Word: campaigns
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...formation of party clubs is good for the crystallization of all political aims and it is pleasing to know that during the coming presidential campaign the various parties in the college will form clubs, the object of which will be to nominate their favorite, whether it be Allison, McKinley, Reed or Cleveland, for our coming president...
After graduation Bates began the study of law, and entered into it with all the energy, earnestness and zest which always characterized him. In the political campaign of '92 he organized and was the president of the First Voter's Club of Wilmington, and he worked actively throughout the campaign. At the opening of the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 he was put in charge of the Harvard exhibit, and many strangers to him personally will recall the cordiality and ability which he displayed in his duties there. AT the time of his death he was studying hard...
Princeton enters the campaign greatly weakened by the loss of over half her last year's team. Wheeler, Taylor, Morse, Ward, Trenchard, Brown and Holly have graduated, and new and inexperienced men must fill their positions. Lee, Riggs, Rosengarten, Bannard and Poe of last year's team are sure of their places, while Cochran, Crowdis, Church, Pierce, Rhodes and Hearn are the most promising candidates for the new positions. The following is Princeton's schedule...
Reynolds devoted much time to the Yale arguments, which he answered. He also discussed the effects of campaigns. Two in twelve years instead of three would cause less disturbance to business, while their educational benefits would be preserved, for the people would then regard presidential elections more seriously and would have time between them to consider state and local politics. The New York Herald, after the election of 1888, interviewed thirty-three prominent business men, of whom twenty-eight preferred a six-year term on this ground alone. Dr. Depew estimated the loss to business caused by that campaign...
...power. She had a fair navy, which should have been used against Japan before the landing of large bodies of troops in Corea. With her sea communication cut off, Japan's army could have been starved out of Corea, and she could never have carried on a campaign in China. The Chinese had not the mechanical turn required for the modern warships. They are not essentially seamen like the Japanese. China is divided into provinces differing from one another in speech and manners. In fact, there is no Chinese nation. Add to this lack of homogeneity and cooperation a total...