Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Question, "Resolved, That the fisheries treaty should have been ratified by the senate...
...speaker then requested his audience to question him in regard to what he had said, and quite a number of men availed themselves of the opportunity and were answered in a bright and entertaining manner...
...Question, "Resolved, That the fisheries treaty should have been ratified by the senate...
...first vote on the merits of the question stood: affirmative 13; negative 28; vote on principal disputants, affirmative 5; negative 47; debate as a whole, affirmative 6; negative...
...question for the evening's debate was, "Resolved, That the United States should not materially increase its navy." The discussion was opened for the affirmative by A. H. Williams, '91; he began with a few remarks concerning the popular cry for a large navy. He defined the uses of a navy as three: to guard the coast. protect commerce, survey and police the seas. He granted that the navy of the United States in its present condition could not accomplish the first two of these things, but claimed that this is not necessary, and that our navy is sufficient...