Word: checking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...conservatism of the English people has acted as a check upon their legislation, and the lower classes have not been represented in Parliament, but have been contented to be ruled by the higher classes. England is virtually an aristocracy. The United States is a democracy. Our machinery of Government is careful and more safe...
When the gentlemen advocate a measure which will overthrow this Government by weakening the power of the President, by eating away the check of the Senate and the Supreme Court, which will make our system unstable and open the doors to socialism, they should not have made assertions, but should have brought forward specific, undeniable evidence of incurable evils inherent in our present system...
...voting shall be secret, check lists being used. No ballots shall be allowed except those furnished by the committee. The class shall vote in sections, two tellers receiving and counting the votes from each section. Voting by proxy shall not be allowed. Whenever a candidate receives a majority of votes cast on a ballot he shall be declared elected...
...third party is desirable.- (a) It serves as a check on the two great parties.- (1) It breaks up old political rings and corrupt administration.- (2) Makes a cleansing of the old parties absolutely necessary: Pub. Opin. Vol. XVI, p. 42.- (b) It has great educational value.- (1) It breaks down old party lines: Amer. Mag. Civics, Vol. 7, p. 199.- (x) Sets people thinking for themselves.- (2) Raises new issues which demand investigation.- (x) Populism has raised questions,- (m) of the Govt. ownership of monopolies which affect the public interest,- (n) of the currency,- (o) of inequalities...
...best results to put most of one's time on one subject for a continuous period, as in thesis writing.- (2) It is always desirable that students should feel that they can work continuously on one subject if they wish to.- (x) To prevent them from so doing checks interest.- (3) Rigid enforcement of one method of work tends to check independence and spontaneity of method...