Word: corruption
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Biennial elections will make the State legislature less effective. (1) It will produce "green" legislatures. (a) Few members re-elected (Vermont legislatures-vide Bridgman, p. 25). (b) Owing to "district" system in Mass., the representatives of other towns must have a chance within ten years. (2) Will produce corrupt legislatures. (a) Will be more subject to corporation influence. (x) Self, not constituents, considered by members. (b) Will be further from control of their constituents. (x) They have no expectation of re-election. (y) Their terms are twice as long...
...bonds would be paid in depreciated money, contrary to the declaration of the Act of 1890. (b) All debts would be scaled down one-half. B. The attack on Civil Service Reform is an attack on good government. (1) The spoils system has always menat, and means now, corrupt administration of public affairs. C. The plank in regard to Federal Relations is an attack upon the U. S. Gov't and subversive of the Constitution. (Chicago Platform.) (1) It destroys the Federal equilibrium established by the Constitution. (a) It means that the U. S. Gov't can exist in efficiency...
...third party is desirable.- (a) It serves as a check on the two great parties.- (1) It breaks up old political rings and corrupt administration.- (2) Makes a cleansing of the old parties absolutely necessary: Pub. Opin. Vol. XVI, p. 42.- (b) It has great educational value.- (1) It breaks down old party lines: Amer. Mag. Civics, Vol. 7, p. 199.- (x) Sets people thinking for themselves.- (2) Raises new issues which demand investigation.- (x) Populism has raised questions,- (m) of the Govt. ownership of monopolies which affect the public interest,- (n) of the currency,- (o) of inequalities...
...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...
...Republic," Socrates states a belief in the future life. He says that everything has its natural enemy which tends to destroy it. If now, anything is found whose enemy can only corrupt it, we may consider that it cannot be destoryed. Since the soul can be corrupted but not destroyed, it must be immortal...