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, Volume 2White & Potter, printers, 1853 - 2631 pages |
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... House under the gallant lead of a distinguished gentleman of Boston , ( Mr. Schouler ) . We were pledged to | the support of a proposition to base the House of Representatives , of two or three hundred mem- bers , elected upon the ...
... House under the gallant lead of a distinguished gentleman of Boston , ( Mr. Schouler ) . We were pledged to | the support of a proposition to base the House of Representatives , of two or three hundred mem- bers , elected upon the ...
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... House , and divide each of these senatorial districts into five equal representative districts , and you have a perfectly equal system of ' rep- resentation of the people . ' This will make a House of two hundred members , or one member ...
... House , and divide each of these senatorial districts into five equal representative districts , and you have a perfectly equal system of ' rep- resentation of the people . ' This will make a House of two hundred members , or one member ...
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... House of Representatives was founded . Had that ratio continued , we should have found no complaint existing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to - day with the present basis , defective as it is in principle and in its application ...
... House of Representatives was founded . Had that ratio continued , we should have found no complaint existing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to - day with the present basis , defective as it is in principle and in its application ...
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... House of Representatives than the other unit . But I ask here , if each and every man in the town with one hundred thousand inhabitants , has not the same right of representation upon the floor of the House , that each and every man in ...
... House of Representatives than the other unit . But I ask here , if each and every man in the town with one hundred thousand inhabitants , has not the same right of representation upon the floor of the House , that each and every man in ...
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... House , and you put in a new element of disturb- ance ; you arm her , you put into her mouth the cry that she has lost her just share of representa- tion , that she has lost her just power in the government , and then there is no force ...
... House , and you put in a new element of disturb- ance ; you arm her , you put into her mouth the cry that she has lost her just share of representa- tion , that she has lost her just power in the government , and then there is no force ...
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