Word: tickets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Question: "Resolved, That presidential electors ought to be chosen by districts instead of by general ticket...
DEBATE OF OCTOBER 31, 1888.Question: "Resolved, that presidential electors should be chosen by districts instead of on a general ticket...
...general ticket system unjustly gives the balance of power to a small majority, or even a plurality, in a larger state; (e. g., Pennsylvania in 1840.- Am. Almanac...
...general ticket system is (a) sectional and dangerous; and (b) lessens political interest. Under a district system there could be no "solid South."- O'Neil, Am. Elec...
...second kind of ticket consists in a sheet of 25 coupons, each marked five cents. The price for play is as follows: Dirt courts for doubles, 10 cents a player, or 2 coupons; singles, 15 cents, or 3 coupons. Grass courts doubles, 20 cents a player, or 4 coupons; singles, 25 cents, or 5 coupons. Twenty-five coupons are sold for $1.00, so that by buying them a player saves 20 per cent. on the cash price. These coupons will be on sale next Monday at the Co-operative store...