Word: citizens
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Affiliation with the American Federation of Labor is the right of any red-blooded American citizen." This statement coming, as it does, from one of our instructors and a specialist on such matters, is worthy of the serious attention of all members of the University. Is Mr. Laski sure this statement applies to everyone? Or does it exclude such people as soldiers and sailors, and other employees of the executive branch of government...
Third, admitting that William Brown, the negro lynched, was guilty, and even deserved the death penalty the citizens of Omaha have presumably elected city, officials whose business it is to administer justice. The moment that a single citizen "took the matter into his own hands" he transgressed the law of the state and of the nation, and, in killing Brown committed murder. Furthermore, he introduced into Omaha the principle of anarchy. The individual became superior to the government and to the law. If we want mob law in our country, why not go about it in an orderly fashion...
...citizen of the United States, with at least five years' residence, and unmarried...
...avoid, ignore or forget an inconsistency in our American institution whose existence is a blot upon our national honor the criminal practice of lynching. Outbreaks like that which held the city of Omaha, Nebraska, in a reign of terror for nine hours, culminating in the felling of one citizen, the serious injury of at least two others, an unsuccessful attempt to lynch the Mayor of the City, and the successful lynching of a prisoner charged with a heinous crime,--are but the eruptive symptoms of a disease which has eaten into the fabric of American life...
...candidate much have had Greek, Latin, and mathematics in order to be eligible for the scholarship. "Subject to these conditions, a candidate to be eligible must: (1) Be a citizen of the United States with at least five years' domicile, and be unmarried; (2) By the first of October of the year for which he is elected have passed his nineteenth and not have passed his twenty-first birthday; (3) By the first of October of the year for which he is elected, have completed at least his Sophomore year at some recognized degree-granting university or college...