The Great Campaign, 1896, Or, Political Struggles of Parties, Leaders, and Issues: Covering Every Phase of the Vital Questions of the Day ... : Including Platforms of All Parties and Biographies of All the Presidential Candidates : Together with a Portrait Gallery of National Celebrities ... ; the Whole Forming a Complete Handbook of Political Information, Voter's Guide, and InstructorLoyal Publishing Company, 1896 - 528 pages |
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... causes of their successes and failures . In the light of the past and the revelations of truth as here set forth , the voter is enabled to gain a clearer view of the situation and to cast his vote intelligently and wisely upon the great ...
... causes of their successes and failures . In the light of the past and the revelations of truth as here set forth , the voter is enabled to gain a clearer view of the situation and to cast his vote intelligently and wisely upon the great ...
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... causes of a popular favorite's hold upon the masses . High principle , personal magnetism , gallantry , boldness even to rashness , great skill in debate or ability as a platform orator - all these may in turn be cited as reasons why a ...
... causes of a popular favorite's hold upon the masses . High principle , personal magnetism , gallantry , boldness even to rashness , great skill in debate or ability as a platform orator - all these may in turn be cited as reasons why a ...
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... cause and with his confidence ; I cannot consistently with my own views of my personal integrity consent , or seem to consent , to permit my name to be used as a candidate before the convention . " I would not restrict myself if I could ...
... cause and with his confidence ; I cannot consistently with my own views of my personal integrity consent , or seem to consent , to permit my name to be used as a candidate before the convention . " I would not restrict myself if I could ...
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... caused him to be selected in 1884 as a member of the National Committee from New Jersey . He gave to National politics the same energy , and did his work with the same affability . He speedily won distinction as a leader in national ...
... caused him to be selected in 1884 as a member of the National Committee from New Jersey . He gave to National politics the same energy , and did his work with the same affability . He speedily won distinction as a leader in national ...
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... cause him to lose interest in New Jersey affairs , even to a personal direction of the policy of his party in the Fifth New Jersey Con- gressional District , where he resided . Mentioned for Governor . Mr. Hobart has several times been ...
... cause him to lose interest in New Jersey affairs , even to a personal direction of the policy of his party in the Fifth New Jersey Con- gressional District , where he resided . Mentioned for Governor . Mr. Hobart has several times been ...
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Page 498 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 493 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 488 - Sec. 4. 1 The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 489 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 496 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 276 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 487 - ... 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Page 498 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 501 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...
Page 492 - Nations ; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water ; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years ; 18 To provide and maintain a Navy...