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...Electoral College; today they would probably favor the affirmative. The evils of the present arrangement are: use of office-holders by the president for political purposes as Harrison used them at Minneapolis; failure to veto bad bills for fear of offending a section of the party, as shown by pension legislation; impossibility of dignified or effective foreign policy with such frequent changes of officers; damage to business from uncertainty about legislation especially on the tariff caused by changes of party; in a word, instability and inefficiency in the government. De Tocqueville and Bryce have noticed these evils. The Confederate States...
...charitable work disparage methods that are now employed. For example, the system of out-door relief, which we have here in Massachusetts, has been abolished in New York and other cities. At the same time in England there are advocates for a plan by which the government shall pension all poor persons over 65 years of age. It is hard to say whether such a plan is wise, but it is certain that if it were adopted, it would have to be administered with great care...
...Democratic party has made a consistent attempt to carry out its pledges. (a) Original Wilson bill: Boston Herald, Feb. 2, 1894. (b) Silver repeal in Boston Herald, Oct. 22-25, 1893. (c) Repeal of federal election laws; Boston Herald, Feb. 9, 1894. (d) Pension reform: Pol. Science Quarterly IX, 351 (June...
...Recent reforms have been due to independent action where party fealty has failed. (a) Pension Reform; (b) Civil Service Reform; (c) Rejection of unfit candidates. Delamater; Maynard...
...Pension Bureau or Congress lawfully discontinue pensions once granted...