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Governor Sweet of Colorado, the much-advised, appointed a Senator to succeed the late Samuel D. Nicholson. Ex-President Wilson, William G. McAdoo, William J. Bryan and General Leonard Wood all made suggestions. Governor Sweet chose to select his own man, Alva B. Adams, son of the late Governor Alva Adams. Governor Sweet's party label is " Progressive Democrat." So it was expected that he would appoint a Democrat of radical tendencies-a Democratic La Follette, another Dill. It was understood that the La Follette group wanted him to appoint ex-Congressman Keating, now editor of Labor. Instead...
...from Kentucky, and one from Oklahoma Senator Moses believes are in " some doubt." The two Walshes -from Massachusetts and Montana -the Republicans hope to defeat, but Senator Moses admits " it will be no easy fight to beat either of these." In addition there will be the seat of Alva B. Adams to contend for. Of the 17 Republicans whose seats will be in question, at least seven will be hard fights: Edge of New Jersey, Ball of Delaware, McCormick of Illinois, Phipps of Colorado, Bursum of New Mexico, MacNary of Oregon, Sterling of South Dakota...
...headlines employed by The Times and The Herald in reporting Mr. Johnston's winning of the Pulitzer prize were noteworthy. Said The Times: " Alva Johnston Receives $1,000 for Reports of Scientists' Convention in The Times." Said The Herald: "Pulitzer Prize for Reporters Goes to Alva Johnston, Now of Herald...
...however, did not expose a great graft ring, did not describe a great national catastrophe, did not report a momentous political event, made no great " scoop." What he reported was a convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Cambridge, Mass, (last December). The man was Alva Johnston, then with The New York Times, now with The New York Herald...
...Thomas Alva Edison...