My own public life has been a very brief and insignificant one, extending little beyond the duration of a single term of senatorial office ; but in that brief period I have seen five judges of a high court of the United States driven from office by threats... History of the Appointing Power of the President - Page 97by Lucy Maynard Salmon - 1886 - 129 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1892 - 880 pages
...that Senator Hoar spoke, in May, 1876. when, urging the impeachment of a cabinet minister, he said : " My own public life has been a very brief and insignificant...office by threats of impeachment for corruption or maladministration. I have heard the taunt from friendliest lips that, when the United States presented... | |
| United States. Congress - 1876 - 392 pages
...be encountered by pure and stainless lives. Let corruption and bribery meet their lawful punishment. My own public life has been a very brief and insignificant...office by threats of impeachment for corruption or maladministration. I have heard the taunt, from friendliest, lips, that when the United States presented... | |
| William Worth Belknap - 1876 - 1180 pages
...be encountered by pure and stainless lives. Let corruption and bribery meet their lawful punishment. My own public life has been a very brief and insignificant...office by threats of impeachment for corruption or maladministration. I have heard the taunt, from friendliest lips, that when the United States presented... | |
| 1877 - 748 pages
...whose fabric" Mr. Gladstone so much admires : " My own public life," says this distinguished Senator, " has been a very brief and insignificant one, extending...from office by threats of impeachment for corruption and maladministration. I have heard the taunt from friendliest lips, that, when the United States presented... | |
| 1878 - 588 pages
...the impeachment of General Belknap for corrupt practices as Secretary of War, the Senator said : " My own public life has been a very brief and insignificant...from office by threats of impeachment for corruption and maladministration. I have heard the taunt from friendliest lips that when the United States presented... | |
| 1878 - 818 pages
...whose fabric " Mr Gladstone so much admires. " My own public life," says thia distinguished senator, " has been a very brief and insignificant one, extending...from office by threats of impeachment for corruption and maladministration. I have heard the taunt from friendliest lips that when the United States presented... | |
| 1878 - 786 pages
...this distinguished senator, " has been a very brief and insignificant one, extending little'beyond the duration of a single term of senatorial office....from office by threats of impeachment for corruption and maladministration. I have heard the taunt from friendliest lips that when the United States presented... | |
| 1878 - 906 pages
...whose fabric " Mr. Gladstone so much admires. "My own public life," says this distinguished senator, " has been a very brief and insignificant one, extending little beyond the duration of a single term of senatormi office. But in that brief period I have seen five judges of a high court of the United States... | |
| Democratic Congressional Committee (U.S.) - 1882 - 234 pages
...the stinging spirit of these words to the present evil practice» of the same corrupt party. He said: "My own public life has been a very brief and insignificant...beyond the duration of a single term of senatorial offlce; but in that brief period, I have seen five judges of a high court of the United States driven... | |
| 1883 - 906 pages
...American. Said the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Hoar) then : •' ' My own public life lias been a verv brief and insignificant one, extending little beyond the duration of a single term of senatorial oftice. But in tliut brief period I have seen five judges of a h'urh court of the United States driven... | |
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