Word: cabinet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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DEBATE OF NOVEMBER 16, 1887.Question: "Should the members of the President's Cabinet have seats and voices in Congress...
...change to be effective implies, in time, a responsible ministry.- Bagehot's Eng. Const., chap. on the cabinet; Nation...
...care for the fundamental question of Law.' It is a shrewd remark that 'the constitutional law as to the obligation of contracts made by legislation is still in embryo, despite the numberless decisions upon it.' The merits and the true bearing of the excellent proposal to bring the Cabinet officers on the floor of Congress are well recognized and stated. The limitations upon the power of courts, in judging of the constitutionality of legislation, are more keenly discerned by Von Hoist than they are by some of our own writers. The fulness of the statistics in regard to various important...
...Glee Alumni of Washington, tendered a banquet to president Dwight last Wednesday. President Cleveland was invited, but was compelled to decline on account of his health. All the members of his cabinet were present except Secretary Lamar and Attorney-General Garland. In addition to these were senator Evarts, senator Dawes, senator Hawley and a host of other prominent men. Colonel J. Edwards Clarke replied to the toast, "The Harvard Poet's tribute to Yale." Much enthusiasm was manifested at every speech...
...successful issue of Harvard's 250th birthday. But during the short space of three days, much has happened which time alone can never efface from the memory of all those who were present. It was indeed a great day for Harvard when the President attended by his cabinet arrived at the main entrance of the college, and slowly drove through the yard. Never was a heartier welcome extended to President Cleveland than he received during his short stay at Cambridge, and men of all political creeds joined in the greetings extended to him. Never in the history of Cambridge...