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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... gold or silver . The issue is made and now only the voters can decide . They must decide whether they want to con- tinue the prosperity which has smiled upon them during this adminis- tration or go back to the uncertainty of a ...
... gold or silver . The issue is made and now only the voters can decide . They must decide whether they want to con- tinue the prosperity which has smiled upon them during this adminis- tration or go back to the uncertainty of a ...
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... gold and equal to the best money in the world . In fact American money is at a premium now in nearly every country in the world . It has , through wise and liberal homestead laws , changed the great plains of the West from the herding ...
... gold and equal to the best money in the world . In fact American money is at a premium now in nearly every country in the world . It has , through wise and liberal homestead laws , changed the great plains of the West from the herding ...
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... gold sold at par in New York . It was first sold at a premium January 13 , 1862 , and it reached its highest rate , $ 2.85 , on July 11 , 1864 . The campaign of 1880 for the Republican nomination was the great- est political battle ever ...
... gold sold at par in New York . It was first sold at a premium January 13 , 1862 , and it reached its highest rate , $ 2.85 , on July 11 , 1864 . The campaign of 1880 for the Republican nomination was the great- est political battle ever ...
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... gold and silver coinage ; and demanded the restoration of the money to its old - time strength and efficiency . Blaine was defeated and Grover Cleveland became President . In 1888 Benjamin Harrison was nominated for President and Levi P ...
... gold and silver coinage ; and demanded the restoration of the money to its old - time strength and efficiency . Blaine was defeated and Grover Cleveland became President . In 1888 Benjamin Harrison was nominated for President and Levi P ...
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... gold standard . " President McKinley was elected by the largest pop- ular vote ever given to a candidate . His administration has redeemed all Republican pledges made in his platform . He called an extra session of Congress within ten ...
... gold standard . " President McKinley was elected by the largest pop- ular vote ever given to a candidate . His administration has redeemed all Republican pledges made in his platform . He called an extra session of Congress within ten ...
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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.