“Following the defeat of the Spanish, centralist and federationist groups waged a lengthy conflict between themselves to determine the future of the nation.”
“Similar articles appeared in the trade union press, including the American Federationist, Library Journal, and the Wilson Library Bulletin.”
“The new BC CCF paper, the Federationist, launched to fill the void that appeared with the collapse of Pritchard's pro-Connell Commonwealth, drew a similar balance sheet.”
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“Certainly federationists advanced this argument, but when the Federation League used it to solicit funds from Sydney businesses the results were very disappointing.”
“In 1897-98, the Constitution's framers, all committed federationists, spent close to a total of four months in meetings around the country, spread out over a full year.”