Chapter 495 Senior Voters Conference
What is the conflict between the interests of the agricultural population in the Midwest and the white supremacy demanded by the South? Farmers cannot be white supremacists, and the agricultural population in the South is smaller? These are all internal contradictions among the people.
Although Sheffield has no experience of winning elections, he has watched elections many times. At least like the two candidates, he has plenty of experience of losing elections. What if he loses? He will run again next time. Although unlike previous times, he is not prepared to lose this time.
The most stable voting bases are Arizona and New Mexico. Although the administrative district separated from the New Mexico region was established not long ago, the United Company's position here is solid and can almost be described as highly popular.
Most of the residents here should understand who came from afar to save them from the high pressure of the Ottoman Empire and bring them to the New World. Moreover, these ethnic groups that have close relations with the Russian Empire should have a good relationship with Texas. They should just vote for whoever Texas votes for.
The current Russian Empire, like the Qing Dynasty, is in its last days. When in New York, Sheffield once suggested to J.P. Morgan that he should compete with the French for the Russian market and invest in Russia. However, J.P. Morgan refused on the grounds that the Japanese loan had not been recovered.
Sheffield did not appreciate this point about Morgan Jr. He was not as bold and daring as Morgan Sr. He had just finished his career as a prince, so shouldn't he be brave enough to forge ahead? Why was he so conservative?
While his mind was wandering, he didn't notice Natalia coming in. Sheffield made a prank gesture and pointed at Natalia's belly, which scared the little girl so much that she screamed and covered her bulging belly with her teeth and claws. "What are you doing?"
Sheffield opened his hand again and rubbed the woman's belly with a playful smile, "I'm just kidding, don't be so nervous. I own at least half of the property, so how can it be fair?"
"How can you be so sure!" Natalia said to herself with lingering fear, "This child is very important to me."
"You are very disrespectful to me by saying that. It makes me feel like a tool." Sheffield bent down and kissed Natalia's red lips, then kissed her belly again. He sighed and said, "If it were the habit in previous years, I would have gone to Australia or South Africa to create an alibi. Now we need to send someone else. Nothing is more important than the election."
The slave owners hoped that the Democratic Party would be in power until the end of World War I, which is twelve years from now. Compared with the same period in history, the Democratic Party's chances of winning this election have greatly increased, but will it affect the important time window? Who knows?
If the Democratic Party had been in power during the World War, would Sheffield still have to play happily with Rockefeller Jr. and Morgan Jr.? After the war, there was no Big Three, and only Sheffield was left with a commanding presence.
Therefore, business is not important at all. This election is very important. From a small perspective, we don't know how many naval orders we can get. The United States has just started to catch up with the Dreadnought class. There are still many opportunities to make money. The shipbuilding industry alone is one of them. We don't know how many opportunities to make money there are in other industries.
What about tariffs? Tariffs must be lowered. The economy has been bad anyway, so this is a good opportunity to squeeze out a number of small and medium-sized enterprises. In a country like the United States, the best target is naturally the working class, and the best scapegoat is the black community. The slave owners have already designed everything, and they are just waiting for the Democrats to come to power.
While the two were chatting, the dusty McHale walked in. Seeing the couple, he took a deep breath. He had never seen such arrogant people in his life. There were many people with mistresses, but not many of them were open about it. He said helplessly, "In Arizona and New Mexico, William Bryan's proposal was welcomed by many supporters."
"It's no surprise that they are all silver states!" Sheffield looked completely indifferent. "I still remember that during the Spanish-American War, only Colorado legislators voted against it because the state's sugar industry was very important. Who wouldn't consider their own interests?"
The struggle of the Silver Party was still alive fifty years later, and it was not until Kennedy was assassinated that it was completely quelled. It turned out that there were silver mines everywhere in the Spanish colonies. There were silver mines in thirteen states west of the Mississippi River in the United States alone. This time the Silver Party regained its strength.
It is related to last year's financial crisis. Historically, financial crises were a critical time for Morgan to achieve his goal of establishing the Federal Reserve. This time, the slave owners rushed in and messed things up, causing the banker group to become parasites in the eyes of the citizens of the country.
The right to interpret the origin of the financial crisis proves the freedom of speech in the United States. For example, voters in the Midwest believe that this is a conspiracy of bankers and the gold standard. Firstly, citizens of the United States themselves are very fond of conspiracy theories. Secondly, looking at the silver mines in their state, voters in these states automatically put themselves in a position to benefit the most.
Therefore, these voters were put in a position to benefit the most from various conspiracy theories about the financial crisis, resulting in William Bryan's appearance this time being almost as powerful as his first time against William McKinley.
In fact, for Sheffield, even if he came to power, he would still be a beneficiary. The slave owners had quite a few silver mines, although they were all associated mines, so he was not at a big disadvantage.
Let's not talk about the Democratic Party for now. Judging from the recent trends, Taft, who was supported by Roosevelt, has a very obvious advantage. Roosevelt has done his best to support Taft's campaign. He believes that his friend is the most suitable candidate for president on various occasions. With Roosevelt's halo, Taft has had no trouble since he announced his candidacy. According to Sheffield's observation, J.P. Morgan and Rockefeller Jr. seem to be having a hard time in their attempt to snipe Taft.
After the emergence of the powerful president Roosevelt, some of the original unspoken rules seemed to have been broken, that is, political parties are not tools of big business, and even if they are not one-sided, they are equal partners in cooperation. Of course, political parties can also say no to big business, and this situation is more serious in the Republican Party than in the Democratic Party.
The Democratic Party has lost power for twelve consecutive years, so it is natural that it will be more tolerant towards its important supporters.
"Where is Gale going? Did he go back to Puerto Rico?" Sheffield talked for a long time and suddenly remembered this friend. He could clearly see Gale's decline over the years. When he just came back from Brazil, he thought he was a king, but he fell from king to bronze. It was really eye-opening. "It's time now. Did you let yourself go after having a son? I also have a son. Didn't I also carry a heavy burden and move forward?"
"He went to Mississippi to help campaign for Alton Parker," McHale shrugged.
"He's really good at electing! Well, thank you for your hard work." Sheffield chuckled. Let's put it this way, any state could be conquered by the Republicans, but Mississippi is definitely not a state. Slavery was legal before 2013. Why use Gale to campaign?
They have also made efforts. Sheffield cannot say anything. They still have to give face to the higher voters. It is the same everywhere. It all depends on personal relationship rather than ability. What's more, they are just self-degrading, not incompetent.
Sheffield had always been very curious about why the Democratic National Convention was always held in Chicago. Later he realized that travel was generally inconvenient in that era and everyone relied on railways, and Chicago was the railway hub of the United States.
The transportation is convenient, and it takes into account the agricultural population in the Midwest and the Great Lakes in the Northeast, which makes it convenient for holding national conferences.
The skin under the woman's stockings is delicate, smooth, and warm. Perhaps it is because she has paid great attention to maintenance for a long time. The muscles on her round thighs are very elastic and feel very tactile to the touch. Because Edith Rockefeller is relatively old, she has done her best in the field of fighting against time.
"If it gets stretched out, it won't work!" Edith Rockefeller opened the door to her man's physical advances, but she also struggled shyly.
"So should I continue or stop?" Sheffield asked with a sly smile. This problem did arise in the stockings of that era because nylon had not appeared. However, Edith Rockefeller could afford to buy a new one with her wealth.
Stockings were first made to be worn by men, but eventually became popular among women, just like the Democratic Party, which started out as a purely white political party but was forced to become a collection of strange shapes and forms.
William Bryan will eventually have to compete with Alton Parker at the Democratic National Convention. Based on the current feedback, Alton Parker's victory should be expected.
The national delegates gathered in Chicago will select the candidate who will represent the Democratic Party this time. In other words, the previous efforts to win over supporters from all over the country and hold rallies were not so effective. This time, the gathering of high-level voters is the real top priority. Whichever state candidate wins, the delegates who support him will attend the national party convention.
Otherwise, Stalin once said that voters can't decide anything, but those who record votes decide everything. As a member of the higher electorate, Sheffield naturally came to attend the higher electorate meeting on July 19.
On the morning of July 19, senior voters from all over the country came to the venue of the convention to decide the Democratic Party’s candidates in this election. As for William Bryan and Alton Parker, they had already arrived early.
(End of this chapter)
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