One hundred years ago, 50 million paign literature (one for each eligible
Americans approached a presiden-voter).
tial election with an eager anticipa- The year 1880 was a time for op- tion that our more jaded age can timism and enthusiasm. Memories of scarcely hope to match: a bitter Civil War were beginning to %* In tiny Warren, Ohio (popula- fade; a deep economic depression, tion: 4,428), 40,000 people turned out which had begun in 1873 and stirred in late September to hear New the nation's...