Word: platformization
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...rectangular boat, similar in general construction to an ordinary eight, which will be supported from the bottom of the tank by metal braces, skeleton underwork and water proof compartments, through which the returning current of water will pass. On either side of the boat will be a wooden platform four feet in breadth which will serve as a support for men getting in and out of the boat, and upon which the outriggers will be attached. The water in the tank will be about thirty inches in depth...
...Brown begins by estimating that one American in five votes for a person, that one in ten votes for a platform, and that the great mass of Americans vote for parties. He then goes on to insist that, contrary to de Tocqueville and Mr. Bryce, actual parties with definite underlying principles do exist. His opinion is contained in the following extract: "Further, I maintain that a fair-minded examination of the present aspect of our two great parties leads to the conclusion that they still represent with reasonable consistency, the two great sets of interests, and the two great types...
...negative. The speaking on both sides was convincing and to the point. The Republicans briefly reviewed the administration's policy in the Philippines, and tried to show that the Filipinos are both incapable and undesirous of self government. The Democrats endeavored to show the weakness of the Philadelphia Platform, and quoted from speeches of Beveridge and Roosevelt which condemned colonization as unconstitutional. Much time was given to rebuttal...
...whole of that part of the article devoted to mob violence is omitted. We quote only the concluding sentences: "In this state of affairs, any attack on the independence of the judiciary is much to be deprecated. Such an attack is made for the second time in the platform of the Democratic-Populist party...
...abstract of the Republican platform with extracts from the more important planks, and that part of Roosevelt's letter of acceptance which deals with the question of imperialism are printed as a declaration of the principles of the Republican party. Among the other articles may be mentioned, an account of the Republican club meeting Wednesday night and a summary of the requirements for student voters in Cambridge...