A History of Presidential ElectionsHoughton, Mifflin, 1896 - 533 من الصفحات |
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... count , and that the two houses were present only as witnesses . The word " immediately " was first inserted in the direction that the Senate should choose the President , and then the whole clause was struck out , and this was ...
... count , and that the two houses were present only as witnesses . The word " immediately " was first inserted in the direction that the Senate should choose the President , and then the whole clause was struck out , and this was ...
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... counting of the electoral vote took place on the 6th of April , 1789 , more than a month later than the time fixed by the Congress of the Confederation . On that day , 1 quorum of senators having appeared in their seats , John Langdon ...
... counting of the electoral vote took place on the 6th of April , 1789 , more than a month later than the time fixed by the Congress of the Confederation . On that day , 1 quorum of senators having appeared in their seats , John Langdon ...
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... counting the votes for President of the United States . " A message was sent to the House of Representatives , notifying that body of the facts above recited , " and that the Senate is now ready in the Senate Chamber to proceed , in the ...
... counting the votes for President of the United States . " A message was sent to the House of Representatives , notifying that body of the facts above recited , " and that the Senate is now ready in the Senate Chamber to proceed , in the ...
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Edward Stanwood. The counting of the electoral vote was for the first time a matter of previous agreement between the two houses of Congress , and the system pursued in 1793 was , with occasional slight but sometimes significant ...
Edward Stanwood. The counting of the electoral vote was for the first time a matter of previous agreement between the two houses of Congress , and the system pursued in 1793 was , with occasional slight but sometimes significant ...
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... count the votes was thus asserted and exercised in a marked manner . On the next occasion , as we shall see , the use of this power might have been a matter of some importance . IV . JOHN ADAMS . BEFORE the end of Washington's ...
... count the votes was thus asserted and exercised in a marked manner . On the next occasion , as we shall see , the use of this power might have been a matter of some importance . IV . JOHN ADAMS . BEFORE the end of Washington's ...
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الصفحة 484 - European conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colos-sal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind, and the possessors of these in turn despise the Republic and endanger liberty.
الصفحة 228 - ... is essential to the preservation of our Republican institutions; and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States and the Union of the States must and shall be preserved.
الصفحة 417 - A ; and said tellers having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates ; and the votes having been ascertained and counted as in this act provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate...
الصفحة 487 - The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of the people, and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All land now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only.
الصفحة 229 - That the new dogma that the Constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States, is a dangerous political heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with contemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedent; is revolutionary in its tendency, and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country. 8. That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom...
الصفحة 207 - That a railroad to the Pacific Ocean, by the most central and practicable route, is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country, and that the Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction; and, as an auxiliary thereto, the immediate construction of an emigrant route on the line of the railroad.
الصفحة 230 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom; that, as our republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that "no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
الصفحة 487 - We demand a (^national currency, safe, sound, and flexible) issued by the general government only, a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that without the use of banking corporations; a just, equitable, and efficient means of distribution direct to the people, at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent, per annum, to be provided as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers' Alliance, or a better system; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements.
الصفحة 242 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, — justice, humanity, liberty, and the public...
الصفحة 259 - ... 11. Foreign emigration — which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development and resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations — should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy.