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Page 117
Hoar ' s vision in the latter respect was limited if not astigmatic , but he was one of
the first of the Half - Breed leaders to sense the social dangers inherent in the
nation ' s rapid economic growth and to favor their legislative investigation .
Hoar ' s vision in the latter respect was limited if not astigmatic , but he was one of
the first of the Half - Breed leaders to sense the social dangers inherent in the
nation ' s rapid economic growth and to favor their legislative investigation .
Page 311
It was proper to have one branch of Congress where both debate and the
opportunity for legislative amendment was without restriction of any kind . 40 The
devices of the initiative and referendum Hoar judged unnecessary and potentially
...
It was proper to have one branch of Congress where both debate and the
opportunity for legislative amendment was without restriction of any kind . 40 The
devices of the initiative and referendum Hoar judged unnecessary and potentially
...
Page 334
... Hoar sought less to reform than to reconcile , he was an advocate of cautious
change , convinced that while the demands of social continuity forbade radical
experimentation they occasionally required legislative revision . In the last
analysis ...
... Hoar sought less to reform than to reconcile , he was an advocate of cautious
change , convinced that while the demands of social continuity forbade radical
experimentation they occasionally required legislative revision . In the last
analysis ...
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Contents
Introduction | 11 |
Born to the Cause | 12 |
The Loyal Reformer in the Age of the Stalwarts | 28 |
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| Title | George Frisbie Hoar and the Half-breed Republicans |
| Author | Richard E. Welch |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, 1971 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2006 |
| ISBN | 0674348761, 9780674348769 |
| Length | 364 pages |
| Subjects | › Political Science / General |
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