The Political Reformation of 1884: A Democratic Compaign Book. By Authority of the National Democratic Committee1884 - 302 pages |
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Page 186
... Pacific of Missouri . 37 1,161,235 27 Saint Louis , Iron Mountain and Southern . 514 4,106,647 28 Missouri , Kansas and Texas 183 1,520,000 29 Oregon and California .. 200 3,840,000 30 Oregon Central . 47 100,000 31 Southwest Branch of ...
... Pacific of Missouri . 37 1,161,235 27 Saint Louis , Iron Mountain and Southern . 514 4,106,647 28 Missouri , Kansas and Texas 183 1,520,000 29 Oregon and California .. 200 3,840,000 30 Oregon Central . 47 100,000 31 Southwest Branch of ...
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... Pacific ... 638 6,000,000 Central Pacific . 737 7,997,600 Western Pacific .. 123 1,100,000 Central Branch of the ... Texas Pacific .. 2,870 14,000,000 Atlantic and Pacific .. 1,755 49,244,803 Total ... 7,712 139,403,026 123456789 The ...
... Pacific ... 638 6,000,000 Central Pacific . 737 7,997,600 Western Pacific .. 123 1,100,000 Central Branch of the ... Texas Pacific .. 2,870 14,000,000 Atlantic and Pacific .. 1,755 49,244,803 Total ... 7,712 139,403,026 123456789 The ...
Page 188
... Pacific was chartered with the same rights given to the Atlantic and Pacific . March 2 ( vol . 14 , 548 ) , the ... Texas Pacific was chartered and given forty sections per mile . The next big corporation was the Northern Pacific ...
... Pacific was chartered with the same rights given to the Atlantic and Pacific . March 2 ( vol . 14 , 548 ) , the ... Texas Pacific was chartered and given forty sections per mile . The next big corporation was the Northern Pacific ...
Page 189
... Texas Pacific New Orleans Pacific . + Northern Pacific . Atlantic and Pacific bone was five years , and expired March 3 , 1876. The Texas Pacific proper had ten years , or till 1881 , but by an amendment May 2 , 1872 , it was extended ...
... Texas Pacific New Orleans Pacific . + Northern Pacific . Atlantic and Pacific bone was five years , and expired March 3 , 1876. The Texas Pacific proper had ten years , or till 1881 , but by an amendment May 2 , 1872 , it was extended ...
Page 192
... Pacific . Kansas Pacific $ 23,452,555 27 6,129,333 09 $ 4,592,158 25 $ 18,860,397 02 2,969,049 59 Union Pacific ... Texas Pacific bill , March 3 , 1871 , while the Republican party was in control of both houses of Congress and the ...
... Pacific . Kansas Pacific $ 23,452,555 27 6,129,333 09 $ 4,592,158 25 $ 18,860,397 02 2,969,049 59 Union Pacific ... Texas Pacific bill , March 3 , 1871 , while the Republican party was in control of both houses of Congress and the ...
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Page 294 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Page 44 - No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation...
Page 177 - Moses' seat: all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do : but do not ye after their works : for they say and do not. For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men : they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,...
Page 116 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 294 - ... the diffusion of information, and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of the public reason: freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person, under the protection of the habeas corpus: and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation, which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Page 48 - ... town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in, or bonds of, any association or corporation ; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to incur any indebtedness, except for county, city, town or village purposes.
Page 177 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 248 - President forthwith to demand of that government the reasons of such imprisonment; and if it appears to be wrongful and in violation of the rights of American citizenship, the President shall forthwith demand the release of such citizen, and if the release so demanded is unreasonably delayed or refused, the President shall use such means, not amounting to acts of war, as he may think necessary and proper to obtain or effectuate the release; and all the facts and proceedings relative thereto shall...
Page 274 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 124 - The difference between a federal and national government, as it relates to the operation of the government, is supposed to consist in this, that in the former the powers operate on the political bodies composing the Confederacy, in their political capacities ; in the latter, on the individual citizens composing the nation, in their individual capacities.