Word: voting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meeting of the directors of the Dining Association, last evening, a motion to submit the coffee question to a vote of the members of the association was voted down by a large majority...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: As there still seems to be considerable dissatisfaction about our coffee having been taken away at dinner by the directors of Memorial, I wish to propose that the members be allowed to vote on the subject. If the extra expense is too great, let the chocolate be taken from the breakfast bill of fare, as the devotees to that drink can indulge their tastes at lunch...
...last edition of the X. Y-Z. correspondence, to be found in our columns this morning, contains a sensible suggestion, and we hope that this attempt to mediate between the Memorial directors and their constituents will be successful. A vote on the subject of doing away with coffee on the dinner bill of fare would show the directors the sentiment of the members, but though this should be regarded in reconsidering the matter, the decision should by no means rest with the vote. The directors are the best judges in regard to the expenses of the hall, and a vote...
...French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, by a vote of 343 to 163, passed M. Fabre's bill giving the government discretionary power in dealing with the Orleans princes and all other pretenders to the throne of France...
...George F. Hoar was elected United States Senator yesterday on the first vote in joint convention...