Word: successful
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...committee having charge of the mock national convention, to be held May 18, have been very active in taking every possible precaution to make the convention a success. Representative men from the different states have been invited to represent their states in the convention, and they have almost all accepted. The complete list of men finally agreed upon by the committee will be published in a few days. All the state delegations are in, with the exception of three or four states, which will probably be heard from today. The committee have been especially desirous of getting men who really...
...delegates of the different states to cast an informal ballot after the two parties had each nominated their man to determine which of the two men was the choice of the majority. It was thought that this would lead to too much wire pulling and might finally impair the success of the convention...
...English occupation has not been a success because it has done much more harm than good-(a) England allowed Egypt to lose the Soudan.- (x) In 1884, England forbade the Khedive to recover Soudan, and caused the death of General Gordon: Quar. Rev., p. 264, (1895).- (b) Public debt has been increased from 475,000,000 to 508,965,299 dollars.- (c) There has been great financial corruption under British rule: J. S. Keay, M. P.- (c) Financial progress is rendered difficult.- (x) The finance department of Egypt is guarded by six European governments. and treaty privileges exist with fourteen...
...English occupation cannot be a success.- (a) Government must be despotic except as changed by gradual growth; for (x) it has been despotic for thousands of years: Fort. Rev. 63, as above.- (b) English and Egyptians can never harmonize: Fort. Rev. p. 897 (June, 1884).- (c) It has for its object England's self-interest.- (d) French is the official and judicial language, and sympathies are all French: Contemp. Rev. 67, 390 (March '95).- (1) England has failed utterly to introduce the English language, and has thus failed to gain control over the native population.- (e) Egyptians despise the English...
...Union and in January, 1895, was again chosen to debate against Harvard. He was elected president of the Union for the first term of this, his senior year, and although he was not one of the speakers in the Princeton debate last fall, to him in great part the success of this team was due. To him also more than probably any one else belongs the credit for the rise in debating at Yale. When he entered College, it was considered almost a "queer" to belong to one of the Unions, while now their membership rolls contain the names...