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Dawes had been hearing parts of that speech since October ; he had made suggestions ; and only now it was ready . At 12:30 , Beveridge sent this resolution to the Senate presidingofficer's desk : “ RESOLVED , That the Philippine Islands ...
Dawes had been hearing parts of that speech since October ; he had made suggestions ; and only now it was ready . At 12:30 , Beveridge sent this resolution to the Senate presidingofficer's desk : “ RESOLVED , That the Philippine Islands ...
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Dawes opened his speech : “ I first desire to speak relative to the Ku Klux Klan . ” Taking as his text Josiah Quincy's statement , “ Society is never more certainly in the path of destruction than when it trusts itself to the guidance ...
Dawes opened his speech : “ I first desire to speak relative to the Ku Klux Klan . ” Taking as his text Josiah Quincy's statement , “ Society is never more certainly in the path of destruction than when it trusts itself to the guidance ...
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In newspaper offices all over the land , new eight - column banner headings were written , and the newspapers went to press without waiting for the Coolidge speech . VicePresident Dawes had stolen the headlines from the President .
In newspaper offices all over the land , new eight - column banner headings were written , and the newspapers went to press without waiting for the Coolidge speech . VicePresident Dawes had stolen the headlines from the President .
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| Title | Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes, Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Author | Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Publisher | Holt, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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