Twenty Years in the Press Gallery: A Concise History of Important Legislation from the 48th to the 58th Congress: the Part Played by the Leading Men of that Period and the Interesting and Impressive Incidents. Impressions of Official and Political Life in WashingtonPublishers Printing Company, 1906 - 497 pages |
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... ? ' " Well , I guess he is ; I never heard of his dying . I never thought anything about it ; but I believe he is a lawyer down about Boston somewhere . " " TWENTY YEARS IN THE PRESS GALLERY CHAPTER I. THE WASHINGTON xii INTRODUCTION .
... ? ' " Well , I guess he is ; I never heard of his dying . I never thought anything about it ; but I believe he is a lawyer down about Boston somewhere . " " TWENTY YEARS IN THE PRESS GALLERY CHAPTER I. THE WASHINGTON xii INTRODUCTION .
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... Lawyers , as a rule , make the most efficient members of Congress for the reason that they are familiar with the statutes , and Congress is merely a law manufactory . In the last fifty years more than one half of the membership of Con ...
... Lawyers , as a rule , make the most efficient members of Congress for the reason that they are familiar with the statutes , and Congress is merely a law manufactory . In the last fifty years more than one half of the membership of Con ...
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... lawyers , between sessions of Congress , in order to make both ends meet . Take , for instance , John T. Morgan of Alabama , who is serv- ing his fifth term in the Senate . He is 46 TWENTY YEARS IN THE PRESS GALLERY .
... lawyers , between sessions of Congress , in order to make both ends meet . Take , for instance , John T. Morgan of Alabama , who is serv- ing his fifth term in the Senate . He is 46 TWENTY YEARS IN THE PRESS GALLERY .
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... lawyers in the House , if not the ablest . Then McMillin of Tennessee , had Claims , and with him on this Committee were General Warner of Ohio , Dockery of Missouri , and Tom Ochiltree of Texas . Cassidy of Nevada , was chairman of ...
... lawyers in the House , if not the ablest . Then McMillin of Tennessee , had Claims , and with him on this Committee were General Warner of Ohio , Dockery of Missouri , and Tom Ochiltree of Texas . Cassidy of Nevada , was chairman of ...
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... lawyer from Kentucky , Nat . Crutchfield , of bright , quick mind , with a keen and thorough knowledge of parliamentary law , who rendered the Speaker ready assistance in any parliamentary tangle that might arise . Mr. Carlisle ...
... lawyer from Kentucky , Nat . Crutchfield , of bright , quick mind , with a keen and thorough knowledge of parliamentary law , who rendered the Speaker ready assistance in any parliamentary tangle that might arise . Mr. Carlisle ...
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