Word: speech
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last speech of the evening was Dobyn's summary. He said that the retirement of all the greenbacks was too sweeping a step. The present fiscal situation is perilous. But the danger, instead of being due to the principle of floating notes on a gold basis, comes from outside causes like the silver movement, which influence the ignorant public...
...college he has made a specialty of English, history and economics. He has taken English 10 and is now in English VI. He is vice-president of the Forum, of which he has been a prominent and hard working member. He delivered a strong speech for the Forum in the inter club debate last year, and has proved himself an effective speaker...
BRIEF PROPER.I. The present system of annual elections is disadvantageous.- (a) It is a too great expense of time.- (1) For the people.- (x) Because annual elections draw them too often from the ordinary pursuits of life: Biennial Elections, P. 3, Inaugural Message of ex-Gov. Rice; p. 19, speech of H. C. Lodge.- (2) For the legislature.- (x) Mass. spends more time legislating than any state having biennial elections: Biennial Elections, p. 30, Argument of Mr. E. L. Pierce.- (b) It is an extravagant expenditure of money: Biennial Elections, p. 4, Inaugural Message of ex-Gov. Talbot; Mr. Pierce...
...Centennial, which is the most interesting article of the number from the undergraduate's point of view, contains the "Historical Sketch," by Lloyd McKim Garrison '88; Poem, by John T. Wheelwright '76; The Pudding Song, which tells how the club was formed by a Puritan and a "Choctaw Indian"; Speech, by the Hon. Joseph H. Choate '52; and Ode, by Benjamin A. Gould...
...speech of ex-Gov. Robinson; H. C. Lodge, p. 16.- (1) They are not a radical change: Biennial Elections, Mr. Pierce, p. 22.- (5) They do not infringe upon the "bill of rights": Biennial Elections, p. 9, Argument of Mr. E. H. Haskell.- (3) They do not curtail the franchise.- (x) The franchise is just as great whether it is exercised every year or every other year.- (b) They create a greater interest; Biennial Elections, Mr. Haskell, pp. 12, 13; ex-Gov. Robinson, pp. 43, 44.- (1) Elections assume more importance.- (2) People have more time to devote to politics...