Republican Campaign Text BookRepublican Congressional Committee, 1898 |
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... Government ; which sum is only $ 4,246,816.75 more than was appropriated at the last session of the last Congress for the same purposes ( including the appropriations made during the recent extra session ) , which apparent excess is ...
... Government ; which sum is only $ 4,246,816.75 more than was appropriated at the last session of the last Congress for the same purposes ( including the appropriations made during the recent extra session ) , which apparent excess is ...
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... Government demand notes . Total Government currency ... National - bank notes ... Deposits subject to check * . Total bank currency . $ 584,126,049 503,906,973 409,239,863 1,497,272,885 223,827,755 3,210,705,758 3,434,563,513 The volume ...
... Government demand notes . Total Government currency ... National - bank notes ... Deposits subject to check * . Total bank currency . $ 584,126,049 503,906,973 409,239,863 1,497,272,885 223,827,755 3,210,705,758 3,434,563,513 The volume ...
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... Government and banks . - What does government do when it authorizes a bank to do business - when it gives a bank a charter ? It enables a quantity of scattered capital , which would otherwise be quite ineffective , to come together ...
... Government and banks . - What does government do when it authorizes a bank to do business - when it gives a bank a charter ? It enables a quantity of scattered capital , which would otherwise be quite ineffective , to come together ...
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... governments of the Latin Union , have been the leading dominant causes for the rapid decline in the value of silver ... Government has no right to give to the owner of the silver bul- lion , and which defrauds the man who is forced to ...
... governments of the Latin Union , have been the leading dominant causes for the rapid decline in the value of silver ... Government has no right to give to the owner of the silver bul- lion , and which defrauds the man who is forced to ...
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... Government then began using the surplus reve- nues in the purchase of its unmatured bonds at the market price in currency . The average price paid in May , 1869 , was 115.84 , which was equivalent to 82.72 in gold , or a discount of ...
... Government then began using the surplus reve- nues in the purchase of its unmatured bonds at the market price in currency . The average price paid in May , 1869 , was 115.84 , which was equivalent to 82.72 in gold , or a discount of ...
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Page 345 - 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 377 - Second, that it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 277 - We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained the existing gold standard must be preserved.
Page 365 - Cuba. In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Page 377 - That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 234 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 376 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Page 182 - Whereas the government of the Republic of Hawaii having, in due form, signified its consent, in the manner provided by its constitution, to cede absolutely and without reserve to the United Slates of America all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies, and also to cede and transfer to the United States...
Page 33 - ... without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of legal-tender money by private contract.
Page 354 - Obedient to that precept of the Constitution which commands the President to give, from time to time, to the Congress information of the state of the Union, and to recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...