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...Change of mode of election would not affect fundamental character of U. S. Senate or fundamental differences between it and Ho. of Rp.- (a) Senators still elected for six years: Bryce, Am. Com., I, p. 115.- (b) Senator still representatives of states-(1) Still apportioned equally among states. Bryce, op. cit. I, 99, 115; Turpe in Cong. Rec., Dec. 17, 1891, p. 78.- (2) New electoral body more representative of state than present one.- (x) People of a state are the state: Bryce, op. cit., I, 113; Mitchell in Cong. Rec., April 22, 1891, pp. 3,659-60.- (c) Difference...
...methods employed are illadapted to the undertaking to convert people to Christianity.- (a) Missionaries provoke opposition and hatred rather than confidence.- (x) Missionaries do not conform to the customs of the natives.- (y) They are lavish in their mode of living.- (b) To the Mohammedans and Budhists, and even to the ignorant heathen, the Christianity of the missionaries is not very attractive.- (x) The missionaries present the Christianity infected with the bitter internal animosities of numerous opposing sects.- (y) Missionaries constantly squabble among themselves, either for more preferment from home, or for more influence among the natives.- (z) The natives...
...company will be the gainers: The Arena, V. 692 (May 1892); City Government in the United States, 176.- (1) Either fares could be reduced, or-(2) The service could be improved, or-(3) The returns could be expended in public works.- (d) That there would be a more expedient mode of redress in case of grievances.- (e) That a better condition of the streets could be maintained.- (f) That strikes would be prevented...
...afford a means for the expression of the sentiment of the graduates on university matters in which they are particularly interested, such as the mode of granting graduate degrees, the freedom of migration from one university to another...
...tour of the colleges in order to explain to them the conditions and aims of settlement life. His lecture appeals not only to the few who are thinking of connecting themselves professionally with settlement work, but also to the sympathetic many who would like to understand better this latest mode of contact between the helpful and the helpless...