Great Leaders and National Issues of 1912: Containing the Lives and Services of All Presidential and Vice-presidential Candidates of All Parties, with the Platforms of All Parties. Also the Biographies of All Political Leaders; All Important Issues Discussed by Governor Woodrow Wilson, President Taft, Ex-president Roosevelt ... and Other National Leaders; the Political History of the United States, Including the Lives of All the Presidents ... a Magnificent Array of Portraits and Pictures, Including Portraits of All Candidates and Leaders of All Parties

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J. C. Winston Company, 1912 - 320 halaman
 

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Halaman 248 - We denounce Republican protection as a fraud, a robbery of the great majority of the American people for the benefit of the few. We declare it to be a fundamental principle of the Democratic party that the Federal Government has no Constitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties, except for the purpose of revenue only, and we demand that the collection of such taxes shall be limited to the necessities of the Government when honestly and economically administered.
Halaman 256 - We favor an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to recognize the independence of the Philippine Islands as soon as a stable government can be established, such independence to be guaranteed by us until the neutralization of the islands can be secured by treaty with other Powers. In recognizing the independence of the Philippines our government should retain such land as may be necessary for coaling stations and naval bases.
Halaman 189 - ... with highest grades, an apportionment of appointments in the Departments at Washington among the States and Territories, a period of probation before absolute appointment, and the prohibition of the use of official authority to coerce the political action of any person or body.
Halaman 280 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth...
Halaman 148 - Representatives; but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls independent of the Legislature, and also reserve power at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any act of the Legislature.
Halaman 124 - Malta, are unendurably defective, as the strength of a chain is that of its weakest link.
Halaman 253 - Republican party to raise a false issue respecting the judiciary. It is an unjust reflection upon a great body of our citizens to assume that they lack respect for the courts.
Halaman 250 - We favor an amendment to the federal constitution providing for the election of United States senators by the direct vote of the people, and we favor direct legislation wherever practicable.
Halaman 250 - We favor a single presidential term, and to that end urge the adoption of an amendment to the constitution making the President of the United States ineligible for re-election, and we pledge the candidate of this convention to this principle.
Halaman 157 - When the white man governs himself, that is selfgovernment; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than selfgovernment — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are created equal," and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.

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