Word: mckinleyism
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...McKinley Tariff Law is not beneficial to the country. 2. The Federal Elections Bill which passed the House of Representatives of the last Congress was not a wise Measure of Legislation. The Democrats were to support the affirmative and the Republicans the negative. Two Democrats and two Republicans were to speak on the McKinley Bill and one from each side on the Elections Bill. Professor Briggs said that applause would be provided for by allowing each speaker five extra minutes. He introduced as the first debater, Mr. J. S. Brown, L. S. of the Harvard Democratic Club...
...Brown spoke on the McKinley Bill. He said that the Bill was not one for the laborers, who are likewise the consumers, but for the monopolists and the wealthy manufacturers in general. As a proof of this he stated that over a quarter of the reductions of the bill were on the articles of the iron industry, and quoted from a wealthy iron manufacturer that the legislation on the bill was bought expressly for that purpose. Wages, too, were far from benefited, he said, and amid great applause unfurled a voluminous document, detailing the one thousand labor strikes that have...
Questions: 1. Is the McKinley Tariff Law beneficial to the Country? 2. Was the Federal Elections Bill which passed the House of Representatives of the last Congress a wise Measure of Legislation...
Some changes have been made in regard to the debate between the campaign clubs since the announcement was printed in the calendar. C. G. Morgan will speak on the negative side instead of R. C. Surbridge. The subjects are: 1. The McKinley Tariff Law is not beneficial to the country. 2. The Federal Elections Bill which passed the House of Representatives of the last Congress was not a wise Measure of Legislation. The Democrats will take the affirmative and the Republicans the negative. Dean Briggs will preside...
...opposed to a state issue of circulating notes:-(c) It stands for the maintenance of the American system of tariff for revenue and protection as opposed to the policy of tariff for revenue only:-(1) The attitude of the two great parties on the tariff question compared:-(2) The McKinley tariff in particular and its bearing on our economic policy...