The laws should be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immigration of a servile class to compete with American labor, with no intention of acquiring citizenship, and bringing with them and retaining habits and customs repugnant to our civilization.

Well, my dear fellow what did you expect, champagne?

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.

In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.

Every citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate of their fidelity.

I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.

Under our scheme of government the waste of public money is a crime against the citizen.