Official Proceedings of the Republican National Convention Held at ...Charles W. Johnson, 1903 - United States |
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... applause , and caused considerable confusion . The CHAIRMAN . The Chair would state that the cheering on the announce- ment of votes will not change a single vote of this Convention , and it greatly retards the business and greatly ...
... applause , and caused considerable confusion . The CHAIRMAN . The Chair would state that the cheering on the announce- ment of votes will not change a single vote of this Convention , and it greatly retards the business and greatly ...
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... applause . NOMINATION OF JOSEPH R .. HAWLEY . Mr. AUGUSTUS BRANDEGEE , of Connecticut . Mr. President , and Gentlemen of the Convention : We are here to select a 7 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION . 97 Mr. MORROW, of California. I would ...
... applause . NOMINATION OF JOSEPH R .. HAWLEY . Mr. AUGUSTUS BRANDEGEE , of Connecticut . Mr. President , and Gentlemen of the Convention : We are here to select a 7 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION . 97 Mr. MORROW, of California. I would ...
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... applause , and spoke as follows : Mr. President , and Gentlemen of the Convention . Twenty - four years ago the Second National Convention of the Republican party met in this city and nomi- nated its first successful candidate for ...
... applause , and spoke as follows : Mr. President , and Gentlemen of the Convention . Twenty - four years ago the Second National Convention of the Republican party met in this city and nomi- nated its first successful candidate for ...
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... applause , and cries of " Take the platform . " ] The PRESIDENT . Will the gentleman suspend for one moment ? Mr. GROW . I will occupy but a moment . [ Loud cries of " Platform ! " " Platform ! " " Platform ! " ] Mr. Grow then ascended ...
... applause , and cries of " Take the platform . " ] The PRESIDENT . Will the gentleman suspend for one moment ? Mr. GROW . I will occupy but a moment . [ Loud cries of " Platform ! " " Platform ! " " Platform ! " ] Mr. Grow then ascended ...
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... applause for Blaine . ] [ The Gentlemen of the Convention : I shall not compliment anybody else until I come to my own man . But , resuming , permit me to remind you that you have violated that old and time - honored maxim : " Never to ...
... applause for Blaine . ] [ The Gentlemen of the Convention : I shall not compliment anybody else until I come to my own man . But , resuming , permit me to remind you that you have violated that old and time - honored maxim : " Never to ...
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adjourn adopted Alabama Alger alternate amendment American announced Applause Arkansas Arthur Ayes ballot BAYNE Benjamin Harrison Blaine BOUTELLE California call the roll candidate Chair Chairman Charles Committee on Credentials Committee on Resolutions contest Cries Depew desire DISTRICT DELEGATES District of Columbia elected follows FORAKER gentleman George George W Gresham Harrison Henry HOAR honor Illinois Indiana Iowa James G Jersey John John Sherman Kansas Kentucky labor Lincoln Logan majority Massachusetts Michigan minority report Mississippi Missouri move National Committee National Convention Nebraska North Carolina o'clock Ohio Order of Business Pennsylvania platform point of order Powell Clayton present President and Gentlemen PRESIDING OFFICER question Reading Clerk Reading Clerk LANNING Republic Republican party roll call seats second the motion second the nomination Secretary Sherman soldier solid South South Tennessee Territories Thee ticket tion to-day unanimous Vice-President victory Virginia William William Walter Phelps WISE
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Page 68 - I second the motion. The PRESIDENT. It is moved and seconded that the report just presented by the Chairman of the Committee on Credentials be now adopted by the Convention.
Page 109 - We are uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection ; we protest against its destruction as proposed by the President and his party. They serve the interests of Europe ; we will support the interests of America. We accept the issue and confidently appeal to the people for their judgment. The protective system must be maintained. Its abandonment has always been followed by general disaster to all interests except those of the usurer and the sheriff. We denounce the Mills bill as...
Page 92 - We recognize the importance of sheep husbandry in the United States, the serious depression which it is now experiencing, and the danger threatening its future prosperity; and we therefore respect the demands of the representatives of this important agricultural interest for a readjustment of duties upon foreign wool, in order that such industry shall have full and adequate protection.
Page 108 - The Republicans of the United States, assembled by their delegates in national convention, pause on the threshold of their proceedings to honor the memory of their first great leader, the immortal champion of liberty and the rights of the people, Abraham Lincoln, and to cover also with wreaths of imperishable remembrance and gratitude the heroic names of our later leaders, who have more recently been called away from our councils, — Grant, Garfield, Arthur, Logan, Conkling.
Page 110 - In a Republic like ours, where the citizen is the sovereign and the official the servant, where no power is exercised except by the will of the people, it is important that the sovereign— the people— should possess intelligence. The free school is the promoter of that intelligence which is to preserve us a free Nation...
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Page 248 - Legislatures, in their respective jurisdictions, such legislation as will prevent the execution of all schemes to oppress the people by undue charges on their supplies or by unjust rates for the transportation of their products to market.
Page 110 - The first concern of all good government is the virtue and sobriety of the people and the purity of their homes. The Republican party cordially sympathizes with all wise and welldirected efforts for the promotion of temperance and morality.
Page 144 - I have found that man one mass of bruises from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, and I have seen him succumb in six days, and I attribute it to this treatment.