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...present powers of the Speaker, as fixed by rule, are excessive.- (a) He practically makes the rules: Practical Essays. 15-17; 19th Century, XXVIII. 870.- (1) Appoints committee on rules.- (2) Is himself chairman of the committee.- (b) He interprets and applies the rules without appeal: Cong. Rec. 53 Cong. 2 Sess. 4667.- (c) He has unqualified veto power over every legislative action and also power to forward any measures: N. A. R. Vol. 150, 399; Nat. XXVI. 226; Practical Essays, p. 14; Cong. Rec. Vol. II. 43 Cong. 1st Sess. Appendix p. 25.- (1) He appoints the standing committees...
...obviated by the present laws: Pub. Opin., XIV., 568 (March 18, 1893); No. Am. Rev., vol. 156, 223 et seq. (Feb., 1893).- (a) Contract laborers.- (b) Criminals.- (c) Paupers. (d) The physically and mentally diseased.- (e) All other objectionable classes: U. S. Statutes at Large, XXVI, 1084: XXVII, 569; XXVIII...
...March, 1895); III, 519 (June, 1895); IV, 119 (Sept., 1895); Walter Camp in Outing, XXVII, 170 (Nov., 1895); A. B. Hart, Studies in American Eduction, No. VI; Caspar Whitney in Harper's Weekly, XXXIX, 2023 (Sept. 28, 1895), 2026 (Oct. 19, 1895); Harvard Crimson, XVI (1889), and XXVIII (1895); Harvard Index...
...negro has not proven himself unworthy of the franchise-(a) He has improved steadily though slowly: Pop. Sci. Monthly, XXVIII; Contemporary Rev. LXV, 820.- (b) He has furnished the industrial bone and sinew of the South: Nation, Vol. 53, p. 208.- (c) He has shown extraordinary abilities: Boston Advertiser, Oct. 4, 1895.- (d) He has always been loyal to the government...
...remedy for the negro question in the Southern States today is not disfranchisement but broader and better education: Prosperity of South Dependent on the elevation of the negro, Ch. 2; An Appeal to Caesar, p. 267; No. Am. Rev., Vol. 153, p. 641; Pop. Sci. Monthly, XXVIII, 25, 26, 37; Nation, Vol. 54, p. 208, (Mar. 17, 1892).- (a) The negro as yet has not been properly educated: Public Opinion, XVIII, 6, (Jan. 10, 1895).- (b) Intelligence is the greatest foe of prejudice: An Appeal to Caesar...