Politics at the Turn of Centuries

Sometimes the more things change, the more they remain the

same.

Attitudes toward the New Milleninum

• New Promises in the Promised Land• HOPE!!!!!!!• Sophistication through urbanization – concert

halls and baseball parks – American Culture is being born.

• People are beginning to specialize in all sorts of trades and professions, even in politics.

What is a Political Machine?

What are the Pros & Cons to a Politcal Machine

• Pros

• Cons

Sal Dimasi & Tom Finneran – Both Speaker of the House for Mass.

Speaker DiMasi was convicted in 2011 for pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks for pushing $17.5 million in software contracts through the Legislature on behalf of a Canadian company called Cognos. -

Speaker Finneran, at right, resigned in 2007 after pleading guilty to criminal obstruction of justice, in a court case about his testimony about his influence and participation in the redistricting process following the 2000 census.

Ethics in Government

• State Ethics Commission www.mass.gov./ethics/

•Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2009, the ethics reform law, imposes mandatory education and training requirements on public employers and public employees. The law authorizes the Commission to establish procedures to implement and ensure compliance with these requirements, and these Implementation Procedures are issued pursuant to that authority. The requirements can be summarized as follows: Each year, every state, county, and municipal employee must be given a summary of the conflict of interest law prepared by the Ethics Commission and, every two years, they must complete an online training program prepared by the Commission. Every municipality must designate a liaison to the Commission. All records of compliance with these requirements must be retained for 6 years. These requirements apply to all public employees, as defined by the conflict of interest law and described below, except to the extent that an employing public agency exempts certain categories of employees from these requirements in accordance with the guidelines set forth below (see section 2). These requirements also apply to regional public entities, as discussed below in section 6. Former public employees are not subject to these requirements.

Pendleton Civil Service Act

Pendleton Civil Service Act -1883

• Passed to end favoritism – patronage – in government jobs

• Required that those wishing to attain certain jobs or promotions demonstrate the ability to perform and pass exams

• Still used today. http://www.mass.gov/anf/employment-equal-access-disability/civil-serv-info/

Civil Service Examhttp://www.mass.gov/anf/employment-equal-access-disability/civil-serv-info/exam-info/exam-orientation-and-prep/

• Examination Orientation and Preparation Guides• Orientation and examination preparation guides for entry level Correction Officer I,

Firefighter and Police Officer tests. • Correction Officer I Exam Preparation & Practice Booklet • This Correction Officer Examination Preparation and Practice Booklet has been developed to

help you prepare for the written portion of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Correction Officer Examination. This booklet covers material for the written examination only.

• Firefighter Exam Orientation & Preparation Guide • Preparation guide for the written Firefighter examination.• Firefighter Physical Ability Test (PAT) Preparation Guide • Guide to prepare for the firefighter physical ability test ( PAT ).• Police Officer Physical Ability Test (PAT) Preparation Guide • Guide to prepare for the Police Officer Physical Ability Test (PAT)• 2013 Police Officer & State Trooper Written Exam Preparation Guide • An Orientation & Preparation Guide, which describes the Police Officer examination in more

detail.

The Grange

The Rise of Third Parties

WCTU

• Women’s Christian Temperance Union• A NATIONAL organization of ANGRY WOMEN!!

Bureaucracy

Spoils System

Government Regulation

• Know that the US Constitution is VERY limited regarding the role of the Feds in regulating business. Art I Section 8 Clause 3: Congress shall have the power; to regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

It’s up to the STATE to regulate = inconsistency

Tariffs

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Other Regulations

• ICC – 1887 & Sherman Anti Trust 1890• Each is still very much in use• Munn v. Illinois 1877 State govs can regulate

private property when used for the public good (general welfare foreshadow here…)

Currency Question

Bit Coins? http://money.cnn.com/infographic/technology/what-is-bitcoin/

Farmer’s Alliancewww.farmersalliance.coop

Agway

Populist Party

• What defines them?

• What happened to them?

The Return of Grover and Economic Crash of early 1890’s

Occupy Wall Street?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRCtAHuRao0

Election of 1896

• McKinley v. Bryan

• What is McKinley’s appeal?

• Why Bryan? See Cross of Gold Speech ( If I were the King of the Forrest!!)

What Happened to the People’s Revolution??!!??