...our House of Representatives, said, during^, -discussion of the question: "I am in for reciprocity, because I hope to see the day when the American flag...float over every square foot of the British North Americas, clear to the North Pole." This remark Mr. Clark is said to have made "jocularly" : but a...

...Mr. Clark's remarks up to this point. Then he continues : I am for it, because I hope to see the day the American flag will float over every square foot of the British North America possessions clear to the north pole. I do not observe anything which would lead me to believe...

...Bill, said: " I am in favor of the reciprocity treaty to promote our trade relations. ... I am for it, because I hope to see the day when the American flag...North American possessions clear to the North Pole. They are people of our blood. They speak our language. Their institutions are much like ours. They...

...frequently made to a speech of Champ Clark, in which he said, in the House of Representatives: "I am for it because I hope to see the day when the American flag...North American possessions clear to the North Pole." President Taft's words that "Canada was at the parting of the ways" were often quoted to show that...

..." I am in favor of the reciprocity treaty to promote our trade relations. ... I am for it, oecause I hope to see the day when the American flag will...North American possessions clear to the North Pole. They are people of our blood. They speak our language. Their institutions are much like ours. They...

...House of Representatives declared in advocating the Canadian Reciprocity Bill, " I am for it because 1 hope to see the day when the American flag will float...North American possessions clear to the North Pole," it aroused, instead of laughter, an international misunderstanding. That this incautious remark of...

...them on some of the necessities of life. Champ Clark [Mo.], the Speaker, followed. I am for this bill because I hope to see the day when the American flag...North American possessions clear to the North Pole. They are people of our blood. They speak our language. Their institutions are much like ours. They...

...angeführt werden: „I am in favor of the reeiprocity treaty to promote our trade relations. I am for it because I hope to see the day when the American flag will flöte over every square foot of the British North American possessions clear to the North Pole. They...

...British relations. Among various utterances by the American press and American public men, the most fatal was that of Speaker Champ Clark : ' I am in favor...decidedly what they do not want. Their historical connexions, their sympathies, their ideals are British, not * 'Parliamentary Debates on Confederation,'...

...interpretations. Speaker Champ Clark's announcement that he was in favor of the agreement because he hoped "to see the day when the American flag will float...square foot of the British North American possessions" was worth tens of thousands of votes. The anti-reciprocity press of Canada seized upon these utterances,...