Word: suppress
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rules have had a dangerous tendency to centralize party management; - (a) They destroy deliberation and that spirit of concession existing in permanent legislation; - (b) Suppress criticism, as by "Gag-rule," denying "personal privilege;" - (c) Not the will of individual but the decision of speaker determines the member's participation in business...