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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... legislative bills affecting the city to be first presented to the city officials for their consideration . Publicity will prevent a repetition of many of the frauds that have been practiced in this way in the past . These are among the ...
... legislative bills affecting the city to be first presented to the city officials for their consideration . Publicity will prevent a repetition of many of the frauds that have been practiced in this way in the past . These are among the ...
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... legislative power for the manufacture of political capital or the division of political patronage . " These are plain words with which to characterize an act of the Legisla- ture . They will not be relished by those to whom they apply ...
... legislative power for the manufacture of political capital or the division of political patronage . " These are plain words with which to characterize an act of the Legisla- ture . They will not be relished by those to whom they apply ...
Page 117
... legislative committees . Except for political objects , there is no good reason why that city should be singled out for legislative scrutiny . The same men who do the investigating in public will admit in private what every well ...
... legislative committees . Except for political objects , there is no good reason why that city should be singled out for legislative scrutiny . The same men who do the investigating in public will admit in private what every well ...
Page 118
... legislative investigations . The history of the past would of itself warrant such a suspicion . But in this case there is an additional ground of suspicion which is furnished by the actions of the legislative committee itself . At no ...
... legislative investigations . The history of the past would of itself warrant such a suspicion . But in this case there is an additional ground of suspicion which is furnished by the actions of the legislative committee itself . At no ...
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... legislative investigation can only come when legislative investigation is honest , thorough and impartial . But , under any circumstances , it is the unnatural , illogical remedy . The natural remedy is close at hand - watchful and ...
... legislative investigation can only come when legislative investigation is honest , thorough and impartial . But , under any circumstances , it is the unnatural , illogical remedy . The natural remedy is close at hand - watchful and ...
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Page 346 - 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 - No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become directly or Indirectly the owner of stock In, or bonds of, any association or corporation; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to Incur any Indebtedness except for county, •city town or village purposes.
Page 342 - ... that in time of war no elector in the actual military service of the State, or of the United States, in the army or navy thereof, shall be deprived of his vote by reason of his absence from such election district...
Page 345 - ... unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such an appropriation act ; and every such law making a new appropriation, or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated, and the object to which it is to be applied ; and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum.
Page 346 - Legislature each case of reprieve, commutation or pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the commutation, pardon or reprieve.
Page 350 - Neither the credit nor the money of the State shall be given or loaned to or in aid of any association, corporation or private undertaking. This section shall not, however, prevent the Legislature from making such provision for the education and support of the blind, the deaf and dumb, and juvenile delinquents, as to it may seem proper. Nor shall it apply to any fund or property now held, or which may hereafter be held, by the State for educational purposes.
Page 342 - ... 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 349 - Corporations may be formed under general laws ; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws.
Page 346 - If any bill presented to the governor contain several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items while approving of the other portions of the bill.
Page 345 - Creating, increasing or decreasing fees, percentage or allowances of public officers, during the term for which said officers are elected or appointed. Granting to any corporation, association or individual the right to lay down railroad tracks. Granting to any private corporation, association or individual any exclusive privilege, immunity or franchise whatever.