Word: speech
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...right to vote: U. S. Rev. States. SS 1992-1994. - (b) "Taxation without representation is tyranny." - (1) Women own property as well as men. - (c) The ballot is the only efficient protection to a person's interests. - (1) Women not represented by men: Geo. Wm. Curtis, 8-13; Sumner, Speech March March...
Willis Howard Butler of New York City opened the debate for Princeton. The speech was introductory and the different interpretations of the question were discussed. The true construction being clearly defined, Mr. Butler pronounced the question a purely hypothetical one which did not affect the form of republican government. He then touched on the present evils and presented the present low state of city government as a question requiring solution...
William Edward Hutton made the second speech for Harvard. He claimed that the evils which exist have no vital connection with a broader franchise. He cited Berlin with 13 per cent. of men of voting age denied the franchise and New York 26 per cent. He claimed that $500 worth of property or the paying of annual rent of $250 would be a reasonable qualification amount...
Joseph Wm. Park made the last of Princeton's first speeches. He devoted his speech to affirmative argument, leaving his rebuttal till the second speech. He drew analogies from European cities which have property qualifications and better city government. He put the question to a test of expedience...
...feast. After a pointed but brief address Mr. Alexander introduced Lloyd McK. Garrison, who responded to the toast "Harvard." Probably no Harvard speaker ever appeared more favorably before a Princeton audience. General Horace Porter then spoke on "The men of letters in the world." Gen. Porter's speech was brilliant, witty and full of pleasantries. Professor William M. Sloane responded to the toast "The debate." Professor Henry F. Osborne made the last speech on "Intercollegiate contests." Prof. Osborne's remarks abounded in pleasant comparisons of contests on the rostrum, the diamond and the gridiron...