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الصفحة 1927
... amendment , to withdraw sovereignty within four years and em- powering the president to take steps to institute a free and independent government . Great opposition developed in the House and the bill was defeated . It did pass a ...
... amendment , to withdraw sovereignty within four years and em- powering the president to take steps to institute a free and independent government . Great opposition developed in the House and the bill was defeated . It did pass a ...
الصفحة 1929
... amendment and the Senate did the same in North Dakota . In Pennsylvania the popular vote was against it . South Dakota's Upper House defeated the measure for limited suffrage , but the measure goes before the people in 1916. In ...
... amendment and the Senate did the same in North Dakota . In Pennsylvania the popular vote was against it . South Dakota's Upper House defeated the measure for limited suffrage , but the measure goes before the people in 1916. In ...
الصفحة 1936
... amendment at the November election . In December negotiations were practically com- pleted with the Danish government for the purchase of the islands of St. Thomas , St. Croix , and St. John which were in the West Indies , for ...
... amendment at the November election . In December negotiations were practically com- pleted with the Danish government for the purchase of the islands of St. Thomas , St. Croix , and St. John which were in the West Indies , for ...
الصفحة 1981
... Amendments to the covenant require the ap- proval of all the states on the council and a simple majority of those in the assembly . States which signify their dissent from amendments thus ap- proved are not bound by them , but , in this ...
... Amendments to the covenant require the ap- proval of all the states on the council and a simple majority of those in the assembly . States which signify their dissent from amendments thus ap- proved are not bound by them , but , in this ...
الصفحة 1985
... amendment submitted to the states for consideration by their legislatures in December 1917 with the ratification of Nebraska , the 36th state became Article XVIII of the United States Constitution . proviso to cover such a situation ...
... amendment submitted to the states for consideration by their legislatures in December 1917 with the ratification of Nebraska , the 36th state became Article XVIII of the United States Constitution . proviso to cover such a situation ...
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الصفحة 1952 - The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world from the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment controlled by an irresponsible government...
الصفحة 2103 - House, in which case they shall be appointed by ballot; and if, upon such ballot, the number required shall not be elected by a majority of the votes given, the House shall proceed to a second ballot, in which a plurality of votes shall prevail; and, in...
الصفحة 1943 - In accordance with the general principles of visit and search and destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law, such vessels, both within and without the area declared as naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resistance.
الصفحة 1952 - Punitive damages, the dismemberment of empires, the establishment of selfish and exclusive economic leagues, we deem inexpedient and in the end worse than futile, no proper basis for a peace of any kind, least of all for an enduring peace.
الصفحة 1952 - We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guarantee of anything that is to endure, unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting.
الصفحة 2059 - The votes are transmitted, sealed up, to the capital and there opened by the president of the Senate in the presence of both Houses and counted.
الصفحة 1945 - I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the Government and people of the United States...
الصفحة 2086 - The Senate now contains many men of great wealth. Some, an increasing number, are senators because they are rich ; a few are rich because they are senators ; while in the remaining cases the same talents which have won success in law or commerce have brought their possessor to the top in politics also. The great majority are or have been lawyers ; some regularly practise before the Supreme Court.
الصفحة 2119 - Under the system of congressional finance here described America wastes millions annually. But her wealth is so great, her revenue so elastic, that she is not sensible of the loss. She has the glorious privilege of youth, the privilege of committing errors without suffering from their consequences.
الصفحة 2198 - In every Territory, as in every State, the executive legislative and judicial departments are kept distinct. The Executive consists of a governor, appointed for four years by the President of the United States, with the consent of the Senate, and removable by the President, together with a secretary, treasurer, auditor, and usually also a superintendent of public instruction, and a librarian.