But suppose they were political brokers? No one stopped the rich Republican financiers from doing the same thing. What is more. as their political "brokers." the Bosses got at least a show of humanity from the city governments. the first of its kind. The Germans came first. starting around 1840 until 1848 when there was a German rush. They were better educated and more propertied than the later waves of immigrants. and they established themselves with distinction even before the Civil War. New York. Cincinnati. St. Louis. Milwaukee and Indianapolis were among their principal .sites of settlement. and there was no place they went to which they didnt add their tremendous industry and great civic sense.
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