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majority of the Radical party considers that a favourable moment has arrived for a determined attack upon the Second Chamber , and that the circumstances are peculiarly favourable . Appearances certainly afford grounds for these hopes .
majority of the Radical party considers that a favourable moment has arrived for a determined attack upon the Second Chamber , and that the circumstances are peculiarly favourable . Appearances certainly afford grounds for these hopes .
Page 668
When conditions are normal the city can be relied upon to give the Democratic candidate a majority of from 100,000 to 150,000 , the rest of the State— “ up - State , ” to use the political term - a still greater Republican majority .
When conditions are normal the city can be relied upon to give the Democratic candidate a majority of from 100,000 to 150,000 , the rest of the State— “ up - State , ” to use the political term - a still greater Republican majority .
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But for a majority to introduce a measure which , while it leaves the gross anomalies of our representative system untouched , is calculated and intended * to cog the dice against the minority , is an example of vindictive and unjust ...
But for a majority to introduce a measure which , while it leaves the gross anomalies of our representative system untouched , is calculated and intended * to cog the dice against the minority , is an example of vindictive and unjust ...
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