The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896W.B. Conkey Company, 1896 - 629 pages |
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... York Tribune , Opinion 507 238 301 492 New York World , Opinion of 474 Nomination of Silver Party , Sph Accepting .. 427 Notification , Letter of ...... 313 Open Letter to President Cleved .. 160 Ottumwa Speech ... 594 Parkhurst ...
... York Tribune , Opinion 507 238 301 492 New York World , Opinion of 474 Nomination of Silver Party , Sph Accepting .. 427 Notification , Letter of ...... 313 Open Letter to President Cleved .. 160 Ottumwa Speech ... 594 Parkhurst ...
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... York , Pennsylvania , Illinois , Indiana , Ohio , and I might name them all if time permitted , provide the same , the object being to prevent less than one half of all the members elected to the Legislature from passing laws . It is ...
... York , Pennsylvania , Illinois , Indiana , Ohio , and I might name them all if time permitted , provide the same , the object being to prevent less than one half of all the members elected to the Legislature from passing laws . It is ...
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... York , should be compelled to vote yea or nay when a bill shall pass , and that a majority shall concur , unless the same reasons apply in this body . We are asked to change this rule , which has been in operation since the beginning of ...
... York , should be compelled to vote yea or nay when a bill shall pass , and that a majority shall concur , unless the same reasons apply in this body . We are asked to change this rule , which has been in operation since the beginning of ...
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... York World of August 3 contained an article encouraging the banks to issue more money under the present law . It showed the profits as follows : These bonds are selling now at 109 to 110. At this latter period a $ 100,000 bond ...
... York World of August 3 contained an article encouraging the banks to issue more money under the present law . It showed the profits as follows : These bonds are selling now at 109 to 110. At this latter period a $ 100,000 bond ...
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... York ( Mr. Hendrix ) , who said on last Saturday : I predict to you that inside of three months - before this Congress meets again— if you repeal this Sherman law and adjourn , England will make proposals to this country to come into a ...
... York ( Mr. Hendrix ) , who said on last Saturday : I predict to you that inside of three months - before this Congress meets again— if you repeal this Sherman law and adjourn , England will make proposals to this country to come into a ...
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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
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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...