The National Republican League, a collection of state and local Republican Party clubs, held their convention's banquet at the Arcade in June 1895. Among the attendees were Ohio Governor William McKinley and his chief adviser and campaign manager Clevelander Marcus Hanna. In 1896, Hanna's innovative campaign techniques (he set a record by spending a then unheard of $3.5 million during the race) helped McKinley win the Presidential election by defeating William Jennings Bryan. As it continued to be in the 1896 election, a major topic of debate at the NRL convention in Cleveland was the gold standard and its merits versus the free coinage of silver. McKinley was an ardent supporter of the gold standard and protective tariffs for American industry. | Date: 1895 | Source: Cleveland Public LibraryDownload Original File
Source
Cleveland Public Library
Date
1895
"National Republican League" appears in: The Arcade
