Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college man should be prepared to take his share of the work bravely, for, having the best education, college men ought not take positions in the rear and allow themselves to be led in politics by men who are their inferiors except in their ability for "wire-pulling" and "caucus packing...
...Commons, and it is not considered by any means, a breach of party faith. The result has frequently been, to elect the candidate of the minority. Especially was this the case in the last election in which the Conservatives lost a number of seats. So that now, a caucus system has been devised called the "Birmingham System," which in many respects resembles the one in vogue in this country. In London, for instance, the districts have been divided into a number of wards, each of which send two delegates to a caucus, numbering in the aggregate four hundred, which proceeds...
...Baron Von Bunsen said his hearers would readily detect as he proceeded with his lecture. In Germany it is customary in each electoral district, as the time for an election approaches, for a few of the leading members of a party to assemble and hold a sort of informal caucus, at which it is decided what candidates will best represent the party. The gentlemen whose names are mentioned prominently in this connection are then notified, and a formal caucus is held, at which the nominee receiving the largest number of votes is declared to be the regular party candidate...
...college election, is surely diseased and vitiated, and needs most emphatically some cleansing process. Have we come to such a pass that a man's reputation and character may be sacrificed upon the altar of student ambition, or to satisfy the spewing wrath of some vituperative, vindictive caucus monger...
...choice. On the first ballot it was found that the number of votes cast exceeded the number of men in the class. New ballots were ordered, and finally on the sixth trial, with a careful roll-call, a fair vote was obtained. When the methods of the political caucus and ward-meeting are introduced into college elections, it may well be doubted, we repeat, whether a wholesome moderation, which hesitates to follow absolutely the dictates of party interests in college matters, may not be a blessing in disguise...