Word: neg
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...great interest was manifested throughout the evening. The question before the house was: "Resolved, That the best interests of the country demand the success of the Democratic party in the coming presidential election. A secret ballot on the merits of the question resulted in a vote of, off., 77; neg...
...principal disputants were off., Messrs. Sewall, L. S., and Hansen, '85; neg., Saunders, L. S., and E. T. Sandford, '85. Mr. Sewall upon taking the floor was greeted with prolonged and vigorous applause. He delivered a most caustic review of Mr. Blaine's public career, being frequently interrupted by applause. Mr. Sewall was followed by Mr. Sannders, who, upon arising was saluted with thunders of applause. The speaker, in the most able argument of the evening, compared the records of the two parties and assailed the claims of the Democratic party to a reform policy. Mr. Hansen and Mr. Sanford...
...thrown open to the house there spoke from the floor Messrs. Jennings, Hibbard, Fraser, Roundy, Carrier, Davis, Hobson, C. H. Strong, Garrison, Mahany, Platt, Sawyer, Webster, Bowen, Page, McAffee, Richardson, Chenoworth, Root, Robinson. The ballot on the debate of the principal disputants resulted in a vote of affair., 35; neg., 101. That of the debate as a whole, aft., 20; neg...
...next meeting of the Harvard Union will occur Wednesday evening, Oct. 29. Subject for debate: Resolved, that the best interest for the country demand the success of the Democratic party in the coming presidential election. Debaters: Aff. H. M. Sewall, L. S. and O. R. Hansen, '85; Neg. C. R. Saunders, L. S. and E. T. Sanford...
...among all the citizens necessary to the existence of the republic ? Aff. 1781. Is the starry heaven made of fire ? Aff. 1674. Is there a stone that makes gold? Aff. 1687. Can mortals be changed into one another alternately? Aff. 1703. Is the earth the centre of the universe? Neg. 1717. Is a comet, which only appears after many years, more a foreboding of divine wrath than a planet which rises daily. Neg. 1770. Can real gold be made by the art of chemistry? Aff. 1771. Were the aborigines of America descended from Abraham? Aff. 1773. Is the color...