But, no matter how overwhelming might be the majorities whereby such measures were passed, there was no obligation on the other branches of the Legislature to accept or act upon them.
There were but four States, East or West, where opposition majorities were increased in 1878 or Administration majorities diminished, and these were agricultural States, where the season's sharp decline in wheat had stirred up discontent.
She then showed how much larger the majorities were which had voted against woman suffrage than for it.
At this election the voters of Michigan, South Dakota and Oklahoma by large majorities fully enfranchised their women, adding six Senators and twenty-four Representatives to the number partly elected by the votes of women.
The first two were at no time specially hopeful, as they were likely to poll Republican majorities and the Republican Senatorial candidates of both were against woman suffrage.
The majoritiesfor most of the officers were very large.
The assessors' lists are padded by tens of thousands of dollars and majorities are returned to keep the "machine" and the party it represents in power, regardless of the actual vote cast.
The opposition centered in the coast States from Louisiana to Maryland; aside from these the largest opposing majorities were from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
From questions of this class spring all our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into majorities and minorities.
Majorities may be either genuine or fictitious, and if they are not genuine, if they do not embody the opinion of the representative as well as the opinion of the constituency, no one would wish to have any attention paid to them.
That secretary lived fifty years ago, before the Reform Bill, when majorities were very blind, and very "applicable".
At present the chance majoritieson minor questions in the House of Commons are subject to no effectual control.
Numerical majorities by vote have been our great arbiter.
Heretofore all men have cheerfully submitted to it in questions left open, but numerical majorities are not necessarily physical majorities.
It is quite conceivable that under an elective system the commercial communities of the great towns might find means to secure majorities on labor questions and on financial matters.
But if they won't take the trouble to vote, why do you anticipate that Mohammedans, proprietors, and the rest would be crushed bymajorities of them?
No doubt many of them suffered for it at the General Election; they either lost their seats or had their majorities reduced in consequence of the vote.
No doubt many of them suffered for it at the general election; they either lost their seats or had their majorities reduced in consequence of the vote.
The majorities against the confederation candidates in some of the counties were so large it seemed hopeless to expect that any future election would reverse the verdict.
Bills of the utmost importance, which had been passed by large majorities in the House of Assembly, and which were demanded by the people, were frequently rejected by the council without being even discussed.
Majorities of Home Rulers there may have been upon other occasions; a practical majority of Irish members never has been brought together for such a purpose.
It passed its successive stages by ample majorities and was in due order presented to the House of Lords.
The bill passed both houses of Congress by smallmajorities and received the signature of the President.
But there is reason to believe that these majorities in the ratifying conventions did not reflect public opinion accurately.
The bill was carried by substantial majorities in February, 1791, and sent to the President for his approval.
Then the polls of the other three candidates can, of course, be found by deducting the successivemajorities from the last-mentioned number.
The Republican majorities in these three States were considerably increased in the November election by the natural falling off of the Democratic vote, but the critical and decisive battle had been fought in each State in October.
Delaware, Maryland and Kentucky gave strong majorities for the Democrats, while West Virginia and Missouri were carried by the Republicans.
But these great majorities were not normal, and did not indicate the real strength of parties.
The Legislature of Virginia passed by decided majorities resolutions denouncing the Secretary's plan with great severity.
Remember, we can only do things when our party is in power, so it is our interest to do what will please the people, if we are to command majorities and remain in office.
Let alone change of opinion in older men, there are enough new voters every four years to reverse majorities in almost every state.
The government could not constrain rural majorities with the officials chosen by the selfish and inept rural majorities.
In communities where negro majorities were overwhelming there were usually two factions, and when political campaigns were on agents for these clans often scoured the fields clear of laborers to recruit their marching bands.
Nevertheless, here were majorities in eleven Northern States voting for, and sustaining, the legislators who passed and kept upon the statute books laws which were intended to enable Southern slaves to escape from their masters.
All my predecessors have been honored with majoritiesof the electoral voices, in the primary colleges.
As Fox's majorities declined, it was hinted by his party that John Robinson, the secretary of the treasury, was purchasing the votes.
Pitt having waited with consummate judgment, though against the advice of all his supporters, until Fox had worn down his majorities in the House, and totally disgusted the nation, dissolved the parliament.
Of the three October states, Pennsylvania and Ohio gave large Republican majorities and Indiana a small majority for Hendricks (Democrat) for governor.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "majorities" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
