The McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations, 1897-1909Macmillan, 1922 - 418 pages |
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... desired to have the paramount issue the tariff , while silver should be relegated to a subsidiary place . In 1896 in Ohio it was no disgrace to be a bimetallist . It was much easier to favor a single gold standard in New York or Boston ...
... desired to have the paramount issue the tariff , while silver should be relegated to a subsidiary place . In 1896 in Ohio it was no disgrace to be a bimetallist . It was much easier to favor a single gold standard in New York or Boston ...
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... desired a plank which could be inter- preted as favoring gold in the East and yet not condemn- ing silver in the West . The McKinley - Hanna resolu- tion read : The Republican party " would welcome bimetallism based upon an ...
... desired a plank which could be inter- preted as favoring gold in the East and yet not condemn- ing silver in the West . The McKinley - Hanna resolu- tion read : The Republican party " would welcome bimetallism based upon an ...
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... desired work but could not get it , were glad to learn that free sil- ver was the one simple remedy for their trouble . The distress was indeed grave . If we subtract from Dr. Tal- mage's remarks what they contained of rhetorical ex ...
... desired work but could not get it , were glad to learn that free sil- ver was the one simple remedy for their trouble . The distress was indeed grave . If we subtract from Dr. Tal- mage's remarks what they contained of rhetorical ex ...
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... desired him to accept a Cabinet position and for a while he revolved in his mind whether he would not take the post of Secretary of the Treasury , a place which he was entitled to and which he would have admirably filled . On looking ...
... desired him to accept a Cabinet position and for a while he revolved in his mind whether he would not take the post of Secretary of the Treasury , a place which he was entitled to and which he would have admirably filled . On looking ...
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... desired the succession to the Senate that he did not believe the stories , even though some of them must have been endorsed by his New York financial friends to whom he had been drawn closely by the exigencies of the political campaign ...
... desired the succession to the Senate that he did not believe the stories , even though some of them must have been endorsed by his New York financial friends to whom he had been drawn closely by the exigencies of the political campaign ...
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Page 66 - 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 174 - A system which provides a mutual exchange of commodities is manifestly essential to the continued and healthful growth of our export trade. We must "not repose in fancied security that we can forever sell everything and buy little or nothing.
Page 107 - I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight ; and I am not ashamed to tell you, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night.
Page 199 - ... for the happiness, peace, and prosperity of the people of the Philippine Islands, and the measures adopted should be made to conform to their customs, their habits, and even their prejudices, to the fullest extent consistent with the accomplishment of the indispensible requisites of just and effective government.
Page 98 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines.
Page 195 - Lee's army, or on some minor and purely military matter. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon any political question.
Page 180 - United •States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Page 65 - Maine, by whatever exterior cause, is a patent and impressive proof of a state of things in Cuba that is intolerable. That condition is thus shown to be such that the Spanish Government...
Page 15 - ... the existing gold standard must be preserved. All our silver and paper currency must be maintained at parity with gold, and we favor all measures designed to maintain inviolably the obligations of the United States and all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of the most enlightened nations of the earth.
Page 200 - Government of the United States to give protection for property and life, civil and religious freedom, and wise, firm, and unselfish guidance in the paths of peace and prosperity to all the people of the Philippine Islands. I charge this commission to labor for the full performance of this obligation, which concerns the honor and conscience of their country, in the firm hope that through their...