Congressional Serial Set, Issue 6365U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... union - that we are convinced that the proper and safe discussion and weighing of them would be best secured by de- liberations in the separate communities which have so deep an inter- est in the rightful solution of this grave question ...
... union - that we are convinced that the proper and safe discussion and weighing of them would be best secured by de- liberations in the separate communities which have so deep an inter- est in the rightful solution of this grave question ...
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... UNION . ORDER OF PROCEEDING . The CHAIRMAN ( Senator Cockrell ) . We have allotted the time to be divided as the speakers may desire among themselves . We are now ready to hear the ladies . Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONY . Mr. Chairmna and ...
... UNION . ORDER OF PROCEEDING . The CHAIRMAN ( Senator Cockrell ) . We have allotted the time to be divided as the speakers may desire among themselves . We are now ready to hear the ladies . Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONY . Mr. Chairmna and ...
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... Union that a person in the courts shall have a jury of his peers , yet so long as the word " male " stands as it does in the Constitutions of the United States and the States no woman in any State of this Union can have a jury of her ...
... Union that a person in the courts shall have a jury of his peers , yet so long as the word " male " stands as it does in the Constitutions of the United States and the States no woman in any State of this Union can have a jury of her ...
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... Union compelled to leave their homes and canvass each State , school district by school district . It is asking too much of a moneyless class of people , disfranchised by the constitution of every State in the Union . The joint earnings ...
... Union compelled to leave their homes and canvass each State , school district by school district . It is asking too much of a moneyless class of people , disfranchised by the constitution of every State in the Union . The joint earnings ...
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... union of which in home , the recognition of which in society brings the greatest happiness , the recognition of which in the church brings the greatest power and influence for good , and the recogni- tion of which in the Government ...
... union of which in home , the recognition of which in society brings the greatest happiness , the recognition of which in the church brings the greatest power and influence for good , and the recogni- tion of which in the Government ...
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Page 6 - It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each.
Page 10 - This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 3 - Between these alternatives there is no middle ground. The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law ; if the latter part be true, then written constitutions are absurd attempts on the part of the people to limit a power...
Page 11 - ... a like and contemporaneous service In the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which Is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 7 - Constitutional questions, it is true, are not settled by even a consensus of present public opinion, for it is the peculiar value of a written constitution that it places in unchanging form limitations upon legislative action and thus gives a permanence and stability to popular government which otherwise would be lacking.
Page 6 - ... the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States...
Page 3 - I do not think the United States would come to an end if we lost our power to declare an act of Congress void. I do think the Union would be imperiled if we could not make that declaration as to the laws of the several States.
Page 5 - The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative authority; such, for instance, as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex-post-facto laws, and the like.
Page 19 - Certainly, Gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Page 12 - ... no vessel shall be granted clearance papers pending the determination of the question of the liability to the payment of such fine, and in the event such fine is imposed, while it remains unpaid, nor shall such fine be remitted or refunded: Provided, That clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such questions upon the deposit of a sum sufficient to cover such fine and costs, such sum to be named by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.