Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the State Convention, Assembled May 4th, 1853, to Revise and Amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Том 3White & Potter, printers, 1853 |
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... trials , propose that it shall reside in the people conditionally , up to a certain point , and then that it shall be transferred from the people to the legislature . That , I un- derstand , to be the difference between the two in ...
... trials , propose that it shall reside in the people conditionally , up to a certain point , and then that it shall be transferred from the people to the legislature . That , I un- derstand , to be the difference between the two in ...
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... trial , and why we should preserve the majority system , so far as that election is concerned ; and that is , that in the smaller towns the people are better able , from Monday , ] their knowledge of their neighbors , and 60th day ...
... trial , and why we should preserve the majority system , so far as that election is concerned ; and that is , that in the smaller towns the people are better able , from Monday , ] their knowledge of their neighbors , and 60th day ...
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... trial for an election of members of congress ? Because the people did not appear to be ready to adopt it upon the first trial . We have , hereto- fore , in many districts , been called upon from three to nineteen times to elect members ...
... trial for an election of members of congress ? Because the people did not appear to be ready to adopt it upon the first trial . We have , hereto- fore , in many districts , been called upon from three to nineteen times to elect members ...
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... trial , at all events , otherwise you say that those who are to elect your representatives shall be men who can afford to ride to the polls , and not those who have to walk , and cannot well lose a day's work ; for that is all the ...
... trial , at all events , otherwise you say that those who are to elect your representatives shall be men who can afford to ride to the polls , and not those who have to walk , and cannot well lose a day's work ; for that is all the ...
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... trial for the election of representa- tives , the majority principle shall obtain . But if no one shall obtain a majority , then that the candi- date having the highest number of votes upon a second , or any subsequent ballot , shall be ...
... trial for the election of representa- tives , the majority principle shall obtain . But if no one shall obtain a majority , then that the candi- date having the highest number of votes upon a second , or any subsequent ballot , shall be ...
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