Word: corruption
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...prosecution of the corrupt politicians in San Francisco, some of the minor offenders had to be pardoned because they were the only sources of legal evidence necessary to convict the higher officials who were at the bottom of the corruption. The aim in all this was to show young men and women that dishonesty does not pay and that no person is above the law because he is wealthy...
...eighth ward has the reputation of being one of the most corrupt in Boston, the Good Government League has chosen it for its watchers. The League hopes, by means of these watchers, to reduce bribery, intimidation, and repeating to a minimum. The polls will be open from 6 to 4 o'clock, and during these hours there will be a watcher on duty at the polls of every precinct...
...They live there," it said in its report to the legislature, speaking of the two millions of toilers in our tenements, "in an environment that makes all for unrighteousness," and so tends to corrupt the youth, the citizenship of the tomorrow...
...first speech of the evening J. W. Plaisted, of the affirmative, outlined the importance of having good governments in our cities. He explained the corrupt abuses, and contrasted them with the excellent municipal control in foreign cities. For the negative A. B. Church opened the debate. He pointed out that the good governments of European cities were not the result of the property qualification but of other conditions; namely, continuity of executive expert heads of departments and rigid anti-corruption measures A. N. Holcombe continued the argument for the affirmative and made specific suggestions for the improvement of the evils...
Harper's--"Is English Becoming Corrupt?" by T. R. Lounsbury h.'93; "When Upweekis Goes Hunting," by W. J. Long '92; "The University of St. Petersburg," by C. F. Thwing '76; "Sorrow, my Sorrow" and "Editor's Easy Chair," by W. D. Howells...