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...Tobacco as a luxury is considered a proper commodity for taxation by all the leading governments of Europe. (a) The repeal of the entire tax means cheaper tobacco and increased consumption: i. e., the increase of a great evil. (b) The repeal of this tax will involve the retention of taxes on the necessaries of life...
...rumored that there is a movement among several influential citizens of Cambridge to obtain a repeal of the prohibition act passed last fall...
...that is the extravagant and ridiculous language in which the questions for debate are couched. The debates themselves show that the participants are very careful to avoid arguing the question directly as put; for instance, does anyone believe that "The preservation of Constitutional Government demands the immediate repeal of the Hoar Presidential Succession Bill?" Certainly not, - not even the gentleman who framed it. Will any one argue that Mr. Cleveland has "grossly transcended" his authorities, or that Home Rule is "indispensable" to England? Certainly not. The fact that the question itself is absurd, often makes the debate absurd; this...
...Union met last evening in Sever 11 and discussed the question "Resolved, that the Preservation of Constitutional Government requires the Immediate Repeal of the Hoar Presidential Succession Bill." Mr. Mahany, '88, opened for affirmative, and Mr. Duane, '88, for the negative, followed by Mr. Sternbergh, '87, for the affirmative, and Mr. Hamilton, '87, for the negative. When the debate was declared open the following gentlemen spoke from the floor: Affirmative, Griffin, '88, Harriman, '88, Carmall, '87; negative, Campbell, '86, Platt, '88, W. L. Currier, '87, Bronson, Sp., Hesseltine, '88, Proctor...
...Harvard Union holds its regular debate this evening at 7.30 in Sever 11. The question to be discussed is, Resolved, that the Preservation of Constitutional Government requires the immediate Repeal of the Hoar Presidential Succession Bill. The principal disputants are, affirmative, P. L. Sternbergh, '87, R. B. Mahony, '88; negative, F. E. E. Hamilton, '87, Russell Duane...