The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896W.B. Conkey Company, 1896 - 629 pages |
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... America that the descend- ants do not know the date of the immigration of the ancestors to the colonies nor is it known positively from what country they came , but they are believed to have been English . Israel Jennings , who was born ...
... America that the descend- ants do not know the date of the immigration of the ancestors to the colonies nor is it known positively from what country they came , but they are believed to have been English . Israel Jennings , who was born ...
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... American people from tradition and interest favor bimetallism , and the Repub- lican party demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money , such restrictions to be determined by contemplation of values of the two metals , so ...
... American people from tradition and interest favor bimetallism , and the Repub- lican party demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money , such restrictions to be determined by contemplation of values of the two metals , so ...
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... American investors in the purchase of any bonds which may be issued before next October , and are also given a pref- erence now over the American investors who but a short time ago stood ready to purchase more bonds than were then ...
... American investors in the purchase of any bonds which may be issued before next October , and are also given a pref- erence now over the American investors who but a short time ago stood ready to purchase more bonds than were then ...
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... American people and unfold the full plan of the gold conspiracy . Why is it that our opponents keep bringing up one proposition at a time and saying , " An emergency is upon us ; let us adopt this proposition at once and leave the final ...
... American people and unfold the full plan of the gold conspiracy . Why is it that our opponents keep bringing up one proposition at a time and saying , " An emergency is upon us ; let us adopt this proposition at once and leave the final ...
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... America , " all by the same author ; the last named being the manual of a national order of the same name established ... American Bimetallic League , called this conference , deserves to be mentioned as one of the most able and earnest ...
... America , " all by the same author ; the last named being the manual of a national order of the same name established ... American Bimetallic League , called this conference , deserves to be mentioned as one of the most able and earnest ...
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adopted advocates American Arthur Sewall ballot bank believe bill bimetal bimetallism Bryan bullion campaign candidate cent Chairman circulation citizens coin coinage of silver Committee Congress contract creditor currency debts declared delegates demand Democratic party demonetization desire election farmers favor financial policy foreign free and unlimited free coinage friends give gold and silver gold bonds gold dollar gold standard Government honor Illinois increase interest issue Jefferson labor legal tender legislation Lincoln McKinley meeting metals money question monometallism National Convention Nebraska nomination North Carolina opponents ounce patriotism plank political Populist present President principles prosperity ratio of 16 Republican party secure Senator Sewall Sherman law silver bullion Silver Convention silver dollar Silver party sound money South Dakota speech stand tell ticket tion Treasury notes unconditional repeal United unlimited coinage vote wealth William York
Popular passages
Page 376 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Page 481 - I do not forget the position assumed by some, that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the Government...
Page 326 - We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.
Page 401 - The silver interests began in that year a propaganda to restore the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1...
Page 65 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Page 606 - Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire. New Jersey, New York. North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota.
Page 376 - Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which if surrendered will surely be used to close the door of advancement against such as they and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them till all of liberty shall be lost.
Page 84 - While, scourged by famine from the smiling land The mournful peasant leads his humble band, And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave.
Page 45 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Page 200 - 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. 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...