The Lesson of Popular Government, Volume 2Macmillan, 1899 - Democracy |
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... hands of a governor elected by the peo- ple , to whom in most a lieutenant - governor is added . In all the States there are two branches of the legislature also elected by the people and practically with universal manhood suffrage . In ...
... hands of a governor elected by the peo- ple , to whom in most a lieutenant - governor is added . In all the States there are two branches of the legislature also elected by the people and practically with universal manhood suffrage . In ...
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... hands , much as a horse in a pasture is sometimes hobbled to prevent his running away . A place in the council is therefore an elegant sinecure , with the pleasing exhilara- tion of holding a bridle upon the governor , and is almost ...
... hands , much as a horse in a pasture is sometimes hobbled to prevent his running away . A place in the council is therefore an elegant sinecure , with the pleasing exhilara- tion of holding a bridle upon the governor , and is almost ...
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... hands of the chief executive , enough has already been said , and it is equally applicable to the President of the United States , the governors of the States , and the mayors of cities . Is it not evident that men of first - class ...
... hands of the chief executive , enough has already been said , and it is equally applicable to the President of the United States , the governors of the States , and the mayors of cities . Is it not evident that men of first - class ...
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... hands of new members is enough to stimulate a force which , if we add the consid- erations already suggested with regard to the quality of men who gravitate towards public life , is operating to lower and degrade the character of that ...
... hands of new members is enough to stimulate a force which , if we add the consid- erations already suggested with regard to the quality of men who gravitate towards public life , is operating to lower and degrade the character of that ...
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... hands of these three men , and that the fees derived therefrom are devoted to paying the expenses of the police , the situation becomes still more manifest . In 1894 a similar police government was imposed upon the 1 See the case of ...
... hands of these three men , and that the fees derived therefrom are devoted to paying the expenses of the police , the situation becomes still more manifest . In 1894 a similar police government was imposed upon the 1 See the case of ...
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Page 14 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 397 - the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Page 419 - Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
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Page 419 - No vacancy in the Commission shall impair the right of the remaining Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commission.
Page 11 - The captains and subalterns of the militia shall be elected by the written votes of the train-band and alarm list of their respective companies, of twenty-one years of age and upwards ; the field officers of regiments shall be elected by the written votes of the captains and subalterns of their respective regiments ; the brigadiers shall be elected, in like manner, by the field officers of their respective brigades ; and such officers, so elected, shall be commissioned by the governor, who shall...
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