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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Best general references: John Bach McMaster in Forum, vol. 20, pp. 257 ff. (November, 1895); Judge Black, in North American Beview, vol. 130, pp. 208 ff. (March, 1880), vol. 160, pp. 385 ff.; Nation, vol. 61, p. 337 (November...
...existed at the time of the framing of the Constitution (North American Review, March, 1880).- (x) As it existed in 1875 (North American Review, vol. 130, p. 116), (y) as it existed in the time of Grant's struggle for a third term (Forum, vol. 20, pp. 257 ff(, (z) as it exists today.- (2) There are no unusually important measures of foreign policy to be decided.- (3) There are no domestic concerns of vital interest which require completion...
...completion of the canal by the United States would be unwise.- (a) Labor and cost would be excessive: Springfield Rep., Mar. 13, 1896, Report of the Ludlow Committee.- (1) The estimated cost is $135,000 000.- (b) The canal would not pay expenses: Forum for March, p. 21, ff.- (1) Competition of the Panama Canal.- (2) Competition of thirteen railroad lines.- (3) The smallness of the traffic would raise the toll to a height which would be prohibitory.- (c) The canal would be disadvantageous to the United States in time of war: S. Webster in Harper...
...Only six states in the Union have annual elections for the legislature: World Almanac (1896), p. 378.- (2) Mass. and Rhode Island alone have a general annual election: as above.- (3) States having the biennial system have not advocated a return to annual elections: Biennial Elections, P. 61 ff. Opinions of the Governors. Ex-Gove. Robinson...
Best general references: R. S. Bridgeman in New England Magazine, new series, VIII, (April, 1893) pp. 206 ff.; Speeches of George Fred Williams and E. B. Hayes before the Massachusetts Reform Club, Boston Globe and Boston Herald, Feb. 15, 1896; George Fred Williams in Springfield Weekly Republican, Jan. 31, 1896, and in Boston Herald...