National Platforms of the Republican, Democratic, Fusion Populist Or Peoples, Mid-road Populist Or Peoples, and Prohibition Parties: And Other Valuable and Statistical Information, Compiled from Official PublicationsUnion Pacific railroad, 1900 - 79 pages |
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... crime ; that no bill of attainder or ex - post facto law shall be passed ; that no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press , or the rights of the people to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a ...
... crime ; that no bill of attainder or ex - post facto law shall be passed ; that no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press , or the rights of the people to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a ...
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... not sufficient for the protection of prop- erty , they can be made more severe , but a citizen charged with crime must have his case tried before a jury of his peers . BLACKLIST IS A MENACE . The blacklist as now employed 45.
... not sufficient for the protection of prop- erty , they can be made more severe , but a citizen charged with crime must have his case tried before a jury of his peers . BLACKLIST IS A MENACE . The blacklist as now employed 45.
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... wickedness , woe , pauperism , taxation , corruption and crime , and our one party of patriotic and moral principle , with a policy which defends it from domination by corrupt bosses and which insures it forever against the blighting 61.
... wickedness , woe , pauperism , taxation , corruption and crime , and our one party of patriotic and moral principle , with a policy which defends it from domination by corrupt bosses and which insures it forever against the blighting 61.
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... crime under the hot - house sun of the tropics ; and when the president of the first Philippine commission says " It was unfortunate that we introduced and established the saloon there , to corrupt the natives and to ex- hibit the vices ...
... crime under the hot - house sun of the tropics ; and when the president of the first Philippine commission says " It was unfortunate that we introduced and established the saloon there , to corrupt the natives and to ex- hibit the vices ...
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... crime , in a government of the people , by the people and for the people . We declare that there are but two real parties , to - day , concerning the liquor traffic -- perpetuationists and Prohibitionists ; and that patriotism ...
... crime , in a government of the people , by the people and for the people . We declare that there are but two real parties , to - day , concerning the liquor traffic -- perpetuationists and Prohibitionists ; and that patriotism ...
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Page 82 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 79 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 80 - State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. 7. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title,...
Page 66 - ... 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 82 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 85 - Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Page 81 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 79 - To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy.
Page 78 - ... Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide 2 Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds expel a member.
Page 79 - States; [2] To borrow money on the credit of the United States; [3] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; [4] To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies...