The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896W.B. Conkey Company, 1896 - 629 pages |
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... free coinage bill . In the Fifty - first Congress he joined with the silver men in the Senate in an effort to secure a free coinage measure instead of the act of 1890 , known as the Sherman act . In the Fifty - third Congress he led the ...
... free coinage bill . In the Fifty - first Congress he joined with the silver men in the Senate in an effort to secure a free coinage measure instead of the act of 1890 , known as the Sherman act . In the Fifty - third Congress he led the ...
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... free coinage of silver on equal terms with gold and de- nounce the effort of the Republican party to serve the interests of Wall street as against the rights of the people . I wrote the plank and it expressed my views at that time . The ...
... free coinage of silver on equal terms with gold and de- nounce the effort of the Republican party to serve the interests of Wall street as against the rights of the people . I wrote the plank and it expressed my views at that time . The ...
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... free coinage of silver and demand that it shall be made a full legal tender for all debts , public and private ; and we denounce as unjust and dis- honest the provisions of the law recently enacted allowing parties to stipulate against ...
... free coinage of silver and demand that it shall be made a full legal tender for all debts , public and private ; and we denounce as unjust and dis- honest the provisions of the law recently enacted allowing parties to stipulate against ...
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... free coinage would be to secure the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law , thus leaving no provision for an increase in silver coinage . Taking a copy of the bill with me throughout my District I pointed out the probable attempt ...
... free coinage would be to secure the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law , thus leaving no provision for an increase in silver coinage . Taking a copy of the bill with me throughout my District I pointed out the probable attempt ...
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... free coinage - which is consistent with the his- tory of the party ; for the tariff bills which we promised to pass , and for the bill for the election of United States Senators by the people , and only yielded to it at the dictation of ...
... free coinage - which is consistent with the his- tory of the party ; for the tariff bills which we promised to pass , and for the bill for the election of United States Senators by the people , and only yielded to it at the dictation of ...
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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...