The Battle of 1900: An Official Hand-book for Every American Citizen. Republican Issues by L. White Busbey, Prohibition Issues by Oliver W. Stewart, Democratic Issues by Willis J. Abbot, Populist Issues by Dr. Howard S. Taylor. Endorsed by the PartiesMonarch, 1900 - 544 pages Issues and platforms of all parties, with portraits and biographies of the leaders, including the lives of the presidential candidates. |
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Page 19
... favor of honest money which will be recognized the world over as good for its face value , or overturn that verdict and adopt a debased silver currency . They must decide what is to be the stand- ard of value in this country , -gold or ...
... favor of honest money which will be recognized the world over as good for its face value , or overturn that verdict and adopt a debased silver currency . They must decide what is to be the stand- ard of value in this country , -gold or ...
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... favor of the former ; advocated public improvements and opposed polygamy and Chinese immigration . General Garfield was elected , receiving 214 votes in the electoral college to 155 for General Hancock . The popular vote stood ...
... favor of the former ; advocated public improvements and opposed polygamy and Chinese immigration . General Garfield was elected , receiving 214 votes in the electoral college to 155 for General Hancock . The popular vote stood ...
Page 108
... favor of his friend because he knew his own lack of military experience . He ac- cepted the second place in the regiment , and it was due to his untiring zeal and impetuosity that this command of volunteer soldiers was fully armed and ...
... favor of his friend because he knew his own lack of military experience . He ac- cepted the second place in the regiment , and it was due to his untiring zeal and impetuosity that this command of volunteer soldiers was fully armed and ...
Page 109
... favor of this country and gave to our people the largest share of foreign markets , which had been the dream of free traders , they had ever enjoyed . The administration has succeeded in doing with a protective tariff and the gold ...
... favor of this country and gave to our people the largest share of foreign markets , which had been the dream of free traders , they had ever enjoyed . The administration has succeeded in doing with a protective tariff and the gold ...
Page 110
... favor amounting to $ 852,000,000 in three years . During the first three years of the Cleve- land administration our excess of exports over imports was $ 679,000,000 . During the first three years of the McKinley administration this ...
... favor amounting to $ 852,000,000 in three years . During the first three years of the Cleve- land administration our excess of exports over imports was $ 679,000,000 . During the first three years of the McKinley administration this ...
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Page 193 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Page 328 - The Inhabitants of the Territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States by this Treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights and immunities of the Citizens of the United States.
Page 8 - Massachusetts, is to be expended for books for the College Library. The other half of the income is devoted to scholarships in Harvard University for the benefit of descendants of HENRY BRIGHT, JR., who died at Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1686.
Page 301 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 28 - ... encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country ; and we commend that policy of national exchanges which secures to the workingmen liberal wages, to agriculture remunerating prices, to mechanics and manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial prosperity and independence.
Page 482 - The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind, and the possessors of these in turn despise the Republic and endanger liberty.
Page 316 - I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence in the world; enables the enemies of free institutions, with plausibility, to taunt us as hypocrites...
Page 194 - That the new dogma, that the constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the territories of the United States...
Page 30 - That we approve the position taken by the Government that the people of the United States can never regard with indifference the attempt of any European power to overthrow by force, or to supplant by fraud, the institutions of any republican government on the western continent; and that they will view with extreme jealousy, as menacing to the peace and independence of their own country, the efforts of any such power to obtain new footholds for monarchical governments, sustained by foreign military...
Page 327 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.