Word: local
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...record of the Freshmen to date shows a tie for second place in the local class C league and only two matches in the lost column. The Eli team, on the other hand, is an unknown quantity. Freshman squash is a newly organized sport at New Haven, this year's team being the first to play outside matches...
...particular application of the doctrine of State rights which culminated in the Civil War bears the label of a lost cause," he believes. No one now challenges the supremacy of the Federal Government or denies the power of Congress "to reach out into the States and influence or control local affairs and enforce uniform standards on subjects about which the people of the various States may differ." But another issue arises at this point. "Before that power is exercised, we face the question, is it wise...
This is Ritchie's issue. And the denouement for which he argues is a less precarious balance between Federal and State power, a strengthening of local governments, a subdivision of so called national problems into manageable units, "so that sectional differences and class conflicts which cannot be settled nationally will be settled locally and will disappear as intraparty discords...
...system of Federal subsidies to the States in the matter of good roads, agricultural stations, and vocational education he regards as vicious. However pleasant it may be for the States to receive something for nothing, "the whole tendency of the system is to destroy the principle of local self-government...
...theme, ostensibly, which provides a possible basis of reunion for his badly shattered party. For it says to Democrats in all sections of the country: "If you cannot agree about prohibition or about any other contentious issue nationally, agree to disagree about it locally. Make this freedom to disagree, and this willingness to revive a healthy local sovereignty, the basis of your actions and the pillar of your strength. You have Jefferson's word that it is sound governmental policy, and your own experience to tell you it is sound common sense...