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...Thomas Brackett Reed (1839-1902) of Maine was twice Speaker of the House: 1889-91 and 1895-99. Strong of will, he, with William McKinley and Joseph Gurney Cannon, framed new parliamentary rules which provided that every Representative must vote, that members present but not voting could be counted for a quorum, that no dilatory or filibustering motion be entertained by the Speaker. Attacked as a "Tsar," he used his rules to rush through the House the McKinley (1890) and the Dingley (1897) tariff bills...
...President went, as custom required, to the Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. By custom he delivered a speech on Peace. Contrary to custom he said something pointed. His argument: The Kellogg treaty for the renunciation of war is a "declaration" of "faith and idealism" which must be followed by "action." It must mean "all armament hereafter shall be used only for defense." But "we are still borne on the tide of competitive building. . . . Fear and suspicion . . . will never disappear until we can turn this tide toward actual reduction." He insisted on finding a "rational yardstick" for naval comparisons...
...history of these contests must be contrasted most pleasantly with the hectic rivalry of the Olympic Games. Friendship and the idea of a pleasant excursion have fortunately been the dominant themes which have characterized the matches in the past. At the same time the keen desire for victory has not been lost but merely sublimated to the more commendable attitude of fair play...
...these two things, the one of them must...
...upon building up an adequate cataloguing organization. Many books which have been stored for several years have been made available. Classification is of great importance, and to work out this problem in such a way that it may serve students and business men alike, a substantial number of years must elapse before the study can be completed. The aim is to carry on the work of cataloguing as rapidly as the classification work is advanced...