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More than elsewhere the seat of power is in the Senate, and the Senate and Senators are careful to exact a recognition of their rights.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “More than elsewhere the seat of power is in the Senate, and the Senate and Senators are careful to exact a recognition…”
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Boutwell highlights the significant power held by the Senate in the political landscape.
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They assert supreme authority over their fellow-men for an indefinite period of time, and they promise therewith good government.
Shall your representative stand for Nathan Dane and Abraham Lincoln and Freedom, or for William McKinley and Despotism?
By the amendment of 1865 freedom and equality in government were guaranteed to all and especially to the negro race in America.
Is a vote for President McKinley and his policy in the Philippine Islands a vote in harmony with the teachings and examples of Nathan Dane and Abraham Lincoln?
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