Word: bryce
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...part 1; vol. XXI, appendix, pp. 22-25; House Journal, Fifty First Congress, 1st Session; Copy of the rules, (pamphlet); North American Review, vol. 150; Nation, Feb. 6, 13, and 20, 1890; Public Opinion, VIII; Feb. 8, 1890; Story's Commentaries, II, 299; Lalor's Cyclopaedia, IV, 88; Bryce's American Commonwealth, I, 129-132; Smith's Const'l Manual...
...ruling on the quorum is unconstitutional indefinite and dangerous. - (a) Unconstitutional. - (1) Not in accordance with the practice up to 1889; contemporaneous exposition. - (2) A majority prescribed by the constitution. - (3) The House not in absolute control of its own procedure; Consti, Art. 1, $5; Bryce, pp. 129-131. - (b) Indefinite, by being capable of different interpretations; Nation, Feb. 13, 1890, p. 124. - (c) Dangerous. - (1) Rules are intended to protect, not to oppress minorities...
Best general references: McCarthy's Ireland's Cause in England's Parliament; Bryce's How We Became Home Rulers (in Handbook of Home Rule); Public Opinion Oct. 17 and 24, 1891; McCarthy in Contemporary Review, Nov., 1891; Nation, vol. 41, p. 254, and vol. 53, pp. 289 and 330; Sat. Review, vol. 70, p. 365; North American Review...
...Review, vol. 144, p. 622; McCarthy in Contemporary Review, Nov. '91. - (d) He substituted constitutional methods fer violence; N. A. Review, vol. 144, p. 624. - (e) He contributed valuable criticisms and suggestions to all of Parliament's Irish legislation: Nation, Oct. 15, '91. - (f) He successfully opposed coercion: Bryce in Handbook of Home Rule, pp. 48 and 53. - (g) His obstructive policy compelled Parliament and the English people to pay attention to Ireland's interests: Handbook of Home Rule...
...Univ. Studies IV, p. 95; (2) Political bosses; Von Holst; Const. Law, p. 331. - (b) Deals. - (c) Treatment of municipal offices as party spoils; J. H. Univ. Studies V. p. 61. - (d) The State Legislature is apt to interfere in city affairs: Ency. Brit. XVII, 463; Lalor I, 464; Bryce...