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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...change is contrary to the spirit, if not to the letter, of the constitution. - (a) Cabinet was intended to furnish advisors to President, and not to become a party machine; Von Holst, Const. Law, 91. - (b) The executive, with cabinet, was not intended to be allied to Congress, but to be a a check or balance; Thayer, 446; Hare, I, 180. - (c) It is fundamental in a democracy that the people should move the government, not that any body of men should control legislation; Snow...
...page must be written an assumed name and a statement of the writer's standing, i. e. whether he is a graduate or undergraduate; if an undergraduate, to what class he belongs and to what department of the University. Under cover with the essay must be sent a sealed letter containing the true name of the writer and superscribed with his assumed name. Either prize may be withheld if no competitor appears to deserve...
...double system of duties on woolens since 1867 has benefited in the United States; - (A) The wool raisers. - (a) By protecting them from foreign competition. - (B) The woolen manufactures. - (a) The prosperous producers of raw-materials become liberal buyers of manufactured articles; letter to Hon. F. T. Greenhalge, Oct 16, '90, signed by Belvidere Woolen Manufacturing Co., and six other companies. - (b) The woolen industry has doubled since 1867, (160 to 322 mill. lbs. of wool per year); Lawrence's speech as above, page 19. - (c) Under the period of best protection our woolen manufactures have prospered most; Lawrence, page...
...very interesting letter has been received from Mr. Joseph Shippen '60, in which he states some facts concerning the Seattle Harvard Club which will be interesting because of their significance. In the first place it is remarkable that in a place so recently founded as Seattle a Harvard Club exists at all; a spirit of loyalty and of live interest is shown by this, which is decidedly gratifying and important. The club was organized last July and has now a membership of thirty. Meetings, which have been held quarterly, have been addressed by Mr. Shippen on the "Foundation of Harvard...
Leslie Stephen, M. A., the editor and author has written a letter to the London Times in which he proposes that a fund be raised for the purpose of erecting a monument to James Russell Lowell in Westminister Abbey...