The Early Career of William Jennings BryanUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1924 - 302 pages |
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... give notice now that you can di- vide and disrupt the Democratic party and defeat all reforms , but you cannot accom- plish the purpose of legislating solely in the interest of Wall Street on this ques- tion . ( Renewed applause ) " We ...
... give notice now that you can di- vide and disrupt the Democratic party and defeat all reforms , but you cannot accom- plish the purpose of legislating solely in the interest of Wall Street on this ques- tion . ( Renewed applause ) " We ...
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... gives the option to the holder . If all the Treasury notes were destroyed , the green backs sufficient to draw out the $ 100,000,000 reserve three times over , and then they can be reissued and used again . To complain of the Treasury ...
... gives the option to the holder . If all the Treasury notes were destroyed , the green backs sufficient to draw out the $ 100,000,000 reserve three times over , and then they can be reissued and used again . To complain of the Treasury ...
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... give up the floor to Senator Hill of New York , who talked against the Platform as brought in by the majority . " Senator Hill insisted that the safest and best course for the Conven- tion to pursue was to take the first step forward by ...
... give up the floor to Senator Hill of New York , who talked against the Platform as brought in by the majority . " Senator Hill insisted that the safest and best course for the Conven- tion to pursue was to take the first step forward by ...
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... give me an advantage over other candidates , and so this honor passed me by . It was fortunate for me that I lost both these opportunities to address the Conven- tion . " 23 . Nomination by Populist Party The populist Convention met in ...
... give me an advantage over other candidates , and so this honor passed me by . It was fortunate for me that I lost both these opportunities to address the Conven- tion . " 23 . Nomination by Populist Party The populist Convention met in ...
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... give a word of encour- agement to the silverites of Somerset , Ky . , and reached Knoxville , Tenn . , early in the ... gives me pleasure to intro- duce to you ( the train then began to move endfle jumped off of the car he concluded the ...
... give a word of encour- agement to the silverites of Somerset , Ky . , and reached Knoxville , Tenn . , early in the ... gives me pleasure to intro- duce to you ( the train then began to move endfle jumped off of the car he concluded the ...
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Page 48 - York; the farmer who goes forth in the morning and toils all day — who begins in the spring and toils all summer — and who by the application of brain and muscle to the natural resources of the country creates wealth, is as much a business man as the man who goes upon the board of trade and bets upon the price of grain...
Page 49 - Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them : ' You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
Page 42 - We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, 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 42 - We are opposed to the policy and practice of surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by law to the Government of redeeming such obligations in either silver coin or gold coin.
Page 4 - 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.
Page 43 - ... that decision, or which may come from its reversal by the court as it may hereafter be constituted, so that the burdens of taxation may be equally and impartially laid, to the end that wealth may bear its due proportion of the expense of the Government.
Page 41 - We declare that the act of 1873 demonetizing silver without the knowledge or approval of the American people has resulted in the appreciation of gold and a corresponding fall In the prices of commodities produced by the people...
Page 48 - ... the miners who go down a thousand feet into the earth, or climb two thousand feet upon the cliffs, and bring forth from their hiding places the precious metals to be poured into the channels of trade are as much business men as the few financial magnates who, in a back room, corner the money of the world.
Page 4 - We have witnessed for more than a quarter of a century the struggles of the two great political parties for power and plunder, while grievous wrongs have been inflicted upon the suffering people. We charge that the controlling influences dominating both these parties have permitted the existing dreadful conditions to develop without serious effort to prevent or restrain them.
Page 43 - Until the money question is settled we are opposed to any agitation for further changes in our tariff laws, except such as are necessary to meet the deficit in revenue caused by the adverse decision of the Supreme Court on the income tax.