Word: hamiltonians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sake of accomplishing immediately a purpose, no matter how desirable, a fundamental principle of good government and sound practice is violated." Such a philosophic dictum might almost have been taken direct from "greatest" Alexander Hamilton himself. And in enunciating it, Mr. Mellon had to employ almost Hamiltonian courage. For he laid down this principle in a letter opposing additional funds for Prohibition, thus opening himself to further attacks from the Triumphant Drys, who rightly suspect him of less than Anti-Saloon League fervor for Prohibition. He was defending the fundamental principle that public money should not be appropriated except...
...Hamiltonian sort of person who viewed the People with alarm? Was it by any chance purely a vote-hunting cry? In any case, was it a wise cry, politically? The nub of the Hoover speech was this: during the War, the U. S. Govern ment was centralized, given extraordinary powers over U. S. business, viz., the opera tion of the railroads. After the War, the extraordinary powers were withdrawn, control decentralized. "There has been revived in this campaign, however, a series of proposals which, if adopted, would be a long step towards the abandonment of our American system...
...initiative, referendum, and recall the people have been tending toward supreme control of their officials. One of the main things in the way of this progressive movement is the appointment of the federal judiciary by the president. Until the people gain the right to elect their own judges the Hamiltonian principle that the people are not qualified to govern themselves will continue and progressive policies can never become dominant." The query as to whether this would not bring politics into the judiciary brought the frank reply. "There can never be more politics in the judiciary than there are right...
...were on the verge of believing that the President had become a follower of the Jeffersonian policy of state rights rather than that of the Hamiltonian doctrine of centralization, but before the echoes of his Williamsburg speech [TIME, May 24] have died away, we find him entering upon the most centralized power of the national Government by this executive order...
...Herbert to devote the next few days to intensive practice in handling the ball. Time and again the University players drove within striking distance of the Colgate goal only to lose the ball by a careless fumble before a shot was attempted. A number of brilliant stops by the Hamiltonian goaltender also contributed to the zero in the Harvard column...