| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - United States - 1988 - 454 pages
...went on to say, and I quote, "I'm for it because I hope to see the day when the American flag will fly over every square foot of the British North American possessions clear to the North Pole." Obviously that did not go over well in Ottawa, and precipitated the failure of the parliament to take... | |
| Richard Feltoe - History - 1991 - 322 pages
...the US government, including the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who remarked: / am for the bill . . . because I hope to see the day when the American flag will fly over every square foot of the British North American possessions clear to the North Pole. As a... | |
| Allan Gerald Levine - History - 1993 - 389 pages
...Liberals' efforts to suppress US congressman Champ Clark's pro-reciproc-ity-annexation speech about "the day when the American flag will float over every square foot" of North America. In the Canadian Annual Review's post-election analysis, Graham's Star played an unprecedented... | |
| Ralph Dietl - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 500 pages
...Realität wurde, denn House Speaker Champ Clark, Demokrat aus Missouri, hatte mit seiner Äußerung "I hope to see the day when the American flag will...British North American possessions clear to the North Pole"2 Kanadas Bevölkerung verschreckt, die folglich bei den anstehenden Wahlen Sir Robert Borden... | |
| Sharp - Agricultural societies - 1948 - 216 pages
...foolish Congressional speech in which he repeated the theme so dear to politicians seeking Irish votes: "I hope to see the day when the American flag will...North American possessions, clear to the North Pole." 40 The cry of loyalty to flag and empire served the purposes of the farmers' enemies. The economic... | |
| Donald Edwin Nuechterlein - Political Science - 2001 - 340 pages
...stirred up a political tumult in Canada with this imprudent comment on the agreement: "I am for it, because I hope to see the day when the American flag...North American possessions clear to the north pole. ... I do not have any doubt whatever that the day is not far distant when Great Britain will see all... | |
| John Herd Thompson, Stephen J. Randall - Political Science - 2002 - 428 pages
...annexationist speeches, the most quoted of which was by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. "I hope to see the day when the American flag will...North American possessions clear to the North Pole," said Missouri Democrat James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark. "I do not have any doubt whatever that the day... | |
| Michael Hart - Business & Economics - 2002 - 580 pages
...pronouncements in Washington. During congressional hearings, Speaker-designate Champ Clark proclaimed his "hope to see the day when the American flag will float...British North American possessions, clear to the north pole."9" President Taft further stirred fears when he declared that Canada stood at a parting of the... | |
| David A. Welch - Political Science - 2005 - 296 pages
...the strongest possible terms: "I am for it," he declared on the floor of the House on February 14, "because I hope to see the day when the American flag...float over every square foot of the British North America possessions clear to the north pole! They are people of our blood. They speak our language.... | |
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