The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896W.B. Conkey Company, 1896 - 629 páginas |
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... standard . They take it for granted that a gold standard is not only an honest standard , but the only stable standard . I denounce that child of ignorance and avarice , the gold dol- lar under a universal gold standard , as the most ...
... standard . They take it for granted that a gold standard is not only an honest standard , but the only stable standard . I denounce that child of ignorance and avarice , the gold dol- lar under a universal gold standard , as the most ...
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... gold standard by all the world . But who , I ask , can be silent in the presence of such impending calamities ? The United States , Eng- land , France , and Germany own today about $ 2,600,000,000 of the world's supply of gold coin , or ...
... gold standard by all the world . But who , I ask , can be silent in the presence of such impending calamities ? The United States , Eng- land , France , and Germany own today about $ 2,600,000,000 of the world's supply of gold coin , or ...
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... gold money a revolution in the value of gold would be inevitable . Giffin , who is probably the most fanatical adherent of the gold standard , says , in his book entitled The Case Against Bimetallism : The primary offender in the matter ...
... gold money a revolution in the value of gold would be inevitable . Giffin , who is probably the most fanatical adherent of the gold standard , says , in his book entitled The Case Against Bimetallism : The primary offender in the matter ...
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... gold standard and foretell its consequences . But we are not de- pendent for authority upon foreign advocates of a gold standard . Read the words of him who for many years was the guiding genius of the Republican party , Hon . James G ...
... gold standard and foretell its consequences . But we are not de- pendent for authority upon foreign advocates of a gold standard . Read the words of him who for many years was the guiding genius of the Republican party , Hon . James G ...
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... standard if we attempted the free coinage of both gold and silver at any ratio . Let us suppose that all our gold goes to Europe and we have only silver . Silver would not be inconvenient to use , because a silver certificate is just as ...
... standard if we attempted the free coinage of both gold and silver at any ratio . Let us suppose that all our gold goes to Europe and we have only silver . Silver would not be inconvenient to use , because a silver certificate is just as ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adopted advocates American Arthur Sewall ballot bank believe bill bimetal bimetallism Bryan bullion campaign candidate cent Chairman circulation citizens coin coinage of silver Committee Congress contract creditor currency debts declared delegates demand Democratic party demonetization desire election farmers favor financial policy foreign free and unlimited free coinage friends give gold and silver gold bonds gold dollar gold standard Government honor Illinois increase interest issue Jefferson labor legal tender legislation Lincoln McKinley meeting metals money question monometallism National Convention Nebraska nomination North Carolina opponents ounce patriotism plank political Populist present President principles prosperity ratio of 16 Republican party secure Senator Sewall Sherman law silver bullion Silver Convention silver dollar Silver party sound money South Dakota speech stand tell ticket tion Treasury notes unconditional repeal United unlimited coinage vote wealth William York
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Página 376 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Página 481 - I do not forget the position assumed by some, that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the Government...
Página 326 - 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.
Página 401 - The silver interests began in that year a propaganda to restore the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1...
Página 65 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Página 606 - Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire. New Jersey, New York. North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota.
Página 376 - Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which if surrendered will surely be used to close the door of advancement against such as they and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them till all of liberty shall be lost.
Página 84 - While, scourged by famine from the smiling land The mournful peasant leads his humble band, And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave.
Página 45 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Página 200 - The man who is employed for wages is as much a business man as his employer. The attorney in a country town is as much a business man as the corporation counsel in a great metropolis. The merchant at the crossroads store is as much a business man as the merchant of New 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...