Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...come to the feature which distinguishes our government from that of any other nation. The caucus is the distinctive feature in American political campaigns. It is the machine in politics, and is self-perpetuating. It differs from the old New England town-meeting, in that it is composed of members of one party only. Those who enter into the proceedings of the caucus are in sympathy with each other, and thus they accomplish something. The caucus is the germ from which are formed the county and state central committees and officers. To some it may appear that a political campaign...
...Hutchinson '93, then spoke on the negative. The campaign of 1884 has shown that the road to the White House is not smooth. Republics rise, grow, flourish, become corrupt and perish. Men must be nominated whose careers are of the highest order and whose characters are spotless. This speaker based the greater part of his arguments upon the charge that Mr. Blaine once prostituted his office for money, when he was the owner of certain railroad bonds...
...Stone '93, proceeded to show that this charge was almost groundless and that it was brought up to help defeat Mr. Blaine in his presidential campaign. The speaker recounted Mr. Blaine's public history and his career in inactivity and showed with what great statemanship he had settled our international difficulties and established a system of reciprocity. As a scholar, his two chief works are the book entitled "Twenty Years in Congress," the recognized authority on the history of the United States from 1863 to 1884 and his controversy with Mr. Gladstone, which was a complete victory. The presidency needs...
...point is whether this party or that has violated its pledges, and when you get two parties in this predicament you can know that the bone of contention is strong. Mr. Greenhalge then went on to express his trust that Harvard men would take an active part in the campaign, on whichever side they stood. He further spoke of his pleasure at our successful debate with Yale...
...article by Capt. E. S. Godfrey, one of General Custer's troop commanders, on the massacre of the Little Big Horn, "Custer's Last Battle." The author advances a new theory with regard to Custer's movements. The article is followed by a critical review of the campaign by Gen. Fry. Dr. Wier Mitchell has his second instalment of Characteristics and Cole's "Old Masters" series is continued. The poetry of the number is unusually interesting, Mr. Aldrich contributing five short poems...