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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Imperialism. (search)
Imperialism. The Hon. William A. Peffer, ex-Senator from Kansas, makes the following important contribution to the discussion of this question: The arraignment of the national administration by certain citizens on a charge of imperialism, in the execution of its Philippine policy, brings up for discussion some important questions relating to the powers, duties, and responsibilities of government, among which are three that I propose to consider briefly, namely: First. Whence comes the right to govern? What are its sphere and object? Second. Are we, the people of the United States, a self-governing people? Third. Is our Philippine policy anti-American? I. As to the right to govern—the right to exercise authority over communities, states, and nations, the right to enact, construe, and execute laws—whence it is derived? For what purposes and to what extent may it be properly assumed? In the Declaration of Independence it is asserted that: We hold thes
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
s1887 to 1893 L. D. Lewelling1893 to 1895 E. N. Morrill1895 to 1897 John W. Leedy1897 to 1899 William E. Stanley1899 to — United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress.Term. James H. Lane37th to 39th1861 to 1866 Samuel C. Pomeroy37th to 43d1861 to 1873 Edmund G. Ross39th to 41st1866 to 1871 Alexander Caldwell42d1871 to 1873 Robert Crozier43d1873 to 1874 James M. Harvey43d to 44th1874 to 1877 John J. Ingalls43d to 51st1873 to 1891 Preston B. Plumb45th to 52d1877 to 1891 William A. Peffer52d to 55th1891 to 1897 Bishop W. Perkins52d1892 to 1893 John Martin53d1893 Lucien Baker54th to —1895 to — William A. Harris55th to —1897 to — The Kansas-Nebraska act. It was thought that the compromise measures of 1850 (see omnibus bill) had quieted the agitation of the slavery question forever. A member from Georgia introduced the following resolution in Congress in 1852: That the series of acts passed during the first session of the Thirty-first Congress, known as compr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Peffer, William Alfred 1831- (search)
Peffer, William Alfred 1831- Legislator; born in Cumberland county, Pa., Sept. 10, 1831; enlisted as a private in the 83d Illinois Infantry in 1862; mustered out in 1865 with the rank of lieutenant; then removed to Kansas and established the Fredonia Journal. He was elected to the State Senate in 1874; to the United States Senate in 1891; and was the unsuccessful candidate for governor of Kansas in 1898 on the Prohibition ticket. See imperialism; people's party.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), People's party. (search)
Field, of Virginia, for Vice-President. In the ensuing election Weaver received 22 electoral votes (in the West), and 1,041,028 popular votes. Several Senators and Representatives in the later Congresses have been Populists. In the Presidential election of 1896 the People's party combined with the Democratic party in nominating William J. Bryan for President, but nominated Thomas E. Watson for Vice-President. See political parties in the United States; Presidential elections. The Hon. W. A. Peffer, late United States Senator for Kansas, one of the leaders of the People's party, wrote as follows during the campaign of 1900: That the People's party is passing must be evident to all observers. Why it is going, and where, are obviously questions of present public concern. The party has a good and sufficient excuse for its existence. With our great war old issues were overshadowed and new forces came into play. The suspension of specie payments forced the government to
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Senate, United States (search)
Senate, United States The following article on the origin, personnel, organization, and history of the United States Senate was written by ex-Senator W. A. Peffer. Being Englishmen, the founders of the colonies from which grew the United States knew little of any form of government other than that of Great Britain, so their descendants, when they came to form a government of their own and to organize its powers, were naturally inclined to adopt the English system in so far at least as it would not interfere with the free exercise of popular rights. Accordingly, the builders of the Constitution, when they had agreed that the legislative department of the proposed government should consist of a Senate and House of Representatives, and when their discussions turned upon the materials of which the Senate should be composed, frequently alluded to the House of Lords and the character and qualifications of its members as models fit to be studied. While there was diversity of opi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
ckage shops ......June 23, 1890 Wilson bill, overruling the original package decision, passes Congress, receives the President's signature, and the original package shops are closed......Aug. 8, 1890 People's party, an outgrowth of the Farmers' Alliance and State Grange, convenes at Topeka and nominates John F. Willits for governor......Aug. 13, 1890 At State election the vote for governor stood: Humphrey, Republican, 115,025; Willits, People's party, 106,972......Nov. 4, 1890 W. A. Peffer (Alliance) elected United States Senator......Jan. 28, 1891 Shooting of Col. Sam Wood, pioneer free-State man, in a county seat fight in Stevens county......June 23, 1891 United States Senator Plumb dies at Washington, D. C., of apoplexy......Dec. 20, 1891 Bishop W. Perkins appointed United States Senator by the governor in place of Plumb, qualifies......Jan. 5, 1892 Bob and Emmet Dalton, Joseph Evans, and Texas Jack, shot and killed by citizens while attempting to rob the Fi