Word: andrews
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William Scott Vare in Philadelphia bosses the eastern end of the State. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon and his nephew William Lorimer Mellon in Pittsburgh administer the western end. When the U. S. Senate refused to seat Mr. Vare, Governor John Stuchell Fisher, a Mellon man, appointed Joseph Ridgeway Grundy of Bristol, arch-lobbyist for the Tariff, active raiser of campaign funds. Long used to dictating to politicians though never before a large officeholder, Mr. Grundy greatly enjoyed his transition and soon regarded himself as the G. O. P. boss of the whole State. An upright Quaker...
...Wickford, England, John Andrew put an electric bulb on the seat of a chair, sat in the chair, died of fright when the bulb exploded with a loud...
Norte America y los Norte Americanos-Andrew Cipolla...
Birthday. Andrew William Mellon. Secretary of the Treasury of the U. S.; at Washington. Age: 75. Date: March...
...Republican nomination Secretary Davis will oppose Senator Joseph Ridgway Grundy. He will get no support from his Cabinet colleague and fellow-Pennsylvanian, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon, who favors Mr. Grundy's faction of the Pennsylvania G.0.P. But he will have the backing of Philadelphia's William Scott Vare, Senator-reject, whose seat Mr. Grundy now holds. When Mr. Vare withdrew as a senatorial candidate to support Mr. Davis, the Labor Secretary acknowledged the courtesy as follows: "I'm always grateful for the help of any good man." Candidate Davis makes much of the fact...