Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...been greatly misunderstood. While President Garfield was dying at Elberon, Mr. Wise went to Mr. Arthur's house to tell him of the President's condition. He was a man of great ability, with a thorough knowledge of the duties of this office. Grover Cleveland was a Democrat whose power lay in his conservatism. Whatever he did, he took the consequences for. Mr. Harrison, who was our next President, was a clear-minded, clever lawyer, but narrow and bigoted in religious matters. Mr. Wise first met William McKinley in Congress. His chief fault was his inability to free himself from...
...Republican candidate for lieutenant-governor; Thorndike Spalding '95, Republican candidate for State senator from the second Middlesex district, which includes the College and neighborhood; and the following candidates for State representative from the Harvard square district of whom a choice of three is necessary: P. R. Ammidon '05, Democrat; S. D. Elmore '93, and R. A. Wood '03, both Republican. All of the candidates mentioned above were graduated from the Law School, as was H. N. Stearns, another Republican candidate for representative...
...Luce's address was in the form of advice to Harvard men in choosing which political party to join, illustrated by his personal experience. On leaving College Mr. Luce became a Democrat, like the majority of Harvard graduates of that time; but not long after, like many other of these same men, he became a Republican. There were two reasons for his becoming a Democrat: the political economy then taught in College favored free trade, and the Democratic platform was "mathematically correct." Later he realized that idealism enters politics as everything else, and that mere mathematical precision is not practical...
...Religion of a Democrat," by C. Zeublin...
...notice in Saturday morning's CRIMSON, that a victory is ascribed to Johnson over Bryan in Friday's straw ballot. I wish to take issue with this misleading statement. As a matter of fact, Bryan received a big majority over Johnson from the Democratic voters. It is ludicrous, to say the least, to count Republican votes for Democratic nominees, unless a Democrat is given first or second place. To force a Republican to vote for two Democrats is something quite apart from actual politics; nor are Democrats supposed to vote for Republicans in an actual election. The mere fact that...