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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... interest in the man- agement of schools generally . The effect of these new experiences is to widen the influence and usefulness of women . So well satisfied are the representatives in the legislature of that State with these results ...
... interest in the man- agement of schools generally . The effect of these new experiences is to widen the influence and usefulness of women . So well satisfied are the representatives in the legislature of that State with these results ...
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... interest in good government as men , and I have never heard or read of any satisfactory reason for excluding them from the ballot box ; I have no more doubt of their ameliorating influence upon politics than I have of the influence they ...
... interest in good government as men , and I have never heard or read of any satisfactory reason for excluding them from the ballot box ; I have no more doubt of their ameliorating influence upon politics than I have of the influence they ...
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... interest with man ) , to take the word " male " out of the Constitutions of the United States and the several States , as you have taken the word " white " out , and give to us women a voice in the laws under which we live . You ask me ...
... interest with man ) , to take the word " male " out of the Constitutions of the United States and the several States , as you have taken the word " white " out , and give to us women a voice in the laws under which we live . You ask me ...
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... interest in society , and why shall we not stand shoulder to shoulder and have dominion in the science in government ... interests of women , whether relating to life , property , or reputation . So long as the word male " is in our ...
... interest in society , and why shall we not stand shoulder to shoulder and have dominion in the science in government ... interests of women , whether relating to life , property , or reputation . So long as the word male " is in our ...
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... interest that we take in the successful issue of this experiment that humanity is making for self - government , and realizing the fact that the ballot never can be given to us under more favorable circum- stances , and believing that ...
... interest that we take in the successful issue of this experiment that humanity is making for self - government , and realizing the fact that the ballot never can be given to us under more favorable circum- stances , and believing that ...
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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.