Word: voting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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possible for the majority to maintain a quorum from its own members. (b) Unless a quorum can be obtained from the minority there can be no legislation which is opposed by the minority party. (c) A quorum cannot be provided from the minority by fining members who refuse to vote: for: 1. The House cannot waste more time in disciplining members. 2. The House cannot delegate to the Speaker the power to punish members. (d) There is no other alternative...
...These faults cannot be remedied under the present system. (a) Good men will not run. Ability does not receive due recognition. (b) Best citizens will not vote because from the long list of candidates (1) they are unable to choose intelligently and (2) their vote wild do little good...
Theodore Cox of the University of the City of New York was elected president by the vote of one college over S. E. Johnson '95, Harvard's candidate...
...student vote of Harvard's support far outnumbered that of her opponents but as the voting was done by colleges, each one having only two votes, the smaller colleges had just as much voting power as the larger ones. Throughout the convention the fairness and cleanness of Harvard's canvass was generally recognized...
...have. The difference of the twelve hundred has been compensated partly by the larger attendance at smaller games which was attracted by the better stands, and partly by the value of the lumber now on hand. For this year alone the grandstands have been a good investment and the vote of the Corporation means no great financial loss...