Word: protection
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that the U. S. Gov't can exist in efficiency only by the consent of the States. (Att'y-Gen, Harman to Chairman Bynum, Aug. 1896.) (2) It takes from the Federal Gov't. the essential qualities of a government. (a) It declares that the U. S. shall not protect its property nor uphold its laws within a state without the consent of the governor of the state. (3) It undoes the work of the Civil War. (a) It would mean, if carried out, that a state can withdraw from the Union, (4) The plank is not a theoretical idea...
Poughkeepsie has been finally settled upon as the course for the quadrangular race, as the bill authorizing the detailing of revenue cutters to protect passengers on excursion steamers, and to keep clear the course during regattas, has been passed by Congress and has received the approval of the President. The Harvard quarters at Poughkeepsie have already been chosen and are now being prepared...
Yesterday Senator Hill's amendment to the House appropriation bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to detail revenue cutters to protect passengers on excursion steamers at regattas was lost. This will bring up again the question as to where the boat race shall be rowed...
Phillip Greenleaf Carleton continued for Harvard, showing that since 1883 the policy of the government has been to build battleships. However, the work, he said, is but begun. He went on to show the weakness of the present navy and the insufficiency of land defence alone to protect our immense seacoast. At present we would be unable to prevent a blockade, a landing of troops, or, in many instances, the bombardment of cities...
...Leroy Darlington, the last Yale man, lacked force in his presentation and confidence in his argument. He called attention to the increasing national indebtedness, which keeps us from having both a sea-going navy and coast defences. The question then is, what do we need most? We must have protected harbors to act as a foundation for our navy and to protect our small navy in case it needs repairs...