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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Senators should be elected by the state legislatures.- (A) Indirect election of Senators secures much better men.- (1) Mere popular demagogues cannot secure election by state legislatures.- cf. character of senators and governors.- (B) Corruption, urged as an objction to the present system, would be merely increased by popular election of senators.- (1) Bribing in direct election is as easy as in indirect elctions: (bryce II, 137 seq.).- (2) It is more demoralizing.- (3) The Senators would be elected by the corrupt element of the states.- (a) The cities, where most corruption exists, would have greater influence (Bryce...
...Annually renewed agreements are for the best interests of the student body.- (a) They tend toward manly action on the field.- (1) Colleges would be independent of alliances.- (2) Unmanly action would end games.- (x) Cf. Harvard-Princeton in 1890: Advocate, XLIX. 49, XLVII. 51.- (y) Cf also present rupture between Yale and Harvard...
...Additional ships should be ordered by next Congress for - (1) Usual time for building a battle-ship is 5 years. - (2) Cramp can not construct the best in less than 2 1/2 years: Higgins in Cong. Rec. Vol. 27, p. 3576. - (b) Provision for - (1) Sudden shipwreck, cf. Reina Regente. - (2) Ordinary wear and tear. - (3) Filling place of older ships made nearly useless by modern improvements...
Mackenzie cf...
...Woodcock cf...