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" You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic;... "
From the Front Porch to the Front Page: McKinley and Bryan in the 1896 ... - Page 62
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The Review of Reviews, Volume 14

Albert Shaw - 1896 - 788 pages
...I tell you that the great cities rest upon these broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring up...grow in the streets of every city in this country. My friends, we shall declare that this nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question,...
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The Review of Reviews, Volume 14

William Thomas Stead - 1896 - 608 pages
...I tell you that the great cities rest upon those broad and fertile prairies. Burn' down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up...grow in the streets of every city in this country. (Applause.) TO CABE FOE ITSKLF. "My friends, wo shall declare that this nation is able to legislate...
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The Presidential Candidates and Platforms, Biographies, and Nominating Speeches

1896 - 52 pages
...I tell you that the great cities rest upon these broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your Cities will spring up...grow In the streets of every city in this country. (Applause.) My friends, we shall declare that this nation Is able to legislate for its own oeople on...
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The Money Question: The 50% Fall in General Prices, the Evil Effects; the ...

George Henry Shibley - 1896 - 722 pages
...I tell you that the great cities rest upon theoe broad and fertile I'^iries. Burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring UP...grow in the streets of every city in this country. [Applause.] My friends, we shall declare that this nation is able to legislate for its own People on...
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Life and Patriotic Services of Hon. William J. Bryan: The Fearless and ...

Richard Lee Metcalfe - 1896 - 508 pages
...; we reply 20 that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring up...the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country. "My friends, we declare that this nation is able to legislate for its own people on every...
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Democratic Campaign Book: Presidential Election of 1896

Democratic Party. National Committee, 1896-1900 - 1896 - 396 pages
...standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring up...the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country. A New Declaration of Independence. My friends, we declare that this nation is able to...
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The Standard of Value

William Leighton Jordan - 1896 - 256 pages
...that the great cities rest upon these broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave us our farms, and your cities will spring up again as...but destroy our farms, and the grass will grow in every city in this country. ' You come before us and tell us that we shall disturb your business interests....
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Parties, Problems and Leaders of 1896: An Impartial Presentation of Living ...

James Penny Boyd - 1896 - 632 pages
...I tell you that the great cities rest upon these broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic. But destroy our farms aud the grass will grow in the streets of every city in this country. " My friends, we shall declare...
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The Voter's Guide to the Campaign of 1900: Great Issues and National Leaders ...

Charles Morris, Edward Sylvester Ellis, Isaac Thorne Johnson - 1900 - 538 pages
...standard. I tell you that the great cities rest upon these broad and fertile praries. Burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring up...grow in the streets of every city in this country. If they dare to come out and in the open defend the gold standard as a good thing, we shall fight them...
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A Library of Universal Literature: In 4 Parts, Comprising Science ..., Volume 8

1900 - 470 pages
...standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up...the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country. My friends, we declare that this nation is able to legislate for its own people on every...
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