Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. INTRODUCTION 7
3. CONTENTS 9
4. CHAPTER I. A YOUNG POLITICIAN IN TAMMANY HALL 11
5. CHAPTER II. A POLITICIAN GROWS APACE 18
6. CHAPTER III. A PRACTICAL POLITICIAN OF THE FIFTIES 28
7. CHAPTER IV. HIS HONOR THE MAYOR 46
8. CHAPTER V. OUR RURAL MASTERS 66
9. CHAPTER VI. RISE OF MOZART HALL 84
10. CHAPTER VII. THE PROPOSAL FOR A “FREE CITY” 102
11. CHAPTER VIII. THE UNION AS IT IS; THE CONSTITUTION AS IT WAS 120
12. CHAPTER IX. THE DRAFT RIOTS AND THE DEMAND FOR PEACE 137
13. CHAPTER X. PROBLEMS OF WAR AND PLANS FOR PEACE 148
14. CHAPTER XI. BACK IN WASHINGTON 165
15. CHAPTER XII. TARIFF REFORM AND THE ELECTION OF 1876 179
16. CHAPTER XIII. FATHER OF THE HOUSE 193
17. CHAPTER XIV. THE MAN AND HIS CAREER: CONCLUSION 201
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 207
19. INDEX 215