A Documentary History of the United StatesIndiana University Press, 1952 - 287 pages |
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Page 182
... demands for reform or battle to preserve the status quo . The issue was clear - cut , for protest had already been largely focused on the money question . Since the Civil War , debtor farmers had persistently advocated an expanded money ...
... demands for reform or battle to preserve the status quo . The issue was clear - cut , for protest had already been largely focused on the money question . Since the Civil War , debtor farmers had persistently advocated an expanded money ...
Page 186
... demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 . 2. We demand that the amount of circulating medium be speedily increased to not less than $ 50 per capita . 3. We demand a graduated income tax ...
... demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 . 2. We demand that the amount of circulating medium be speedily increased to not less than $ 50 per capita . 3. We demand a graduated income tax ...
Page 197
... demands of an anxiety - ridden public . In 1893 the anti - imperi- alist Grover Cleveland had successfully opposed the annexa- tion of Hawaii when American sugar planters , without regard for the native majority , staged a revolution in ...
... demands of an anxiety - ridden public . In 1893 the anti - imperi- alist Grover Cleveland had successfully opposed the annexa- tion of Hawaii when American sugar planters , without regard for the native majority , staged a revolution in ...
Contents
FOREWORD | 7 |
THE LAW OF THE LAND | 17 |
FEDERALISTS VS REPUBLICANS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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