The Triumph of Reform: A History of the Great Political Revolution, November Sixth, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-fourSouvenir Publishing Company, 1895 - 397 pages |
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... campaign of 1890 , conducted by the People's Municipal League , emphasis was laid on this fact , and it was then declared , as the fundamental principle , that " municipal government is business , not politics . " To strengthen this ...
... campaign of 1890 , conducted by the People's Municipal League , emphasis was laid on this fact , and it was then declared , as the fundamental principle , that " municipal government is business , not politics . " To strengthen this ...
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... campaign by the Executive Committee , and unselfishly devoted his ' entire time for more than one month to the work of the campaign . Sub - committees were appointed by the Executive Committee to carry on the detail work of the campaign ...
... campaign by the Executive Committee , and unselfishly devoted his ' entire time for more than one month to the work of the campaign . Sub - committees were appointed by the Executive Committee to carry on the detail work of the campaign ...
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... parties and factions in opposition to Tammany Hall . The campaign was begun with one ticket , constituted so as to leave no doubt of the non - partisanship of the candidates , who were pledged COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY . 13.
... parties and factions in opposition to Tammany Hall . The campaign was begun with one ticket , constituted so as to leave no doubt of the non - partisanship of the candidates , who were pledged COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY . 13.
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... Public Meetings , composed of the following mem appointed by the Executive Committee : ARCHIBALD , JAMES P. BEAMAN , CHARLES C. PORTER , H This Committee presented the issues of the campaign at many. 18 COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY .
... Public Meetings , composed of the following mem appointed by the Executive Committee : ARCHIBALD , JAMES P. BEAMAN , CHARLES C. PORTER , H This Committee presented the issues of the campaign at many. 18 COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY .
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... campaign at many meetings , and it was helped by the voluntary efforts of many prominent public speakers . This is a brief story of the way in which the Committee of Seventy was organ- ized , and the manner in which its work was done ...
... campaign at many meetings , and it was helped by the voluntary efforts of many prominent public speakers . This is a brief story of the way in which the Committee of Seventy was organ- ized , and the manner in which its work was done ...
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Page 354 - ... exist or may hereafter be enacted; he shall appoint the agents, wardens, physicians and chaplains of the prisons. The agent and warden of each prison shall appoint all other officers of such prison, except the clerk, subject to the approval of the same by the Superintendent. The Comptroller shall appoint the clerks of the prisons. The Superintendent shall have all the powers and perform all the duties not inconsistent herewith, which were formerly had and performed by the Inspectors of State...
Page 350 - ... shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election district of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people...
Page 350 - Sec. 2. No person who shall receive, accept or offer to receive, or pay, offer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at an...
Page 354 - If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members elected to that house shall agree to pass the bill it shall be sent together with the objections to the other house by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by twothirds of the members elected to that house, it shall become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor.
Page 349 - We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, do establish this Constitution.
Page 203 - The ratio for apportioning Senators shall always be obtained by dividing the number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, by fifty, and the Senate shall always be composed of fifty members, except that if any county having three or more Senators at the time of any apportionment...
Page 354 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Page 350 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning, nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 356 - The existing County Courts are continued, and the Judges thereof now in office shall hold their offices until the expiration of their respective terms. In the county of Kings there shall be...
Page 352 - ... form as practicable, each of which shall be wholly within a senate district formed under the same apportionment, equal to the number of members of assembly to which such county shall be entitled, and shall cause to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and of the clerk of such county, a description of such districts, specifying the number of each district and of the inhabitants thereof, excluding aliens, according to the last preceding enumeration -, and such apportionment and districts...