Word: republican
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Either the unpropitious weather or the multitude of mass-meetings that have been held of late, rather dampened the attendance at the joint debate between the Harvard Democratic and the Republican Clubs at Sanders Theatre last night. However, the audience was very appreciative and applauded all the speakers, frequently interrupting them with cheering...
...Brown, L. S., upheld the Democratic side of the question about the Elections Bill and spoke somewhat as follows: The bill is simply a party measure, a scheme to give work to some 250,000 Re-publicans, and to place elections in the hands of the Republicans, for the appointing of all eanvassers and supervisors is to be in the power of the District Court judges, who are mostly Republicans. The bill provides that where three are to constitute a board of supervisors, not more than two shall belong to one party, but this allows a Republican majority. The reports...
...Stearns refuted the arguments of his predecessors. He spoke of the Republican policy of protection, and said that the things previously attributed to the McKinley bill, it did not touch. What it did touch it benefited, as for instance the tin industries. Also it made prosperous the woolen mills in Connecticut where before there had been destitution. We do not call the Bill perfection, but it is certainly the grandest piece of tariff legislation ever enacted in this nation...
...tickets have been issued for the debate in Sanders Theatre tonight but the whole hall will be thrown open at seven o'clock. C. E. Morgan, who was to have spoken for the Republican Club, has declined, and his place will be taken by R, M. Gillespie, L, S. Four of the six speakers have had constant training on the stump this fall, and the debate ought to be keen and lively...
Joint Debate. Harvard Democratic and Republican Clubs. Sanders Theatre...