The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896W.B. Conkey Company, 1896 - 629 pages |
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... silver dollars , directed by the law passed in February , 1878 . It will be seen that the same forces were at work ... gold monometallism - to a realm over whose door is written : " Abandon hope , all ye who enter here ! " Before that door I ...
... silver dollars , directed by the law passed in February , 1878 . It will be seen that the same forces were at work ... gold monometallism - to a realm over whose door is written : " Abandon hope , all ye who enter here ! " Before that door I ...
Page 80
... silver is abandoned and gold substituted it must be drawn from the world's already scanty supply . We hear much about a “ stable currency " and an " honest dollar . " It is a significant fact that those who have spoken in favor of ...
... silver is abandoned and gold substituted it must be drawn from the world's already scanty supply . We hear much about a “ stable currency " and an " honest dollar . " It is a significant fact that those who have spoken in favor of ...
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... silver and require gold money a revolution in the value of gold would be inevitable . Giffin , who is probably the most fanatical adherent of the gold standard , says , in his book entitled The Case Against Bimetallism : The primary ...
... silver and require gold money a revolution in the value of gold would be inevitable . Giffin , who is probably the most fanatical adherent of the gold standard , says , in his book entitled The Case Against Bimetallism : The primary ...
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... gold standard would , if successful , produce widespread disaster in and throughout the commercial world . The destruction of silver as money and establishing gold as the sole unit of value must have a ruinous effect on all forms of ...
... gold standard would , if successful , produce widespread disaster in and throughout the commercial world . The destruction of silver as money and establishing gold as the sole unit of value must have a ruinous effect on all forms of ...
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... silver . Let his words be an inspiration now : But in all the wild ... gold - avarice surrounded by every comfort that wealth can command , and ... gold , and would be compelled to select silver . Gold and silver must remain component ...
... silver . Let his words be an inspiration now : But in all the wild ... gold - avarice surrounded by every comfort that wealth can command , and ... gold , and would be compelled to select silver . Gold and silver must remain component ...
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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...