Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Yale Union, the principal debating organization at Yale, has recently adopted the form of a legislative body corresponding in nearly every way to the National Congress. The members have been equally divided into three parties, Republican, Democrat and Independent, and the members of each division are to advocate the general principles and political policies of the national party which they represent. Each division is also to have a leader, and those bills are to be discussed which are now being considered in Congress. No fixed division is to be made according to states, but every man will represent the state...
...regard to the communication singed "Lovers of the Truth" which appeared in yesterday's CRIMSON, I wish to say that the matter will be noticed editorially in Saturday's issue of the Democrat. GEORGE MARSH...
From the paragraph on the tariff, two passages are omitted. The first, making intelligible the last sentence of the Democrat's reprint, is as follows: "Since the Democratic party has absolutely thrown away the low tariff position which such leaders as Cleveland, Carlisle, Wilson, and Russell won for it, the reciprocity doctrine of the Republican party seems to afford the best immediate opportunity for liberal legislation; although it must be confessed that progress towards world-wide trade is more likely to come through the logic of events than than through legislation--that is, through the increasing superiority of American industries...
...because this is a matter that might be thought to reflect not only on the honesty of the editors of the paper, but also on the fair name of the University as a champion of the truth, since the editors have christened their sheet the Harvard Democrat; it is for this reason, and not because of the harm done politically by such a distortion of President Eliot's views, we have ventured to call the attention of the readers of the CRIMSON to this subject. LOVERS OF THE TRUTH...
...second number of the Republican appears to-day. It contains letters from Secretary Long '57, Senator Chandler and F. W. Dallinger '93. The leading editorial is an attack on the Democrat, claiming misrepresentation of President Eliot's opinions on the campaign issues...