Our Own Times: A Continuous History of the Twentieth Century, Volume 1Hazlitt Alva Cuppy J. A. Hill, 1904 - History, Modern |
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... Senator Hoar's Plan for an Anarchist Colony . The Opening of Parliament . Investigation of the British War Office . Factory and Workshop Acts . France's Law of Associations . The Prussian Canai Bill . Germany's Imperial Tariff Bill ...
... Senator Hoar's Plan for an Anarchist Colony . The Opening of Parliament . Investigation of the British War Office . Factory and Workshop Acts . France's Law of Associations . The Prussian Canai Bill . Germany's Imperial Tariff Bill ...
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... busy putting on the finishing touches . On May 20 occurred the formal dedication . Vice- President Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge , who delivered the principal addresses , both emphasized the importance of the.
... busy putting on the finishing touches . On May 20 occurred the formal dedication . Vice- President Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge , who delivered the principal addresses , both emphasized the importance of the.
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... Senator John C. Spooner introduced in the Senate an amendment to the Army Appropriation Bill , vesting in the President " all military and civil powers necessary to govern the Philippine Islands . " This amendment was adopted and passed ...
... Senator John C. Spooner introduced in the Senate an amendment to the Army Appropriation Bill , vesting in the President " all military and civil powers necessary to govern the Philippine Islands . " This amendment was adopted and passed ...
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... Senate and a House of Representatives . The Senate was to be composed of six Senators from each of the six Departments , elected for a term of six years , one- third of the Senators to be elected every two years . The House was to be ...
... Senate and a House of Representatives . The Senate was to be composed of six Senators from each of the six Departments , elected for a term of six years , one- third of the Senators to be elected every two years . The House was to be ...
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... Senator O. H. Platt , of Connecticut , offered an historic amendment to the Army Appropriation Bill , which was then pending . II This so - called Platt Amendment was quickly accepted by the American Government as a satisfactory ...
... Senator O. H. Platt , of Connecticut , offered an historic amendment to the Army Appropriation Bill , which was then pending . II This so - called Platt Amendment was quickly accepted by the American Government as a satisfactory ...
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Page 42 - States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty...
Page 43 - That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defence, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points, to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Page 114 - The Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Page 43 - That the government of Cuba will execute, and as far as necessary extend, the plans already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the; sanitation of the cities of the island...
Page 42 - States to carry these resolutions into effect,' the President is hereby authorized to leave the government and control of the Island of Cuba to its people" so soon as a government shall have been established in said Island under a constitution which, either as a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of the United States with Cuba, substantially as follows: "I.
Page 42 - III. That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban...
Page 42 - That the government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba...
Page 197 - Who can tell the new thoughts that have been awakened, the ambitions fired and the high achievements that will be wrought through this exposition? Gentlemen, let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not conflict, and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.
Page 152 - Christ, at or after the consecration thereof, by any person whatsoever ; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 196 - We have a vast and intricate business, built up through years of toil and struggle, in which every part of the country has its stake, which will not permit of either neglect or of undue selfishness.