The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896W.B. Conkey Company, 1896 - 629 pages |
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... given him a warm place in the hearts of his countrymen . Mr. Weaver , Populist . Mr. Weaver was elected to Congress in 1878 , and served in the Forty - sixth , Forty - ninth and Fiftieth Congresses . In January , 1880 , he introduced ...
... given him a warm place in the hearts of his countrymen . Mr. Weaver , Populist . Mr. Weaver was elected to Congress in 1878 , and served in the Forty - sixth , Forty - ninth and Fiftieth Congresses . In January , 1880 , he introduced ...
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... given the names of presiding officers and reception committees . My time during waking hours was so fully occupied that I could not then make a memorandum of persons and events , and , since neither the newspapers nor my memory will ...
... given the names of presiding officers and reception committees . My time during waking hours was so fully occupied that I could not then make a memorandum of persons and events , and , since neither the newspapers nor my memory will ...
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... given in full . I have exercised the Congressional privilege of " revising the record , " and have , to a large extent , eliminated repetition . The preparation has been confined to so short a time and the work has been done amidst such ...
... given in full . I have exercised the Congressional privilege of " revising the record , " and have , to a large extent , eliminated repetition . The preparation has been confined to so short a time and the work has been done amidst such ...
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... given to the nurture and edu- cation of the five minor children . When the boys were grown she re- moved from the farm to Salem , and became an active worker in her church and in societies for social improvement . She always took a deep ...
... given to the nurture and edu- cation of the five minor children . When the boys were grown she re- moved from the farm to Salem , and became an active worker in her church and in societies for social improvement . She always took a deep ...
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... given immortality to the mortal , and gathered to Himself the generous spirit of our friend . poet : Instead of mourning , let us look up and address him in the words of the " Thy day has come , not gone ; Thy sun has risen , not set ...
... given immortality to the mortal , and gathered to Himself the generous spirit of our friend . poet : Instead of mourning , let us look up and address him in the words of the " Thy day has come , not gone ; Thy sun has risen , not set ...
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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...