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...that the existing committee be discontinued was lost. The regular debate of the evening was then taken up on the question, Resolved, That Speaker Reed's action in the House is to be approved. The debate was opened for the affirmative by Hall. He began by stating that all partisan feeling should be laid aside at the out-set. He then briefiy reviewed the facts in the matter, stating what Speakers Reed's rulings were and what the circumstances were that had enabled him to avail himself of them. He then cited instances to show that the speaker...
...said that in seven months President Harrison had turned out more men than Cleveland during the whole administration. He confined himself to civil service and in conclusion said that he had given general proofs and statistics from which it was evident that removals had been made on purely partisan principles...
...topic for consideration and in the speaker who will open the discussion. Mr. Richard H. Dana, of New York, is to address the students on the subject of Reforms in Political Methods, and how to bring them about. The subject will of course be approached from a non-partisan point of view, and Mr. Dana's great familiarity with political affairs cannot fail to make the meeting both interesting and instructive. It may be well to add, for the sake of those who are spending their first year at Cambridge, that the college conference meetings are managed entirely...
Krayer's backhands a shot past Gopher goalie Robb Stauber in sudden-death to quiet the partisan Minnesota crowd and start a Crimson celebration. Donato is named tournament MVP. Two days later, MacDonald is awarded the Hobey Baker Award...
...treaty was not ratified because of partisan motives:- Public Opinion, August 23, 1888, p. 428 from Philadelphia Ledger, New York Times and Boston Post...