Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, Volume 42, Part 8U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873) |
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Page 7085
... fiscal year no less than seventy - eight railroad accident reports were filed with the Commission which were by the Commission considered as defective and wholly incomplete . These seventy - eight accidents resulted in the loss of life ...
... fiscal year no less than seventy - eight railroad accident reports were filed with the Commission which were by the Commission considered as defective and wholly incomplete . These seventy - eight accidents resulted in the loss of life ...
Page 7086
... fiscal year ended June 30 , 1907 , there were 78 accidents involving the loss of 407 lives and the injury of 1,614 persons , which should have been investi- gated : For The reports shown in accident bulletins indicate that circumstances ...
... fiscal year ended June 30 , 1907 , there were 78 accidents involving the loss of 407 lives and the injury of 1,614 persons , which should have been investi- gated : For The reports shown in accident bulletins indicate that circumstances ...
Page 7089
... fiscal year in order to provide for and pay the expenses incident to the operation and enforcement of this act , such payments to be made , to persons entitled thereto , upon the warrant or requisition of said The Interstate Commerce ...
... fiscal year in order to provide for and pay the expenses incident to the operation and enforcement of this act , such payments to be made , to persons entitled thereto , upon the warrant or requisition of said The Interstate Commerce ...
Page 7099
... fiscal year ending June 30 , 1909 , and for other purposes ; H. R. 21815. An act to amend the laws relating to navigation , and for other purposes ; H. R. 21735. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee ...
... fiscal year ending June 30 , 1909 , and for other purposes ; H. R. 21815. An act to amend the laws relating to navigation , and for other purposes ; H. R. 21735. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee ...
Page 7102
... fiscal year ending June 30 , 1908 , which was read twice by its title and referred to the Committee on Appropriations . INTERSTATE BUSINESS BY TELEGRAPHERS . The VICE - PRESIDENT . 7102 MAY 28 , CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE .
... fiscal year ending June 30 , 1908 , which was read twice by its title and referred to the Committee on Appropriations . INTERSTATE BUSINESS BY TELEGRAPHERS . The VICE - PRESIDENT . 7102 MAY 28 , CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE .
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Page 7260 - But where the law is not prohibited, and is really calculated to effect any of the objects entrusted to the government, to undertake here to inquire into the degree of its necessity, would be to pass the line which circumscribes the judicial department, and to tread on legislative ground.
Page 7259 - If the opinion of the Supreme Court covered the whole ground of this act, it ought not to control the co-ordinate authorities of this government. The Congress, the Executive, and the Court, must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the constitution. Each public officer, who takes an oath to support the constitution, swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 7259 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the judges, and on that point the President is independent of both.
Page 7260 - For relief and deliverance let us firmly rely on that kind Providence which I am sure watches with peculiar care over the destinies of our Republic, and on the intelligence and wisdom of our countrymen. Through His abundant goodness and their patriotic devotion our liberty and Union will be preserved.
Page 7260 - Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union.
Page 7126 - An Act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and to provide for a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States.
Page 7259 - ... acquiescence of the people and the states can be considered as well settled. So far from this being the case on this subject, an argument against the bank might be based on precedent. One Congress, in 1791, decided in favor of a bank; another, in 1811, decided against it. One Congress, in 1815, decided against a bank ; another in 1816, decided in its favor. Prior to the present Congress, therefore, the precedents drawn from that source were equal. If we resort to the states, the expressions of...
Page 7258 - ... must sell monopolies, it would seem to be its duty to take nothing less than their full value ; and if gratuities must be made once in fifteen or twenty years, let them not be bestowed on the subjects of a foreign government, nor upon a designated and favored class of men in our own country. It is but justice and good policy, as far as the nature of the case will admit, to confine our favors to our own fellowcitizens, and let each in his turn enjoy an opportunity to profit by our bounty.
Page 7085 - Neither said report nor any report of said investigation nor any part thereof shall be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in said report or investigation.
Page 7259 - That it is a convenient, a useful, and essential instrument in the prosecution of its fiscal operations is not now a subject of controversy.