Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that election, Dr. L. A. Nixon, a colored citizen of El Paso, and a regular Democrat of many years' standing, who had voted in previous Democratic primaries, presented himself at the polls and was denied the privilege of casting his ballot...
...another 103-vote imbroglio. John W. Davis, Alfred E. Smith, Cordell Hull, Frank L. Polk, Thomas J. Walsh, Pat Harrison and the McAdoo leaders had consulted and agreed. At once Harry Flaherty of Nebraska rose and nominated Governor Charles W. Bryan, adding the 14th& to 13 already nominated. One ballot was taken. There were many complimentary votes for favorite sons. But the delegates were aweary, aweary; "they wished that they were dead." To save another roll call, they changed their votes to Nebraska's favorite. In just a few minutes it was all over. Hastily the delegates went, home...
Many of the McAdoo delegates understood that spirit. It was something near insanity or genius. It was only such a spirit that could hold 400 or 500 delegates bound firmly to a lost cause through eight sweltering days, through 100 torturing ballots. The wiseacre bosses of the North-well used to politics, with no illusions about the cynical, practical kind of a Game it is-after the second day of balloting shook their heads and said: "Well, it's a stubborn crowd. We won't nominate until shortly after the 50th ballot...
...began to leave him, went to other candidates?Glass, Ralston, John W. Davis. Smith stood practically still. Glass had 72½ votes in the 84th and again on the 86th. Ralston (who had 4 on the 81st) rose to 93 on the 87th. Davis stood at 86½ on the same ballot. At 11:45 on Monday night the Convention adjourned until 10:30 o'clock the next morning in sympathy with President and Mrs. Coolidge on the death of their...
...almost unanimously approved by the Northern Church at Springfield, Mass., (TIME, May 19), was accepted by the General Conference of the Southern Church at Chattanooga, last week. Opposition led by Bishop Collins Denny was violent, but union received the necessary two-thirds majority on the first and only ballot, 297-75. Ratification by districts will follow shortly. The plan for union provides for two separate general jurisdictions- South, North. Opponents of the plan failed to get large support because the plan would seem to be, for practical purposes, as innocuous as the World Court...