Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... in favor of a certain bill then pending in Congress . The resolution was in the act of passing without opposition , when a hitherto silent member from one of the mountain counties , springing to his 6 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
... in favor of a certain bill then pending in Congress . The resolution was in the act of passing without opposition , when a hitherto silent member from one of the mountain counties , springing to his 6 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
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... Bill . The writer , then a student at the Wesleyan University , with his classmate James S. Ewing and many others , had called upon Mr. Douglas at his hotel . While there the Hon . Jesse W. Fell , a prominent citizen of Bloomington and ...
... Bill . The writer , then a student at the Wesleyan University , with his classmate James S. Ewing and many others , had called upon Mr. Douglas at his hotel . While there the Hon . Jesse W. Fell , a prominent citizen of Bloomington and ...
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... Bill . The very depths of partisan feeling were stirred , and for many days it was indeed a titanic struggle . The speeches attracting the greatest attention were those of Blaine and Garfield upon the one side , and Hill of Georgia and ...
... Bill . The very depths of partisan feeling were stirred , and for many days it was indeed a titanic struggle . The speeches attracting the greatest attention were those of Blaine and Garfield upon the one side , and Hill of Georgia and ...
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... bill having this end in view originated in the House in Jan- uary , 1877 ; the Commission was constituted , and the con- troverted questions were soon thereafter determined . The Electoral Commission was an imperative necessity . As ...
... bill having this end in view originated in the House in Jan- uary , 1877 ; the Commission was constituted , and the con- troverted questions were soon thereafter determined . The Electoral Commission was an imperative necessity . As ...
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... bill recommended by a joint committee of con- ference of the Senate and House of Representatives . It was welcomed as the harbinger of peace by the entire people of our country . " I gave that bill my earnest support . It had in the ...
... bill recommended by a joint committee of con- ference of the Senate and House of Representatives . It was welcomed as the harbinger of peace by the entire people of our country . " I gave that bill my earnest support . It had in the ...
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