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Page 118
... election to public office , was thirty years old . Bryan's income as a lawyer had never exceeded $ 1800 a year and was gen- erally much lower . For him , and at that time , election to Congress at $ 5000 a year and some perquisites was ...
... election to public office , was thirty years old . Bryan's income as a lawyer had never exceeded $ 1800 a year and was gen- erally much lower . For him , and at that time , election to Congress at $ 5000 a year and some perquisites was ...
Page 521
... election of United States senators by direct vote of the people . The action at this time was stimulated by two recent legislative scandals , one attending the selection of Matthew S. Quay by the Pennsylvania legislature , the other ...
... election of United States senators by direct vote of the people . The action at this time was stimulated by two recent legislative scandals , one attending the selection of Matthew S. Quay by the Pennsylvania legislature , the other ...
Page 552
... election returns is , of course , the conscious exaggeration of a humorist . We need not go so far . But the court does take account of election returns , and it necessarily follows the facts . It follows them ; it does not lead them ...
... election returns is , of course , the conscious exaggeration of a humorist . We need not go so far . But the court does take account of election returns , and it necessarily follows the facts . It follows them ; it does not lead them ...
Contents
THREE POLITICAL LEADERS | 99 |
CONDITIONS THAT GAVE RISE TO BRYAN | 151 |
186 | 155 |
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