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2361 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 May 18, 1888, page 304 paragraph 20
… negative votes, passed a bill partially repealing the Saturday half-holiday law, leaving it in force only on June, July, August, and September. This is the law …
2362 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 May 18, 1888, page 304 paragraph 21
… labor vote of this State. Republicans fearing that they might lose by not tickling this vote, united with the Governor and the Democrats in enacting such …
2363 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 June 1, 1888, page 336 paragraph 5
… a vote of thirty-four to nineteen.
2364 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 June 8, 1888, page 358 paragraph 1
By a vote of 274 to 153, the Methodist General Conference voted to make the time limit of the pastorate five years instead of three.
2365 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 June 8, 1888, page 358 paragraph 28
At a conference of Baptist, Congregational, and Methodist clergymen in South Framingham, Mass., week before last, it was voted to organize an Evangelical Alliance.
2366 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 June 15, 1888, page 359 paragraph 12
“The millennium is coming. At a large Catholic mass-meeting held in the Nineteenth Ward of this city last Sunday afternoon the following resolution was enthusiastically adopted by a rising vote:-
2367 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 June 15, 1888, page 359 paragraph 14
… either vote to keep the saloon away from the church and school or resign. This pronounced action is largely due to the good work done by the Tribune in calling …
2368 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 June 29, 1888, page 400 paragraph 2
… a vote of 34 to 19, thus giving a practical indorsement of evolution. An error in the figures of the report misled us. There were 34 votes to sustain his teaching …
2369 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 July 6, 1888, page 416 paragraph 7
… of voting. He wants to know if it is his duty to vote at the coming election. We presume he wants to know if it is right for him to do so. We can’t say what his duty is …
2370 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 July 6, 1888, page 416 paragraph 16
… a vote of a majority of this Board, Swinton’s “Outlines of History” has been removed from the Boston schools, and the sole ground of its expulsion is that it contains …
2371 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 July 6, 1888, page 416 paragraph 18
… members voted to exclude it. Men who do such things are not Protestants.The action taken by the Boston school committee is an indication of what will soon …
2372 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 July 27, 1888, page 455 paragraph 1
… by voting than by preaching. We speak advisedly, for we know that the minister who preached the sermon that we have referred to, has been active in his efforts …
2373 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 August 31, 1888, page 544 paragraph 27
… , and voted, unanimously, we think, not to indorse National Reform. Query: Does that act place them in the ranks of infidelity?
2374 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 October 19, 1888, page 640 paragraph 12
… the “vote-as-you-pray” war cry of the Prohibition party. We have no idea that the Southern Methodists wish to be understood as opposing restrictive or even prohibitory …
2375 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 November 9, 1888, page 688 paragraph 2
… to vote at the election for members of the Landing (the Prussian Legislature). The Archbishop says that his people must vote for candidates who will defend …
2376 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 November 16, 1888, page 704 paragraph 10
… electoral votes, 38 more than are necessary to a choice. At the time of this writing the Republicans are confidently claiming a majority in the Fifty-first …
2377 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 December 14, 1888, page 768 paragraph 13
“No one shall be a freeman, or give a vote, unless he be converted, and a member in full communion of one of the churches allowed in this dominion.”
2378 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 December 14, 1888, page 768 paragraph 14
… a vote to such a person shall pay a fine of one pound. For a second offense he shall be disfranchised.”- Clarke’s History of Intolerance .
2379 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 December 21, 1888, page 784 paragraph 1
A recent proposal and the French Chamber of Deputies, to abolish the embassy to the Vatican, was rejected by a vote of 307 to 217. On that occasion Prince Goblet made the following speech, for which he was applauded:-
2380 The Signs of the Times, vol. 15 February 4, 1889, page 75 paragraph 17
… majority vote for the whole membership, when many of the members are opposed. 2. By counting Cardinal Gibbons’s signature for his whole people-seven million …