 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency - Currency question - 1870 - 502 pages
...opposed to it. After they had all interchanged views, some one asked the President what his view was. Ho remarked that he thought there was a certain amount...country, and that the bubble might as well be tapped in oue way as another. Wo supposed, from that conversation, that the President was a contractionist. sss... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams - Erie railway - 1871 - 446 pages
...course, Mr. Fisk, who alone had the impudence to put such an inquiry. The President bluntly replied, that there was a certain amount of fictitiousness about...bubble might as well be tapped in one way as another. The remark was fatal to Mr. Gould's plans, and he felt it, in his own words, as a wet blanket. Meanwhile... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams - Erie railway - 1871 - 434 pages
...course, Mr. Fisk, who alone had the impudence to put such an inquiry. The President bluntly replied, that there was a certain amount of fictitiousness about...bubble might as well be tapped in one way as another. The remark was fatal to Mr. Gould's plans, and he felt it, in his own words, as a wet blanket. Meanwhile... | |
 | Robert W. McAlpine - 1872 - 512 pages
...opposed to it. After they had all interchanged their views, some one asked the President what his opinion was. He remarked that he thought there was a certain...bubble might as well be tapped in one way as another. He then asked me what I thought about it. I gave it as my opinion that if that policy were carried... | |
 | Robert W. McAlpine - Murder - 1872 - 524 pages
...opposed to it. After they had all interchanged their views, some one asked the President what his opinion was. He remarked that he thought there was a certain...bubble might as well be tapped in one way as another. He then asked me what I thought about it. I gave it as my opinion that if that policy were carried... | |
 | Democratic National Committee (U.S.) - Campaign literature - 1876 - 764 pages
...it. After they had all interchanged their views, some one asked the President what his views were. He remarked that he thought there was a certain amount...bubble might as well be tapped in one way as another. That was the substance of his remark. He then asked me what I thought about it. I remarked that I thought... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1881 - 738 pages
...'At this supper the question came up about the state of the country, the crops, prospects ahead, etc. The President was a listener; the other gentlemen...supposed, from that conversation, that the President was a eontractionist. His remark struck across us like a wet blanket.' i "It appears that these skillfully-contrived... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Presidents - 1881 - 698 pages
...in favor of Boutwell's selling gold, and some opposed to it. After they had all interchanged view?, some one asked the President what his view was. He...across us like a wet blanket.' "It appears that these skillfully-contrived efforts elicited from the President but one remark, and this opened a gloomy prospect... | |
 | Henry Adams - Currency question - 1891 - 476 pages
...course Fisk, who alone had the impudence to put such an inquiry. The President bluntly replied that there was a certain amount of fictitiousness about...bubble might as well be tapped in one way as another. The remark was fatal to Gould's plans, and he felt it, in his own words, as " a wet blanket." Meanwhile... | |
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After they had all interchanged their views, some one asked the President what his view was. He remarked that he thought there was a certain amount of fictitiousness about the prosperity of the country, and that the bubble might as well be tapped in one... 
