The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896W.B. Conkey Company, 1896 - 629 pages |
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... ratio of 16 to 1 . During the same Congress he was appointed a member of the com- mission which prepared the " Silver Commission Report . " In the Forty - fifth Congress he introduced and secured the passage through the House of a bill ...
... ratio of 16 to 1 . During the same Congress he was appointed a member of the com- mission which prepared the " Silver Commission Report . " In the Forty - fifth Congress he introduced and secured the passage through the House of a bill ...
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... ratio of 16 to 1. In 1894 he was nominated for Congress on a 16 to 1 platform in the Council Bluffs ( Iowa ) district by the Populists and Democrats . After the Democratic National Convention of 1896 had declared unequivocally for ...
... ratio of 16 to 1. In 1894 he was nominated for Congress on a 16 to 1 platform in the Council Bluffs ( Iowa ) district by the Populists and Democrats . After the Democratic National Convention of 1896 had declared unequivocally for ...
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... ratio absolute stability can be secured . We only contend that thus the monetary unit will become more stable in relation to other property than under a single standard . If a single standard were really more desirable than a double ...
... ratio absolute stability can be secured . We only contend that thus the monetary unit will become more stable in relation to other property than under a single standard . If a single standard were really more desirable than a double ...
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... ratio . Let us suppose that all our gold goes to Europe and we have only silver . Silver would not be inconvenient to use , because a silver certificate is just as convenient to handle as a gold cer- tificate , and the silver itself ...
... ratio . Let us suppose that all our gold goes to Europe and we have only silver . Silver would not be inconvenient to use , because a silver certificate is just as convenient to handle as a gold cer- tificate , and the silver itself ...
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... ratio , the Government does not undertake the impossible . France for several years did maintain the parity approximately at 151⁄2 to I by offering unlimited coinage to both metals at that ratio . It is very common for some people to ...
... ratio , the Government does not undertake the impossible . France for several years did maintain the parity approximately at 151⁄2 to I by offering unlimited coinage to both metals at that ratio . It is very common for some people to ...
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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...