[85] La Follette, _Autobiography_, pp. 516 ff. [86] _Autobiography_, pp. 480 ff., 543 f., 551, 700, 740. [87] See above, p. 314. [88] La Follette, _Autobiography_, p. 616. [89] Above, p. 288. [90] _A Tale of Two Conventions_, p. 27. [91] W. J. Bryan, _A Tale of Two Conventions_, p. 228. [92] The most startling incident was the attempt of a maniac at Milwaukee to assassinate Mr. Roosevelt. [93] These speeches were reprinted in _The New Freedom_ after the election. APPENDIX PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, 1876-1912 -----+--------------------+------+------+---------+---------+-----+ YEAR | | | | | | | OF | CANDIDATES | |POLIT-| | |ELEC-| ELEC-| FOR | | ICAL | POPULAR | |TORAL| TION | PRESIDENT |STATES|PARTY | VOTE |PLURALITY|VOTE | -----+--------------------+------+------+---------+---------+-----+ 1876 |Samuel J. Tilden |N. Y. |Dem. |4,284,885| 250,935| 184 | |Rutherford B. Hayes*|O. |Rep. |4,033,950| | 185 | |Peter Cooper |N. Y. |Gre'nb| 81,740| | | |Green Clay Smith |Ky. |Pro. | 9,522| | | |James B. Walker |Ill. |Amer. | 2,636| | | -----+--------------------+------+------+---------+---------+-----+ 1880 |James A. Garfield* |O. |Rep. |4,449,053| 7,018| 214 | |W. S. Hancock |Pa. |Dem. |4,442,035| | 155 | |James B. Weaver |Iowa |Gre'nb| 307,306| | | |Neal Dow |Me. |Pro. | 10,305| | | |John W. Phelps |Vt. |Amer. | 707| | | -----+--------------------+------+------+---------+---------+-----+ 1884 |Grover Cleveland* |N. Y. |Dem. |4,911,017| 62,683| 219 | |James G. Blaine |Me. |Rep. |4,848,334| | 182 | |John P. St. John |Kan. |Pro. | 151,809| | | |Benjamin F. Butler |Mass. |Gre'nb| 133,825| | | |P. D. Wigginton |Cal. |Amer. | | | | -----+--------------------+------+------+---------+---------+-----+ 1888 |Grover Cleveland |N. Y. |Dem. |5,440,216| | 168 | |Benjamin Harrison* |Ind. |Rep. |5,538,233| 98,017| 233 | |Clinton B. Fisk |N. J. |Pro. | 249,907| | | |Alson J. Streeter |Ill. |U. L. | 148,105| | | |R. H. Cowdry |Ill. |U'd L.| 2,808| | | |James L. Curtis |N. Y. |Amer. | 1,591| | | -----+--------------------+------+------+---------+---------+-----+ 1892 |Grover Cleveland* |N. Y. |Dem. |5,556,918| 380,810| 277 | |Benjamin Harrison |Ind. |Rep. |5,176,108| | 145 | |James B. Weaver |Iowa |Peop. |1,041,028| | 22 | |John Bidwell |Cal.