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...present system of state control of elections is dangerous to the unity of the section.- (a) Under this system the negro must necessarily continue to be defrauded of the rights of citizenship: Outlook, Aug. 10, 1895; Arena, II, 561 (November 1890).- (b) Open defiance of the Constitution breeds a disregard for authority and a revolutionary spirit: North Am. Review CXXXII, 247 (February, 1881).- (c) This question should be removed from the constantly increasing number of questions which tend to divide the country on sectional lines...
...option.- (a) Judgment of New York City is not so safe as that of the State.- (1) The population of N. Y. City being 80 per cent. foreign-born or children of foreign-born, is unfit to decide American excise questions: N. Y. Post, 9 Aug., '95.- (2) Saloons control the primaries, and local option would put the city government in the hands of saloon keepers entirely: Independent, 29 Aug., '95.- (b) Local Option is liable to grave abuse.- (1) In Wisconsin the town goes so far as to determine the rate of licenses: N. Y. Post, 25 Sept...
...Foxcroft Club will open for its first meal this year at noon Wednesday when the new management assumes control. There has been no change of importance in the club's quarters and the new management will continue the policy of its predecessors...
Schoenhut lost his control in the second, and Burgess and Wrenn got to first on balls. Stevenson struck out, but Highlands drove out a long fly to Gorman, on which Burgess took third. On the next ball pitched Wrenn started for second, and Reuning by a quick throw caught Burgess off third. He was being run down, when Blakely threw high over Reunig's head, and the ball rolled to the players' bench, while two more Harvard men crossed the plate. This rattled Schoenhut, and he sent Winslow and Dean to first on balls. Winslow stole second and third cleverly...
...Amherst did not get a man as far as second. An error by Maroney in the fifth let them fill the base and they made 4 of their 6 hits in that inning, tieing the score. But Gregory, who had struck out six in the first four innings, lost control of the wet ball and Holy Cross put in a few well-timed hits. Powers made a home run. The score...