The Groundswell: A History of the Origin, Aims, and Progress of the Farmers' Movement: Embracing an Authoritative Account of Farmers' Clubs, Granges, Etc. ... Together with Sketches of the Lives of Prominent Leaders, Etc. ...E. Hannaford, 1874 - 576 páginas |
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... votes , these strive to shape the domestic policy of the State to their own ends , with less and less regard for the general welfare . The industrial classes are keenly sensitive to the effects of this policy of selfishness and greed ...
... votes , these strive to shape the domestic policy of the State to their own ends , with less and less regard for the general welfare . The industrial classes are keenly sensitive to the effects of this policy of selfishness and greed ...
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... voting by ballot has become the law of England , ( though it has not yet been tried on a large scale ) , they hope to get at the true sentiments of their class , free from the intimidation and undue influence which their lords and ...
... voting by ballot has become the law of England , ( though it has not yet been tried on a large scale ) , they hope to get at the true sentiments of their class , free from the intimidation and undue influence which their lords and ...
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... votes , no fine art of lobbying , no overshadowing monopolies . The offer of a bribe was scorned , and the tempter held up to public in- dignation . If the first American bribe - taker , the traitor Arnold , could have been secured , he ...
... votes , no fine art of lobbying , no overshadowing monopolies . The offer of a bribe was scorned , and the tempter held up to public in- dignation . If the first American bribe - taker , the traitor Arnold , could have been secured , he ...
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... voting power , that the law - makers whom you elect do their duty , by subserving the interests of the whole people , and not those of merely a class . A nation should be represented by its dominant industries . Agriculture is the ...
... voting power , that the law - makers whom you elect do their duty , by subserving the interests of the whole people , and not those of merely a class . A nation should be represented by its dominant industries . Agriculture is the ...
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... voting power of the farmers at less than two - fifths of the entire vote of the country . I am inclined to think that the actual power of the farmers far exceeds this proportion . But even if my estimate of their strength is somewhat in ...
... voting power of the farmers at less than two - fifths of the entire vote of the country . I am inclined to think that the actual power of the farmers far exceeds this proportion . But even if my estimate of their strength is somewhat in ...
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Página 528 - ... this act, or the grant to such state shall cease; and said state shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the state- shall be valid. Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results...
Página 527 - States; but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry...
Página 288 - No railroad corporation shall issue any stock or bonds, except for money, labor, or property actually received and applied to the purposes for which such corporation was created, and all stock, dividends, and other fictitious increase of the capital stock or indebtedness of any such corporation shall be void.
Página 278 - Crosse, then offered the following resolution, which was adopted: "Resolved, That, it is the sense of this...
Página 530 - Provided, That when any Territory shall become a State and be admitted into the Union such new State shall be entitled to the benefits of the said act of July...
Página 527 - That all the expenses of management, superintendence and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the Treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied, without any diminution whatever, to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Página 529 - AN ACT To amend the fifth section of an act entitled "An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Página 528 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Página 515 - Congress donating to each state in the Union an amount of public lands not less In value than five hundred thousand dollars, for the liberal endowment of a system of Industrial Universities, one in each state In the Union, to cooperate with each other, and with the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, for the more liberal and practical education of our industrial classes and their teachers...
Página 527 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...