Chapter 491 Swearing on World Peace
No one can understand how angry a party that has been in opposition for twelve years and the financial backer who supports it would be in the face of such a situation, especially someone like Sheffield, who is almost going crazy with his desire for collusion between officials and businessmen.
Intelligence work for the Republican Party is still worthwhile, and now is not the time to not work hard. And there is no place more important than New York. To be fair, based on regional divisions, there are actually many hardcore voting bases in the United States that have not changed for decades, and of course there are some in the hands of the Republican Party. Among them, the New England region in the northeastern United States is a hardcore Republican voting base.
Although Alton Parker had been a judge in New York for a long time, he was at a loss as to how to deal with the fact that the Republican Party had an absolute advantage. At this time, Sheffield proposed a concept, WASP! The concept of white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, to win over voters in these New England regions.
The concept appeared at least fifty years later to refer to the Protestant upper class in the United States, namely immigrants from Britain during the colonial era who belonged to denominations such as the Presbyterian Church, Congregational Church and Episcopal Church in Protestantism.
They emerged from the United States and firmly occupied the American upper class. Their children went directly from private middle schools to Ivy League schools, where they learned the customs, etiquette, and manners of the upper class, established relationships with other prominent families, and controlled major areas such as finance, culture, and politics in the United States. Intra-family marriages prevented the outflow of inheritance; polo and yachting were exclusive entertainment methods for the wealthy and leisure class.
Even in the South, such people are the upper class. Not to mention others, Sheffield is the descendant of British immigrants. The southern slave owners just chose another economic model to live. The North and the South are the same in this respect. Even the education and citizen class are different. The education of the citizen class is different. The citizen class generally can receive higher education, which originated from the "GI Bill of Rights" during World War II.
After the GI Bill, there were no theoretical restrictions on ordinary citizens going to school. However, at the same time, a large number of public universities that could compete with private universities began to be abolished by the upper class through happy education. Therefore, the higher education received by the citizen class is still not comparable to that of private universities.
Alton Parker was very interested in the concept of white Anglo-Saxon Protestants and had a deep discussion with Sheffield about this concept. In a sense, this concept was consistent with the increasingly conservative Democratic Party, but it did not seem as offensive as white supremacy.
A judge is a judge. Sheffield expressed his admiration for Alton Parker's insights. In fact, the slave owners only knew that such a term existed and could be used to win over voters in the northeastern United States without being disliked by voters in the South and the Midwest. How could they draw inferences from it?
On the other hand, Taft was also trying his best to fulfill his duties as a candidate, even though his biggest dream was to be a Supreme Court justice. When President McKinley invited him to the Philippines, the implicit promise was that he would serve on the Supreme Court when he returned. When Roosevelt became president, he respected his predecessor's promise and offered Taft two Supreme Court appointments.
Taft declined both times with great reluctance. The first time because he could not leave without completing his work in the Philippines; the second time because his wife, Nellie, his closest adviser, persuaded him not to bury himself in the courthouse at this time. Taft, then Secretary of War, was being promoted throughout the country as Roosevelt's most likely successor. If it were not for his wife's dream of the White House, Taft would never have agreed to run for president.
Alton Parker had at least one advantage over Taft, which was that he had experienced elections before and was already familiar with many of the things he said. He just had to wait for the official election to begin.
Taft was different. The Republican primary election alone made him quite nervous. Roosevelt and Taft's wife were both somewhat helpless about this. They both had high hopes for him, but he was far from being at ease in the courtroom.
In the love nest of New York and Alice Roosevelt, Sheffield listened to Alice Roosevelt talking about Taft's wife. She recalled, "She was a very charming governor's wife, very much in line with the Yankee's appetite for talking without any pain in the waist. Now I don't know if it is an advantage."
Taft's wife, Nellie, had made a good impression on the Filipinos when she was the wife of the Governor-General of the Philippines. While in the Philippines, her behavior shocked the stubborn military conservatives. She refused to strictly separate whites from local Filipinos and insisted on complete racial equality in the Governor's Mansion.
After all, the Philippines was a colony, and the situation in China was completely different. Even slave owners could not claim to understand all ethnic groups in any part of the country. Who knows whether the Yankees in New England identify more with WASPs or are more receptive to words like freedom, democracy, and equality? Anyway, we will know on the day of the election.
"It's actually a good thing for my father to step down from the presidency!" Alice Roosevelt said, "He is an energetic man who has broken many unwritten rules of the federal government."
"That can't be said. A lot of things were done, although it caused huge losses to many companies." Sheffield did not mention the United Company. Strictly speaking, the slave owners' company escaped disaster during Roosevelt's tenure. Opportunities always come to those who are prepared. He also captured the other party's daughter by the way.
Seeing that President Roosevelt had finally left the White House, some of the unpleasantness seemed to have disappeared. Even the investigation into the explosion of the Maine was not used. Considering the de facto marriage between Alice Roosevelt and herself, it would be better not to use it.
After kissing Alice Roosevelt's red lips, Sheffield smiled maliciously and said ambiguously, "If President Roosevelt were not the president, we would be free. I want to have a child with you and leave a large inheritance for our child, so that he can watch others start from the finish line from the moment he is born."
Alice Roosevelt rolled her eyes at Sheffield. If she had any dissatisfaction with this man, it was that he spoke too bluntly. Of course, she thought this was a manifestation of honesty.
Well, even if this is an honest performance, it should be concealed a little bit, so I just said it directly.
But thinking along the lines of Sheffield's words, Alice Roosevelt also began to feel a sense of longing. As a woman, she was already quite old, and many of her peers were already married and had children. However, because she was the daughter of the president and her significant other was a well-known corporate boss in the United States, she did not dare to go beyond that line.
As for marrying someone else, just as the man said, Alice Roosevelt would only consider this unless she particularly disliked a man. As long as she took the slightest action, the person with the strange armband would knock on the other person's door.
But thinking about giving birth to a child for Sheffield, Alice Roosevelt was still a little afraid. "I don't know what others will say about me? Especially with you, will people say that I am defeated by money?"
"They are just jealous. Can money conquer my Alice?" As a man, Sheffield was not worried. He lit up the cigarette and took a leisurely puff. Then he said cryptically, "I can't guarantee anything else, but at least in the United States, hehe, our future is bright."
Sheffield emphasized the word "bright". Alice Roosevelt certainly believed in the sincerity of his words. In the current United States, there are not many things that can make this man hesitate. As for some rumors, they are not lethal at all. Otherwise, if it were someone else, he would have been ashamed to death for his unclear relationship with the woman of the Rockefeller family. But that was someone else, not this man who was not ashamed but proud of it.
Alice Roosevelt was not revealing the Republican Party's secrets. It was an open fact known to both camps that Roosevelt had put Taft on the ballot, so telling Sheffield was no big deal.
Anyway, Alice Roosevelt knew that her man was a senior Democrat and the most hardcore supporter. This was an unchangeable fact. The other party wanted to find out the news within the Republican Party. With the ability of the United Company, even if she said nothing, it would be useless.
"It seems like you have a way to defeat the Republicans?" Alice Roosevelt asked irrelevantly.
"We are all smart people, and we all understand some things," Sheffield said with a self-deprecating smile after taking a deep puff of cigarette, "How can you say you will definitely win a national election half a year in advance? You can only say that you have made some preparations. I am actually relieved that your father is not running for election. This way, even if he wins, it won't affect our relationship. Alice, you know how I treat you. Is there any need to tell me?"
If Roosevelt really came out to start a third term, Sheffield would have a headache again. But in front of Alice Roosevelt, it was of course true love worth protecting, and he was unwilling to directly confront his father-in-law.
The slave owner swore that he was not afraid of Roosevelt at all. With his current preparations, he was confident of defeating anyone. Roosevelt's decision not to seek re-election was actually a wise choice to avoid losing his reputation in his later years.
"Really?" Alice Roosevelt asked with a hint of suspicion in her eyes, "Are you so sure of winning the election?"
"Of course, I'm definitely not afraid of your father. I just care more about your feelings." Sheffield said seriously, "I can even swear on world peace. If you tell me even a lie, I'll let a world war break out. Do you believe me now?"
"This is the best. I don't want to see you and my father standing on different camps. Elections are too dirty." Alice Roosevelt breathed a sigh of relief. People have sworn to world peace. There is no reason not to believe it.
(End of this chapter)
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