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...statement that the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are demanding the nomination of any man to any office is unqualifiedly false. I am the only man authorized to authoritatively speak for the Klan, and I solemnly affirm that the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are not in politics and I solemnly deny that any political party will be allowed to attach, own or disown the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan...
...James Craig has been reviled and praised by Irishmen more than any other denizen of the Emerald Isle. Of course, the Irishmen that do the reviling will not admit that Sir James or any of his admirers are Irishmen, while the Irishmen that do the praising stoutly affirm that they are every bit as Irish as those who revile...
...undersigned, having been appointed by the President of the Student Council to recount the ballots for Orator in the Senior Class Elections of the Class of 1924, hereby affirm that they obtained the following results: Charlton MacVeagh 176 R. S. Bowers 168 Ballots cast out 14 -- Total...
...Montespan performs the most diabolical, awful sacrifices in the belief that she can thereby hold the fickle monarch; and M. Rolland has woven this intensely dramatic material into a short, but powerful and moving tragedy. The several liberties which he has taken with fact really do, as he declares, "affirm the rights of art versus history"; the significance of the period is more clearly brought out by his logical development, than it could possibly be by mere dramatization of actual events...
...McAdoo has been in Chicago for several days . Men and women . . . urged him to announce promptly his candidacy for the Democratic nomination . . . Mr. McAdoo can and will speak for himself when the time to speak arises . . . That the whole country is calling loud for leadership is manifest. We affirm that Mr. McAdoo is the one great figure now available in our party. William G. McAdoo has all the qualities of a national leader and a great executive. He is a man of action and a man of decision . . . The supporters of Mr. McAdoo intend to nominate him and to elect...