John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate, and Cabinet: An Autobiography, Volume 2 |
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50th Congress adopted amendments amount appointed April August Belmont believe bill Blaine bullion called bonds candidate canvass certificates Cincinnati circulation citizens coinage commission committee Congress convention currency DEAR Democratic party deposit doubt duty election favor feel four per cent friends Garfield gentlemen gold coin Governor Foraker half per cent honor House of Representatives interest invitation issue January JOHN SHERMAN July legal tender legislature letter March meet ment million Mount Tacoma National Bank nomination Ohio delegation opinion paid paper money passed political present President Hayes public debt question received redeemable refunding regard reply Republican party resolution resumption act Secretary secure Senate session silver dollars soldiers solid south specie payments speech subscriptions surplus revenue tariff tion treasury department Union United States notes vote WADE HAMPTON Washington York
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Page 1060 - SEC. 4. The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act ; and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the attorney general, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.
Page 1060 - Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any such contract or engage in any such combination or conspiracy, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 608 - And to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare and provide for the redemption in this act authorized or required, he is authorized to use any surplus revenues from time to time in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to issue, sell and dispose of, at not less than par in coin...
Page 826 - As the end drew near his early craving for the sea returned. The stately mansion of power had been to him the wearisome hospital of pain, and he begged to be taken from its prison "walls, from its oppressive, stifling air, from its homelessness and its hopelessness.
Page 1058 - It does not announce a new principle of law, but applies old and well-recognized principles of the common law to the complicated jurisdiction of our state and federal government.
Page 1182 - And it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to continue the use of both gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to be secured through international agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as will insure the maintenance of the parity in value of the coins of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times, in the markets and in the payment of debts.
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Page 926 - The fact that our revenues are in excess of the actual needs of an economical administration of the Government, justifies a reduction in the amount exacted from the people for its support. .Our Government is but the means established by the will of a free people, by which certain principles are applied which they have adopted for their benefit and protection ; and it is never better administered and its true spirit is never better observed than when the people's taxation for its support...
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