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2241 The Present Truth, vol. 10 July 5, 1894, page 430 paragraph 23
-In the French National Assembly, which met at Versailles, M. Casimir-Perior, ex-Premier and president of the Chamber of Deputies, was elected President of the Republic in succession to the late M. Carnot by 451 votes out of a total of 853.
2242 The Present Truth, vol. 10 September 20, 1894, page 606 paragraph 13
… was voted that forty-eight hours should constitute a week’s work in all trades, and that all the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be …
2243 The Present Truth, vol. 10 September 27, 1894, page 612 paragraph 2
… majority vote. Now if there were any votes at all against it, it is clear that it is a misrepresentation to count the whole five hundred members in favour of …
2244 The Present Truth, vol. 10 September 27, 1894, page 612 paragraph 3
… the vote in favour of the petition were unanimous, it would still be a misrepresentation of the truth to count the entire membership as having endorsed it …
2245 The Present Truth, vol. 10 November 8, 1894, page 718 paragraph 20
… question, voted an unlimited credit for the purpose of effecting the necessary repairs.
2246 The Present Truth, vol. 10 November 22, 1894, page 750 paragraph 1
-The French Chamber voted 65,000,000 francs for the Madagascar Expedition.
2247 The Present Truth, vol. 10 November 29, 1894, page 768 paragraph 1
… of votes in all the constituences.
2248 The Present Truth, vol. 10 December 13, 1894, page 798 paragraph 1
-The Austrian Reichsrath recently rejected by 148 to 66 votes a motion for the abolition of capital punishment.
2249 The Present Truth, vol. 10 December 27, 1894, page 830 paragraph 16
… 108 votes to 58.
2250 The Present Truth, vol. 11 January 17, 1895, page 46 paragraph 1
-M. Brisson has been elected President of the French Chamber of Deputies by 282 votes out of 310.
2251 The Present Truth, vol. 11 January 24, 1895, page 51 paragraph 10
… this vote except the Lacedaemonians.
2252 The Present Truth, vol. 11 January 24, 1895, page 64 paragraph 7
Mr.—will, if returned, be a great addition to the Methodist vote in the House of Commons.
2253 The Present Truth, vol. 11 January 24, 1895, page 64 paragraph 13
… , Tenn., voted to work four Seventh-day Adventist victims of Sunday laws in the chain-gang on the Sabbath, the sheriff refused to carry out the order, and threatened …
2254 The Present Truth, vol. 11 February 7, 1895, page 94 paragraph 10
… 529 votes to seventy-nine, and an Amnesty Bill for political offences was afterwards brought in and carried by 511 votes to seven.
2255 The Present Truth, vol. 11 February 7, 1895, page 96 paragraph 13
… decisive voting power is in their hands. Should you feel able to bring the matter in any form before the members of your church, the London Reform Union will …
2256 The Present Truth, vol. 11 February 14, 1895, page 98 paragraph 11
… even voted that he should come to Germany to be more fully instructed; but we lost track of him. He returned to his country home in Esthonia, and his relatives …
2257 The Present Truth, vol. 11 March 21, 1895, page 178 paragraph 4
… by votes as by fighting. The power is the same; the only difference is in the manner of getting it. In the one case it is given; in the other it is forcibly taken. Political …
2258 The Present Truth, vol. 11 March 21, 1895, page 178 paragraph 5
… servants vote, that I should hold the power of this world, and not be delivered into the power of others. In that case they would actively engage in every political …
2259 The Present Truth, vol. 11 March 21, 1895, page 192 paragraph 1
By a majority of one only-13 votes to 12-the Committee of the German Reichstag threw out the clause making it a criminal offence to speak against religion-that is, religion as the State and ecclesiastical authorities define it.
2260 The Present Truth, vol. 11 April 4, 1895, page 222 paragraph 11
… to vote in favour of Cardinal Vaughan’s proposal for the education of English Catholics at Protestant universities. It is expressly stipulated, however …