Word: congress
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...Charles J. Bonaparte '71, who is to address the University March 23, will speak on "A Danger to Honest Government." He will refer to the possibility that the President might be led under existing circumstances, to use his appointing power as a means of obtaining legislation from Congress at the extra session now convened...
...mottoes lettered on panels ornamenting the foundations of the dome of the reading room in the new Library of Congress were selected by President Eliot...
...said those who are watching most closely and keenly the trend of events note two tendencies; on the one hand a growth of public interest in purer government; a winning battle for the abolition of the spoils system; a growing independence among voters; a diminution of corruption in Congress; on the other hand, along with all this, a great deal of bribery at the polls; a growing domination of corrupt political machines; an increasing tyranny and recklessness of corrupt bosses. From Washington's time till ours the chief force in our public affairs has been the force of public opinion...
Question: "Resolved, That Congress should enact the Lodge immigration bill...
Question: "Resolved, That Congress should enact the Lodge immigration bill...