Word: votes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bill to repeal the Teachers' oath law, comes before the House of Representatives this afternoon and will doubtless come to a vote then. The Senate Committee has already reported the repealer unfavorably by a vote of 6-5 although four committee members did not vote...
...undersigned, voters in this district, respectfully petition you to vote for H. B. 1006 for the repeal of the Teachers' Oath...
...improved method of selecting the Ivy Orator. It is my understanding that the Ivy Orator is the man chosen for his nimble wit who injects the spirit of jolly good fun into the otherwise rather funereal Commencement proceedings. In the past this office was filled by popular vote, but last year it was decided to except it from the general rule of Class Day offices, presumably to ensure better orations...
...Most lobbyists attempt to gain their legislative ends by political threat: "Unless you vote as we say, we will defeat you in the next election...
...majority of Milwaukeeans decidedly do not want Socialism. Out of about 250,000 voters there are only about 35,000 who vote the straight Socialist ticket, and hence presumably believe in the Party doctrines. Never until 1932 did Mayor Hoan have a Socialist colleague in one of the city's other three major elective jobs. The city has never given him a working majority of the Common Council; he has had one since 1932 only because two opposition members went over to his side. The votes which have returned Dan Hoan to the City Hall five times have come...