The Tribune Almanac and Political RegisterJohn Fitch Cleveland, F. J. Ottarson, Henry Eckford Rhoades, Alexander Jacob Schem, Edward McPherson Tribune Association, 1897 |
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... POPULISTS . The second National Convention of the Populist party met at St. Louis , Mo. , on July 22 , 1896. Senator Marion C. Butler , of North Carolina , was temporary chair- man , and Senator William V. Allen , of Nebraska , was ...
... POPULISTS . The second National Convention of the Populist party met at St. Louis , Mo. , on July 22 , 1896. Senator Marion C. Butler , of North Carolina , was temporary chair- man , and Senator William V. Allen , of Nebraska , was ...
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... POPULISTS . April 29 , 1896. - The platform demanded a free ballot and a fair count ; declared for free coinage of silver ; the abolition of National banks , and the expansion of currency . A tariff plank said : " We favor a tariff for ...
... POPULISTS . April 29 , 1896. - The platform demanded a free ballot and a fair count ; declared for free coinage of silver ; the abolition of National banks , and the expansion of currency . A tariff plank said : " We favor a tariff for ...
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... POPULIST . August 6 , 1896. - The following was the principal feature of the platform : " In ac- cepting Bryan , the Democratic nominee , the Populist party has done all that rea- son and justice can demand . We desire a union of all ...
... POPULIST . August 6 , 1896. - The following was the principal feature of the platform : " In ac- cepting Bryan , the Democratic nominee , the Populist party has done all that rea- son and justice can demand . We desire a union of all ...
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... POPULISTS . August 6 , 1896. - The platform indorsed the National Populist code of principles ; severely arraigned the Republican State administration , and demanded the enact- ment of a maximum freight rate bill by the next Legislature ...
... POPULISTS . August 6 , 1896. - The platform indorsed the National Populist code of principles ; severely arraigned the Republican State administration , and demanded the enact- ment of a maximum freight rate bill by the next Legislature ...
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... POPULISTS . July 20 , 1896. - The platform declared that " the People's party of Kentucky is unalterably opposed to the indorsement by the National Convention of the Peo- ple's party at St. Louis of the Demo- cratic platform and ticket ...
... POPULISTS . July 20 , 1896. - The platform declared that " the People's party of Kentucky is unalterably opposed to the indorsement by the National Convention of the Peo- ple's party at St. Louis of the Demo- cratic platform and ticket ...
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Page 20 - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 19 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page 23 - Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-Président; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-Président of the United States.
Page 201 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence, while employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any alms-house or other asylum, or institution wholly or partly supported at public expense or by charity; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 97 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which he was before, a citizen or subject," which proceedings must be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 205 - No officer whose salary is fixed by the Constitution shall receive any additional compensation. Each of the other state officers named in the Constitution shall, during his continuance in office, receive a compensation, to be fixed by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed; nor shall he receive to his use any fees er perquisites of office or other compensation.
Page 205 - The Legislature shall provide for filling vacancies in office, and in case of elective officers, no person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold his office by virtue of such appointment longer than the commencement of the political year next succeeding the first annual election a,fter the happening of the vacancy.
Page 205 - Neither the State nor any subdivision thereof, shall use its property or credit or any public money, or authorize or permit either to be used, directly or indirectly, in aid or maintenance, other than for examination or inspection, of any school or institution of learning wholly or in part under the control or direction of any religious denomination, or in which any denominational tenet or doctrine is taught.
Page 80 - Every person who shall insert or impress such notice, or words of the same purport, in or upon any book, map, chart, dramatic, or musical composition, print, cut, engraving, or photograph, or other article, for which he has not obtained a copyright, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, recoverable one-half for the person who shall sue for such penalty and one-half to the use of the United States.
Page 35 - All land now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only.