Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their meeting last night the Free Wool Club appointed a committee to congratulate governors elect Campbell, McKinney, Abbott and Bois upon their election and also the Hon. William G. Russell upon his success in reducing the Republican majority in this state...
...following question was selected for the next debate: Resolved, That President Harrison has broken the pledges of the republican party...
...Blaney, '90, introduced the question for the affirmative. His principal idea was to show the rapid downfall of the republican and the steady rise in power of the democratic party. The republican platform he considered under three heads: civil service, pensions and tariff. He closed his argument by urging all to vote for Russell if they wished for good government...
...Griffin, L. S., then ably introduced the negative side of the question. He reviewed the platform of the republican party touching upon the public schools and metropolitan police system. Under the republican rule the system of high license has been established, which is acknowledged as the ideal system of license. The attitude of the democrats toward the public schools is weakening if not destructive. Finally he referred to the complaint offered by the democrats to the small type used on the ballot which they claim the uneducated would have difficulty in reading...
...Republican platform advocates both: (a) principles which the president has no power to carry out . e. g. tariff, marine legislation, party bills etc., and (b) principles which the president has power to carry out e. g. diptomatic and territorial appointments etc.-Platform in Republican text book...