Word: voting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...position to receive this new regulation, and it is to be hoped, that we never shall be again, and the present time far from being unsuited for its adoption is really most opportune. We have gained very little from our associations with the small colleges, and in fact the vote of the University of Pensylvania in an athletic meeting last fall practically deprived Harvard of all chance of winning in football...
After a number of those present had spoken from the floor, Mr. Bates closed for the affirmative and Mr. Stone for the affirmative. The vote on the merits of the question was, affirmative 12, negative 23; on the merits of principal disputants, affirmative 25, negative 17; on debate as a whole, affirmative 5, negative...
...advocates is "to regulate the system by statute law." He looks to the Australian ballot as the solution of several knotty problems, and instances its success in a recent election in Ward 11 of Boston. It gave publicity to the proceedings, equal power to all voters, more time for voting, and secrecy. The chief difficulty in reforming the caucus is to determine who is entitled to vote; but this trouble already exists under the present system. Mr. Dana considers that "the main provisions requiring an official caucus ballot, secrecy in voting, publishing the contents of the ballot a considerable time...
...vote on the debate was as follows: Merits of question: affirmative 54, negative 49; merits of principal disputants: affirmative 58, negative 57; debate as a whole: affirmative 21, negative 15. Number of men present...
...action is a direct violation of the rights of the minority. (a) The majority has the power to vote down improper measures proposed by their opponents, but the only weapons left to the minority are the forms and rules of proceedings. (b) The rules are intended to protect the weak against the strong-Roger Q. Mills in North American Review, December, 1889, p. 661. (c) Minority representatives are a necessity-Lalor's Cyclopaedia...