Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...United States broke away from Great Britain before a cabinet government had been developed there. Australia, on being given by Great Britain the rights of local control, adopted the cabinet system, of which the salient features are: a good representative system, a good civil government, honest elections, and good maintenance of executive order...
...community, however, may not be the better for learning, for, though brutal crimes may be less frequent, knowledge has taught man many ways of petty meanness. Educated men, though infrequently possessing those personal qualities which enable them to exert immediate control over the wills of others, are able by their dispassionate criticism to rule in calmer moments. To bring things back to their proper perspective is the art of the learned...
...gradual and peaceful change has placed the people of England in control of their government so that, it is now virtually a democracy. Its representative system is good, the elections are pure, good men are brought into the government service and responsibility is fixed in a perfect manner. The judiciary is upright and independent and the civil service is efficient and outside of political influences. The English system is suited, however, for only two parties. For the last few years the powers of the House of Commons have been declining and at the same time the cost of obtaining...
...tariff, trusts, the personality of the Republican candidate, the Philippines, and militarism. But these are unreal issues, raised by the Democrats. The Democratic party for 40 years has been the party of opposition, and it is so now. The Republican party, after serious Democratic crises, has received control of the government, and in each case has brought about national prosperity...
Moral standards, Mr. Fisher said, are among the higher classes almost on a par with those of any Western nation. The mass of people, however, are largely lacking in moral control. Hence the significance of the common soldiers' contact with the Christian Associations. The destruction of feudalism took away with other restraints moral restraint on the masses of people. Japan is thus in as moral as well as political crisis. Its result will depend largely on the West, to which Japan is looking for leadership. In conclusion, the speaker called attention to the opportunity for influencing the destiny of Japan...