Word: leade
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...affairs all criticism shall be dumb, and the nation shall follow docilely into any extreme, even into a war which the people may abhor. What is popular government, if the people have surrendered their right to consider every step of a policy which is officially announced as destined to lead, in one not improbable alternative, to a conclusion which must convulse the nation and may affect the civilization of the world? The fact is that there never was a public question which stood more in need of immediate, full and open discussion. The people are very far from being united...
...government proposes, or deny it, as some United States Senators demand; if we keep other powers off what shall be our own relation to South America; is there a danger of complications there possibly more real than the peril of European entanglements; is there a danger that "sovereignty" may lead to protectorates, and those to annexations, until our republic becomes unmanageable? These are some of the questions which suddenly confront us. Can there be anything more creditable to Harvard men than to think and speak on these matters without fear or favor? Is it not plain that nothing can more...
...These excessive powers lead to misgovernment.- (a) Bargaining.- (1) Between members and candidates for speaker.- (2) Between Speaker and members wishing to offer resolutions: Nation. XXVI. 226.- (b) Excite contested elections which delay legislative business (exs. 1839, 1849, 1855, 1859, etc.).- (1) When parties are evenly divided none will give up such an all-powerful position.- (c) Corrupt use of power by Speaker to further corporate interests: Cong. Rec. 44 Cong. 1 Sess. 3606.- (d) Minority summarily overridden: 19th Cent. XXVIII...
...fourth round Harvard again gained the lead by taking one game from her nearest rival, Columbia, and tying the other. Southard defeated Price of Columbia in a Vienna opening, and Ryder and Ross of Columbia tied in a French defense. At the end of this round Ryder had the best individual score, having won 3 games and tied 1. The result...
With the score a tie the final round on New Year's Day was very interesting. Harvard won one game and tied the second, while Princeton won one and lost one. Ross of Columbia won his game from Elmer of Princeton and Columbia was for the time in the lead. Price, however, lost to Seymour of Princeton, while Ryder won and Southard played a draw. This gave the Harvard players a lead of a half point. The result of the final round...