BryanHarcourt, Brace, 1929 - 374 pages |
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Page 36
... Congress : " They call that man a statesman whose ear is tuned to catch the slightest pulsations of a pocketbook , and denounce as a demagogue any one who dares to listen to the heartbeat of humanity . " While he sat in Congress during ...
... Congress : " They call that man a statesman whose ear is tuned to catch the slightest pulsations of a pocketbook , and denounce as a demagogue any one who dares to listen to the heartbeat of humanity . " While he sat in Congress during ...
Page 37
... Congress were not confined entirely to speech - making . It has been said that he obtained more pensions for members of his Congressional district than all his predecessors put together . In the section of the country which Bryan came ...
... Congress were not confined entirely to speech - making . It has been said that he obtained more pensions for members of his Congressional district than all his predecessors put together . In the section of the country which Bryan came ...
Page 44
... Congress , had issued five times as many dol- lars as it had gold to pay for them . In his message to Con- gress , Grover Cleveland pointed out the dangers before the government if it continued to be faced with insufficient supplies of ...
... Congress , had issued five times as many dol- lars as it had gold to pay for them . In his message to Con- gress , Grover Cleveland pointed out the dangers before the government if it continued to be faced with insufficient supplies of ...
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