The Cleveland Era: A Chronicle of the New Order in PoliticsYale University Press, 1919 - 232 strani |
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49th Congress action Administration adopted amendment American American Railway Union appointment authority ballot banks became Blaine bonds campaign candidate Carlisle civil service reform Cleve coinage committee Congress congressional consideration Constitution convention currency December declared defeated Demo Democratic party dent district duty effect election enacted executive favor February free silver Garfield gold Government Grover Cleveland held Henry Jones Ford Holland Thompson House Illinois interests issue Knights of Labor labor legislation March Meanwhile measures ment mittee Morrison movement nomination notes organization party leaders passed pending pension bills political politicians polls popular position practice President Cleveland presidential principle proposed question Randall repeal Republican leaders Republican party resolution result revenue rules Secretary Senator Edmunds Senator Hoar session situation Socialist Speaker STEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND strike strikers struggle suspend Tariff Bill tion Treasury treasury stock Union Union Labor party United Washington York
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Stran 67 - I do not suppose that'' the public offices of the United States'' are regulated or controlled in their relations to either House of Congress by the fact that they were '' created by laws enacted by themselves.'' It must be that these instrumentalities were created for the benefit of the people and to answer the general purposes of government under the Constitution and the laws, and that they are unencumbered by any lien in favor of either branch of Congress growing out of their construction, and...
Stran 69 - I regard the papers and documents withheld and addressed to me or intended for my use and action, purely unofficial and private, not infrequently confidential, and having reference to the performance of a duty exclusively mine. I consider them in no proper sense as upon the files of the Department, but as deposited there for my convenience, remaining still completely under my control. I suppose if I desired to take them into my custody I might do so with entire propriety, and if I saw fit to destroy...
Stran 216 - We declare that it is the duty of Congress to use all the constitutional power which remains after that decision, or which may come from its reversal by the court as it may hereafter b«j constituted, so that the burdens of taxation may be equally and impartially laid, to the end that wealth may bear its due proportion of the expenses of the government.
Stran 125 - Our progress toward a wise conclusion will not be improved by dwelling upon the theories of protection and free trade. This savors too much of bandying epithets. It is a condition which confronts us, not a theory.
Stran 9 - Neither party has, as a party, anything definite to say on these issues; neither party has any clean-cut principles, any distinctive tenets. Both have traditions. Both claim to have tendencies. Both certainly have war cries, organizations, interests, enlisted in their support. But those interests are in the main the interests of getting or keeping the patronage of the government. Tenets and policies, points of political doctrine and points of political practice have all but vanished.
Stran 201 - Missouri, in which he sharply commented upon the incidents accompanying the passage of the bill and in which he declared: "I take my place with the rank and file of the Democratic party who believe in tariff reform, and who know what it is; who refuse to accept the result embodied in this bill as the close of the war; who are not blinded to the fact that the livery of Democratic tariff reform has been stolen and used in the service of Republican protection; and who have marked the places where the...
Stran 109 - They have no right as officeholders to dictate the political action of their party associates or to throttle freedom of action within party lines by methods and practices which pervert every useful and justifiable purpose of party organization.
Stran 76 - The pledges I have made were made to the people, and to them I am responsible for the manner in which they have been redeemed. I am not responsible to the Senate, and I am unwilling to submit my actions and official conduct to them for judgment.
Stran 177 - I find also much comfort in remembering that my countrymen are just and generous and in the assurance that they will not condemn those who by sincere devotion to their service deserve their forbearance and approval. Above all, I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.
Stran 185 - States to resist by every means in its power as a wilful aggression upon its rights and interests the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela, In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow.