Word: statesmen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...effictive argument has been brought against the scheme as a whole. - (a) It is constitutional; Story Section 869. - (b) Is supported by precedent: Debates of 1790. - (c) Favored by our best statesmen; Report of Senate Committee, and (d) Avoids evils of European ministries because cabinet ministers are independent of Congress for election: Workings of Government...
...place in a history of the diplomats of the country. The life of a man whose claims to posthumous fame are based upon so many conspicuous public services must contain much of interest to American readers. Yet it is evident that the author of "John Jay," in the American Statesmen series, does not rest his real claim for the fame of Jay upon his services as a political leader, governor of New York, or Chief Justice. It is in the character of the negotiator of the Peace of Paris that Mr. Pellew presents Jay in the best light...