Conkling, Roscoe

1829 – 1888. [from old catalog]

• America
• Argument of Hon. Roscoe Conkling
• Congress and the President
• Issues of the day
• National and state politics of 1871 reviewed
• Privileges of the House of Representatives, Battle of Ball's Bluff
• Special committee on government contracts--what it has done
• The Constitution, and presidential elections
• The extra session of 1879
• The jurisdiction of the states over their navigable waters
• The nation, and Louisiana
• The presidential battle of 1872