Word: cabinets
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...change is unnecessary. - (a) Defects of present system not inherent. - (b) Less violent means the better remedy. - (c) Congressional legislation has on the whole been effective Snow's Cabinet Govt...
...would fix the responsibility of the legislation. - (a) On the Cabinet if it is successful. - (b) On the leaders of the opposition...
...would ensure impartial and unprejudiced carrying out of the platform for which the people have declared themselves. - (a) Responsibility of carrying out party platforms is fixed on Cabinet ministers...
...CONANT and F. S. ELLIOT.Best general references: A. L. Lowell's Essays on Government, Cabinet Responsibility; Nation, XVI, 234-235; Speeches of Morrill, Cox, and Thayer, Cong. Globe, 38 Cong., 2 Sess., 420-24, 437-444, 446-448; Speech of Sen. Morrill, Cong. Record, 46 Cong. 1 Sess., 971-74; Freeman Snow, Cabinet Government...
...change would be ineffective - (a) Would not secure the best features of parliamentary govt. - (1) No change of administration on a defeat of policy. - (2) Cabinet ministers not responsible to Congress: Nation, April 3, 1873, 233. - (b) Parliamentary govt. no more of a success. - (1) Home Rule Bill in England. - (2) Experience of Italy, France and Germany. - (c) Administrative work no improvement. - (1) Written reports as good as speeches: Morrill, p. 422. - (2) Members of Cabinet can not answer detailed questions offhand. - (3) Business still controlled' by committees: Nation...