Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...triangular debate with Yale and Princeton on the subject, "Resolved, That the initiative and referendum should be generally adopted in the American states," will take place probably on May 15. Preliminary trials will be held on April 2 and 4, final trials on April 11. Two teams of three men each, and three alternates will be chosen. One of these teams will debate at Princeton and the other here against Yale...
...subject for the Freshman triangular debate has been announced as follows: "Resolved, That the initiative and referendum should be generally adopted in the American states." This was decided upon by the executive committee of the Intercollegiate Triangular Debating Council at a recent meeting at which L. A. Mahoney '13 represented the University Debating Council...
...keen interest in political development seems to be at last aroused, if we may judge from the spread of commission government and from the use of the referendum. A broad view of the results gives one clear and encouraging answer as to their meaning, namely, that not since the Civil War have the people voted as thoughtfully as they did last week...
...theory of government are able to perform in behalf of the improvement of local political conditions. The proposed charter includes provisions for a number of the most successful of the changes that have been made of late in city government, the commission plan of administration, the initiative, referendum and recall, the short ballot and preferential voting. If accepted and administered in the right way, the proposed charter should put Cambridge among the best governed cities of the country and would make it possible for students of the University to study the most approved methods of government at first hand...
...United States Senators by direct vote of the people, direct primaries for the nomination of all elective officials, the direct election of delegates to national conventions with opportunity for the voter to express his choice for President and Vice-President, amendment to state constitutions providing for the initiative, referendum, and recall, and a thorough general corrupt practice...