Word: voting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bill is urged by politicians in order to catch the Grand Army vote.- 2. It is a scheme to lessen the surplus and thus maintain the tariff.- 3. It will increase the present great army of thieves and plunderers of the treasury: Public Opinion, II, 370-3; Nation, 40, p, 172; Nation, 43, p. 48; Vest's speech...
...vote on the merits of the debate was: Affirmative, 21; negative, 16. On the merits of the question: Affirmative, 16; negative, 16. On the debate as a whole: Affirmative, 10; negative...
...Fair in aid of the Homeopathic Hospital will be held in New York this week beginning to-day. In addition to the shell which is to be voted to the most popular college, the ladies in charge have added a set of ten oars to be given to the college winning second place. Those who intend spending their vacation in New York should visit the Fair and vote for Harvard. The Fair will be held at the Second Battery Armory, Broadway and 7th Avenue, between 52d and 53d streets, and will be open every afternoon and evening throughout this week...
...with any part of his person being in a straight line from wicket to wicket, he stop the ball which, in the opinion of the umpire would have hit the wicket." A long debate followed, at the end of which the motion was carried by a vote of eleven to three, three of the counties not voting...
...would be broken. Reciprocity with Canada in return for fishing privileges is by far the best way to deal with the question. The debate was then thrown open to the house, but only a few of those present spoke from the floor. On the merits of the question, the vote was: Affirmative, 20; negative, 13; on merits of the disputants, affirmative, 10; negative, 16. On the debate as a whole, affirmative, 5; negative, 12. The question for the next meeting is, "Resolved, That the intercollegiate contests of Harvard should be with Yale alone...