Word: rec
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...p.2573, (Chandler); vol. 27, p. 3583; Forum, 1890, p. 323; N. A. Rev., vol. 149, pp. 54-65, and July 1893; Overland Monthly, xiii (April 1889), xxiv (Oct. 1894) (Lieut. E. Gualtrough); Statesman's Year Book 1894, pp. 1080-1084; Report of Naval Committee of House, Cong. Rec. vol. 27, p. 2484; Naval Register for 1894; Report of Sec. Herbert in Abridged Documents (H. C. 2000) 424-429; Mahan's Sea Power...
...Coast defenses alone are inadequate: Bartlett in Cong. Rec...
...abrupt break in the policy adhered to since 1886: Herbert, p. 424. - (a) Additional ships should be ordered by next Congress for - (1) Usual time for building a battle-ship is 5 years. - (2) Cramp can not construct the best in less than 2 1/2 years: Higgins in Cong. Rec. Vol. 27, p. 3576. - (b) Provision for - (1) Sudden shipwreck, cf. Reina Regente. - (2) Ordinary wear and tear. - (3) Filling place of older ships made nearly useless by modern improvements...
...change from the present system is needed. - (a) Present workings not in accord with the intentions of the framers: Story, S S 703-715. - (b) General movement toward political liberty has produced a change of conditions: Sen. Turpie in Cong. Rec. Dec. 17, '91, p. 79. - (1) This change demands popular elections. - (c) Wishes of the people now ignored; e.g., an election in Rhode Island: Public Opinion, XII, No. 20 (Feb. 20, '92). - (d) National and local politics now too much confused: Nation...
...character of the Senate would be improved. - (a) The nearer a government agency is to its real source of power, the greater is its efficiency: Cong. Rec. Dec. 1, '91, p. 78. - (b) Senators would not be dependant on political machines: Public Opinion, XII, No. 20. - (c) Incapable men would not be chosen. - (1) Corporations could not elect their men: Public Opinion as above. - (2) The Senate would not be a field for party manipulation; e.g., Hill, May, Foraker: The Nation...