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...powers of the Speaker have steadily increased till from moderator he has become despot.- (a) Clay imposed his personality upon House.- (b) Stevenson, 1827-35, made House subservient to Pres. Jackson.- (c) Blaine, 1869-75, used office to further political ambitions.- (d) Carlisle, 1883-89, made himself real source of all legislation by refusing recognition to members he did not favor.- (e) Reed, 1889-91.- (1) Overrode minority summarily.- (2) Increased power of chair by new rules...
...contributed to a recent number of the Atlantic Monthly: "A People Without Law." We are undertaking an unprecedented task, that of civilizing a nation. The Indians have lost all the civil society which they once had. The change has been gradual. We have placed over them a little despot - the Indian Agent. We depose and dispose of their chiefs as we like and we govern them without any any system of laws. We have not built upon what they had; we have destroyed it. All those best informed about the Indians say that what they need most is law. Educate...
...Atlantic to discuss the questions of the day. "The Future of the Country College," by President Hyde of Bowdoin is a masterly treatment of a subject which interests not only college men, but all people interested in higher education. Miss Murfree ends in this number her remarkable story "The Despot of Broomsedge Cove." Those who have followed it through the year can testify to its excellence. Mr. Hardy contributes the eleventh and twelfth chapters of "Passe Rose." Two articles, "Urbs Animae" and "A Flight in the Dark," signed only with initials, have an added zest from the mystery attaching. Louise...
...Atlantic Monthly for November is an exceptionally good number. The great variety of subjects treated makes the magazine acceptable to every taste. The serials are "Passe Rose," by A. S. Hardy; and "The Despot of Broomsedge Cove," by Miss Murfree. Mr. Downes' fifth paper on "Boston Painters and Paintings," also appears. There is not an article which does not have some merit, but of the deepest interest to us, are papers on two of the living questions of the day, factory life, and economy in college work. In the paper on factory life, the writer gives an account...
...June number of the Atlantic Monthly is as bright and interesting as usual. The serial stories, "Yone Santo" and "The Despot of Broomsedge Cove" are continued, and a new one, "Miser Farrell's Bequest," by J. P. Quincy, is begun. "To Cawdor Castle and Culloden Moor," by J. C. R. Dorr, is a vivid description of that interesting place. Theodore Child contributes "The Literary Career in France," a paper which is well worth reading. "The Discovery of the Rocky Mountains." by Francis Parkman, is not only instructive but possesses the charm of the other writings of that able historian. Perhaps...