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It was up- importance to them than this . on this issue that Senator Teller and those “ The great contest , in which many of you delegates holding his views upon the silver participated , of whether we should have two question decided ...
It was up- importance to them than this . on this issue that Senator Teller and those “ The great contest , in which many of you delegates holding his views upon the silver participated , of whether we should have two question decided ...
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... commerce . fortunes , deficient revenues have impoverished the government , brought about bond issues , FOR FREE HOMESTEADS . and bond syndicates have discouraged and We believe in an immediate return to the scandalized the nation .
... commerce . fortunes , deficient revenues have impoverished the government , brought about bond issues , FOR FREE HOMESTEADS . and bond syndicates have discouraged and We believe in an immediate return to the scandalized the nation .
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They have framed to the judgment of events , and calmly waiting the issue of this campaign . What is it ? for that triumphant vindication whose laurel Money ? Yes , money , not that which is coined this convention is impatient to place ...
They have framed to the judgment of events , and calmly waiting the issue of this campaign . What is it ? for that triumphant vindication whose laurel Money ? Yes , money , not that which is coined this convention is impatient to place ...
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The issue then was restora- there to remain , by giving us a leader on the tion of the tariff and was more nearly like Republican national ticket to go with us . that of to - day than at any other period which I can recall in the ...
The issue then was restora- there to remain , by giving us a leader on the tion of the tariff and was more nearly like Republican national ticket to go with us . that of to - day than at any other period which I can recall in the ...
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As a rule set down as a masterful representation of the he makes but few gestures , but those he issues before the country in 1892. On the only does make are emphatic . When well into ballot ' taken for the nomination for President ...
As a rule set down as a masterful representation of the he makes but few gestures , but those he issues before the country in 1892. On the only does make are emphatic . When well into ballot ' taken for the nomination for President ...
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Page 24 - We denounce arbitrary interference by Federal authorities in local affairs as a violation of the Constitution of the United States and a crime against free institutions, and we especially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which Federal Judges, in contempt of the laws of the States and rights of citizens, become at once legislators, judges and executioners...
Page 9 - All our silver and paper currency must be maintained at parity with gold, and we favor all measures designed to maintain inviolably the obligations of the United States and all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of the most enlightened nations of the earth.
Page 26 - York; the farmer who goes forth in the morning and toils all day, who begins in the spring and toils all summer, and who by the application of brain and muscle to the natural resources of the country creates wealth, is as much a business man as the man who goes upon the Board of Trade and bets upon the price of grain...
Page 24 - We are unalterably opposed to monometallism which has locked fast the prosperity of an industrial people in the paralysis of hard times. Gold monometallism is a British policy, and its adoption has brought other nations into financial servitude to London. It is not only un-American, but...
Page 9 - Democratic tariff as sectional, injurious to the public credit, and destructive to business enterprise. We demand such an equitable tariff on foreign imports which come into competition with American products as will not only furnish adequate revenue for the necessary expenses of the government, but will protect American labor from degradation to the wage level of other lands. We are not pledged to any particular schedules. The question of rates is a practical question to be governed by the conditions...
Page 26 - The man who is employed for wages is as much a business man as his employer; the attorney in a country town is as much a business man as the corporation counsel in a great metropolis; the merchant at the crossroads store is as much a business man as the merchant of New York...
Page 34 - All land now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only.
Page 34 - We tender to the patriotic people of Cuba our deepest sympathy in their heroic struggle for political freedom and independence, and we believe the time has come when the United States, the great republic of the world, should recognize that Cuba is, and of right ought to be, a free and independent state.
Page 27 - 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; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
Page 25 - Confiding in the justice of our cause and the necessity of its success at the polls, we submit the foregoing declaration of principles and purposes to the considerate judgment of the American people. We Invite the support of all citizens who approve them and who desire to have them made effective through legislation for the relief of the people and the restoration of the country's prosperity.