Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Municipal government divides itself naturally into two parts, its form and its work. The American form of government has not been altogether successful and to remedy this some interesting experiments in municipal government have been made, and many suggestions have been offered. One of these is that the city should be run like a private corporation, but the objection to this is that in a corporation all the members are stockholders whereas many individuals own no property in the municipality and so do not take an interest...
...convention of graduate students in the American Universities will be held in Philadelphia on January 3, under the auspices of the Graduate Club of the University of Pennsylvania...
...Record, 53 Cong., 53 Cong., 3 sess., p. 1834; Henderson in Cong. Record, 53 Cong., 3 sess., p. 1863; Boston Herald, Dec. 4, 5, 14-19, 1894, Dec. 4, 1895; H. W. Peabody in Boston Transcript, Dec. 9, 1895; J. Jay Knox, United States Notes, 119 et seq.; North American Review, 161, pp. 653-662 (Dec. 1895); Pol. Science Quarterly...
Question: "Resolved, That American cities should own and operate the street car lines within their limits...
Question: "Resolved, That American cities should own and operate the street railways within their limits...