S "SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS 55
V. NOMINATING ROOSEVELT FOR PUBLIC OFFICE 73
Party Committees -- Primaries -- State Conven-
tions -- National Conventions.
VI. ELECTING ROOSEVELT GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK 124
VII. CONTROL OVER LAW MAKING 150
The State Legislature -- Platt's Relation to
Congress.
VIII. GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT AND BOSS PLATT 182
Legislative Functions -- Appointments -- Gen-
eral Executive Duties.
IX. THE DISTRTBUTION OF THE SPOILS 219
Local Patronage -- State Patronage -- Federal
Patronage.
X. THE "CORRUIPT ALLIANCE" 262
XI. PLATT'S DECLINE AND ROOSEVELT'S CAPTURE
OF THE ORGANIZATION 		291
XII. PERSONAL QUALITIES OF PLATT AND ROOSEVELT 317
XIII. THE TECHNIQUE OF PARTY MANAGEMENT 334
XIV. CONCLUSION 350
INDEX 361

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Publication Information: Book Title: Boss Platt and His New York Machine: A Study of the Political Leadership of Thomas C. Platt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Others. Contributors: Harold F. Gosnell - author. Publisher: University of Chicago Press. Place of Publication: Chicago. Publication Year: 1924. Page Number: ix.
    
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