Word: cong
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...people's veto should be respected,- Precedents show that J. Congress in the past has listened to the voice of the people, a. Pendleton Civil Service Act passed by the short session of the 47th Cong.: Civil Service R cord June. 1882; McPherson's Handbook of Politics for 1884; Nation. Jan. 11, 1883; Merriam's Bowles, II-230. b. Legislations of 1862; Blaine's "Twenty Years of Congress," Chap xvi. c. Repeal of the Embargo Act, 1809. d. Removal of the Deposits in 1883. 2. Commercial and business interests demand stability. 3 Since the McKinley bill must be repealed...
...BRACKETT and F. H. HITCHCOCK.Best general references: President's 2d message to 51st Cong., Boston Jour., Dec. 2. 1890; Senator Hoar in Boston Jour., Nov. 26. '90; McKinley's speech in House, May 7. '90; Dingley's speech in House, May 10, 1890; R. G Horr in N. Y. Tribune...
...presumption is against the repeal of a bill which has not been fairly tried 1. It is barely two months since the bill was passed; Cong. Record 51st Cong., P. 11758. 2. Some of its most important provisions not yet in force; President's 2d message, Boston Jour...
Best general references: Free Seal Fisheries of Alaska, 50th Cong. 2d Session, H. R. No. 3883; New England Magazine...
...peculiar nature of the seal fisheries requires the assertion and exercise of the just claims of the United States; Free Seal Fisheries passim; House Ex. Dve. 450, 51st Cong., 1st Sessession, p. 57-60. a. The indiscriminate slaughter of seals would result in the extermination of the fisheries and the loss of the revenue derived from them; Fur Seal Fisheries, p. 7 and passim...