Why does mccarthy likely mention john service and gustave duran in paragraphs 12-14?

the end of the gilded age coincided with the panic of 1893, a deep depression, which lasted until 1897 and marked a major political realignment in the election of 1896. this productive but divisive era was followed by the progressive era.

declare war, appoint military officers, sign treaties, make alliances

he came up or eelped come up with the jersy plan